Idiot at work today: "Chiquita Banana corporation smuggling guns to terra-ists."

[live love laugh]

He saw it on CNN last night.

:eyes:

[PreacherCasey]

1. United Fruit Company.

[slackmaster]

2. So, what do you do when you are attacked by someone armed with a banana?

(Any true fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus will know the answer.)

[live love laugh]

6. Ya knowwww...I tried asking some questions to help make sense of

this nonsense like....'where is it that they are growing these bananas?' When he told me in South America, I thought a light bulb might go off seeing that there's such a geographical disparity between South America and EYE-RACK. But noooooooooooooo. :rofl:

[treestar]

9. What about pointed sticks

:rofl:

[tanyev]

3. They painted 'em yellow and tied 'em together at the top.

Diabolical.

[slackmaster]

4. They weren't tied, they were CLIPPED

What do you think "banana clips" are for?

[MindPilot]

8. ahhh, great minds and all...

[MindPilot]

5. Did the guns have...

Banana clips?

Sometimes I crack me up.

[live love laugh]

7. You crack me up too. n/t

:rofl:

[napi21]

10. A bit of an exaduration, me thinks! Here's the story.

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/03/12/daily34.html

Chiquita inks plea deal on terror group charges
Cincinnati Business Courier - 2:17 PM EDT Thursday, March 15, 2007
Chiquita Brands International Inc. will plead guilty to doing business with terrorist organizations in Colombia, where it formerly grew bananas, and pay $25 million to settle the charges.

Federal prosecutors, in charges filed as part of the plea arrangement, said that high-ranking corporate officials approved payments to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Chiquita said in a news release that the payments were made by a former subsidiary because of threats to the safety of its employees. The company said it has been cooperating with the federal investigation.



Right or wrong, it sounds like protection money to me. Unfortunately, in some places, you just have to do that.