Comments on: Just look at these awesome tiny knitted banana luchadores http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 17:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812849 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812849 Most certainly crochet, not knit. Most certainly crochet, not knit.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-813106 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813106 This 'Just Look at This Banana Thingy' thing, is just so awesome, just so so awesome. I'm feeling it. This ‘Just Look at This Banana Thingy’ thing, is just so awesome, just so so awesome. I’m feeling it.

]]> By: Devi http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-813371 Devi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813371 So the recent Punk/Mysterio match was actually close to a traditional lucha match and that angle was never mentioned. That would have made it a lot less random sounding and more interesting. So the recent Punk/Mysterio match was actually close to a traditional lucha match and that angle was never mentioned. That would have made it a lot less random sounding and more interesting.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-813142 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813142 lunchadores. haha. and yes, that is definitely crochet, not knitting. but still cool. lunchadores. haha. and yes, that is definitely crochet, not knitting. but still cool.

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812891 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812891 That should be "lunchadorables"! Also: Mexican Wrestling Bananas - BAND NAME!! That should be “lunchadorables”!

Also: Mexican Wrestling Bananas – BAND NAME!!

]]> By: Razzabeth http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812661 Razzabeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812661 Knock knock. Who's there? Banana! Knock knock. Who's there? Banana! Knock knock. Who's there? Orange! Orange who? Orange you glad I didn't say banana? Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Banana! Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Banana! Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Orange!
Orange who?
Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812665 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812665 When did the chiquitas become luchadores? When did the chiquitas become luchadores?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812671 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812671 Ha, I read that as lunchadores at first Ha, I read that as lunchadores at first

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812675 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812675 Quick! Trademark it! Quick! Trademark it!

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812944 IronEdithKidd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812944 As a knitter of 28 years and a crocheter of 30 years (I'm old and my grandmas taught me when I was a young child), I can definitively state that banana part of the lunchadores are crocheted. Is it still pedantry when you have decades of experience? As a knitter of 28 years and a crocheter of 30 years (I’m old and my grandmas taught me when I was a young child), I can definitively state that banana part of the lunchadores are crocheted.

Is it still pedantry when you have decades of experience?

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-813457 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813457 But Vince hates any reminders that he's in the rasslin' business. But Vince hates any reminders that he’s in the rasslin’ business.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812946 IronEdithKidd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812946 Hee, hee. I wrote <i>lunch</i>adores. Hee, hee. I wrote lunchadores.

]]> By: Devi http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812699 Devi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812699 Those are awesome tiny crocheted luchador bananas. The one in the pink mask is my favorite. Those are awesome tiny crocheted luchador bananas.

The one in the pink mask is my favorite.

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812959 Deidzoeb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812959 Crochet FTW! These crochet luchadores could totally beat any knit luchadores who dared challenge them. Crochet FTW! These crochet luchadores could totally beat any knit luchadores who dared challenge them.

]]> By: jackie31337 http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812707 jackie31337 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812707 I was going to say that they look more like crochet than knitting, too. These bananas are the work of hookers. :P I was going to say that they look more like crochet than knitting, too. These bananas are the work of hookers. :P

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812971 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812971 But you can only peel the bananas if you win the match by two falls, two submissions, or a knockout. Otherwise you must shave your head. Sorry, kids... them's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucha_libre#Luchas_de_Apuestas">the rules</a>. But you can only peel the bananas if you win the match by two falls, two submissions, or a knockout.

Otherwise you must shave your head.

Sorry, kids… them’s the rules.

]]> By: Mitch http://boingboing.net/2010/06/16/just-look-at-these-a.html#comment-812972 Mitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-812972 A moment in the history of the banana in Marxist cinema: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7VyOI3lgl4#t=3m58s A moment in the history of the banana in Marxist cinema:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7VyOI3lgl4#t=3m58s

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