Comments on: Just look at this banana cream pie ad. http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1472504 apoxia Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1472504 I'm so intrigued by American recipes that call for "pie filling" of various varieties. This just doesn't exist in New Zealand, we have to make our own filling from scratch! I’m so intrigued by American recipes that call for “pie filling” of various varieties. This just doesn’t exist in New Zealand, we have to make our own filling from scratch!

]]> By: Mark http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471203 Mark Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471203  That would be the only constructive use for it.  That would be the only constructive use for it.

]]> By: ImmutableMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471182 ImmutableMichael Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471182 eg, the boiling water-soaked tampon secreted about the dish to give off steam.  I'll just have the salad thanks. http://foto.worth1000.com/discussions/47480/tips-for-beginners-food-photography eg, the boiling water-soaked tampon secreted about the dish to give off steam.  I’ll just have the salad thanks.

http://foto.worth1000.com/discussions/47480/tips-for-beginners-food-photography

]]> By: social_maladroit http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471141 social_maladroit Mon, 09 Jul 2012 06:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471141 Do a search on google images with "safe search" turned off and you'll get an interesting mixture of two kinds of pics. One is of food. Do a search on google images with “safe search” turned off and you’ll get an interesting mixture of two kinds of pics. One is of food.

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471081 Culturedropout Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471081 Damn you all to hell.  Now I want banana cream pie.  It's 11pm Sunday night, and I'm 5 miles from the nearest possible source. FML. Damn you all to hell.  Now I want banana cream pie.  It’s 11pm Sunday night, and I’m 5 miles from the nearest possible source. FML.

]]> By: I P Freely http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471079 I P Freely Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471079 93 comments in and I'm the only one who sees Ancestor Pac-Man?  Wakakakakakakakakkakakakkakaka...... 93 comments in and I’m the only one who sees Ancestor Pac-Man? 

Wakakakakakakakakkakakakkakaka……

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471056 Preston Sturges Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471056 With Robert Mitchum's hair. With Robert Mitchum’s hair.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471036 bcsizemo Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471036 Urban dictionary's meanings are all over the map...and most of the videos I found seemed to reference more chocolate as the person, not the location.  Maybe I'm just not searching with the right terms. -apparently someone believes it involves chocolate milk... Urban dictionary’s meanings are all over the map…and most of the videos I found seemed to reference more chocolate as the person, not the location.  Maybe I’m just not searching with the right terms.

-apparently someone believes it involves chocolate milk…

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471009 Dlo Burns Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471009 Could you throw it in somebody's face? Could you throw it in somebody’s face?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471007 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471007 <blockquote>-and if your, umm, creampie is chocolate...yeah someone needs to see a doctor.</blockquote>I guess you didn't google it.

-and if your, umm, creampie is chocolate…yeah someone needs to see a doctor.

I guess you didn’t google it.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1471005 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1471005 That looks like a cheesecake in the ad; the texture's sort of pebbly. That looks like a cheesecake in the ad; the texture’s sort of pebbly.

]]> By: $19428857 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470979 $19428857 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470979  I was thinking a well-fed Billy Bob Thornton on Ecstasy.  I was thinking a well-fed Billy Bob Thornton on Ecstasy.

]]> By: social_maladroit http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470977 social_maladroit Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470977 In space, no one can hear you cream. Uh... In space, no one can hear you cream.

Uh…

]]> By: social_maladroit http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470971 social_maladroit Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470971 The pie pictured in the ad's probably inedible. The food stylist probably put lots of gelatin in it, and got that puppy very cold, before the picture was taken. The pie pictured in the ad’s probably inedible. The food stylist probably put lots of gelatin in it, and got that puppy very cold, before the picture was taken.

]]> By: chaopoiesis http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470968 chaopoiesis Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470968 You're referring, presumably, to "man on pie"? You’re referring, presumably, to “man on pie”?

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470956 voiceinthedistance Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470956 Also, the cut leans from vertical in the center, to an angled cut at the rim to make the pie seem deeper and more banana-licious.  Not much new in the food stylist's bag of tricks. Also, the cut leans from vertical in the center, to an angled cut at the rim to make the pie seem deeper and more banana-licious.  Not much new in the food stylist’s bag of tricks.

]]> By: Bokonon http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470931 Bokonon Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470931 I would like to point out the overtly Constructivist graphic design of the Ad.  Probably made by a Russian sympathizer. I would like to point out the overtly Constructivist graphic design of the Ad.  Probably made by a Russian sympathizer.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470901 bcsizemo Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470901  ...only if she's legal...  …only if she’s legal…

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470900 bcsizemo Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470900 I hear there is one for something called "cake farts"....perhaps that's TMI. -and if your, umm, creampie is chocolate...yeah someone needs to see a doctor. I hear there is one for something called “cake farts”….perhaps that’s TMI.

-and if your, umm, creampie is chocolate…yeah someone needs to see a doctor.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470896 bcsizemo Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470896 Wait...you don't just use your finger and then lick it clean? Wait…you don’t just use your finger and then lick it clean?

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470895 bcsizemo Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470895 Alright that'll give you a clean cut, but what about the filling oozing into the now empty space? (Let me guess, semi frozen pie?) Alright that’ll give you a clean cut, but what about the filling oozing into the now empty space?
(Let me guess, semi frozen pie?)

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470883 euansmith Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470883  Twinkies? Vanilla creme filling? When will these appalling double entendres end?  Twinkies? Vanilla creme filling? When will these appalling double entendres end?

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470881 euansmith Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470881 How can you say such unpatriotic things about the CIA Front Organization that kept South America safe for Dictators. Banana Republic Creampie? You don't want to go there... How can you say such unpatriotic things about the CIA Front Organization that kept South America safe for Dictators.

Banana Republic Creampie? You don’t want to go there…

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470874 ocker3 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470874  mini vacuum cleaner! (or perhaps a moist cloth)  mini vacuum cleaner! (or perhaps a moist cloth)

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470872 ocker3 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470872  I have, and it was also while eating pie... I think it was Pecan!  I have, and it was also while eating pie…

I think it was Pecan!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470864 Antinous / Moderator Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470864 Wet knife. Pro-tip for cutting cakes: dental floss. Wet knife.

Pro-tip for cutting cakes: dental floss.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470862 Antinous / Moderator Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470862 There are a lot more for "chocolate creampie". There are a lot more for “chocolate creampie”.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470860 Preston Sturges Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470860 No that would be an Infiniti hood ornament No that would be an Infiniti hood ornament

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470853 malindrome Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470853 "You don't have to be drunk to enjoy our pie ... but it helps." “You don’t have to be drunk to enjoy our pie … but it helps.”

]]> By: pKp http://boingboing.net/2012/07/08/just-look-at-this-banana-cream.html#comment-1470849 pKp Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169953#comment-1470849 "Food stylist" is not the same job as "cook". I've got an uncle who's a food photographer (for microwave meal packages and cookbooks), and the food you take a picture of is usually rendered inedible in the process. “Food stylist” is not the same job as “cook”. I’ve got an uncle who’s a food photographer (for microwave meal packages and cookbooks), and the food you take a picture of is usually rendered inedible in the process.

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