16-03-2002 08:38									#1
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Who's the creative genius that started using "banana" as an option in the polls? I think it's either Stefu or Snapcase, but I am not sure.

	16-03-2002 09:25									#2
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No im not sure who t was. When the forum switched to VBB I just remember the one poll with 16 options.


He didnt know how to use it with only 3. So he did

1)Yes
2)no
3)Niether
4)Banana-16)Banana

That was the first one I ever saw.

	16-03-2002 16:26									#3
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The question is covered in the Faces of Apolyton interview with Stefu, to come on March 26 (or next Tuesday, if Ming doesn't come). A clear explanation there, but I'll remain silent .

	16-03-2002 20:44									#4
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	16-03-2002 20:57									#5
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Stefu is the answer.

	16-03-2002 21:33									#6
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Chris 62, I must have got Ming interview today!

	16-03-2002 23:24									#7
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Erober has claimed a couple of times he was the first one to have add the banana option in a poll.

	17-03-2002 00:03									#8
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Do you know about the number threads that were in Nov December or January when it was started? If so- I know that I have the thread saved on my computer and can dig it up

	17-03-2002 00:11									#9
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The best I can do is this thread:
37539.htm
It wasn't the first, but it was one of the first.
"Which is your favorite planet" by MasterBob the Elder.
In 10-dec-02

I seem to remember that Banana was started as a psychological poll test

	17-03-2002 01:00									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Solver Chris 62, I must have got Ming interview today!

We got interupted about half way through earlier this week.
We will hopefully finish up the interview part sometime today, or that's what we planned

	17-03-2002 03:49									#11
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Its a given that each forum must have its unique "gibberish" option on polls. Its a sign of indiviual collectivism.

(Yes that was supposed to be gibberish....)

	17-03-2002 05:13									#12
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quote: Originally posted by faded glory He didnt know how to use it with only 3. So he did 1)Yes 2)no 3)Niether 4)Banana-16)Banana

And hurray for creativity!

	17-03-2002 05:32									#13
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Ming is right, the interview portion is done, now I have to do the final draft, which Ming must approve, it will be ready for publication by Monday, best we can do.

	17-03-2002 21:45									#14
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long story... well not really... too tired to explain... wait for interview... wait.. damn...

	18-03-2002 12:35									#15
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I remember the thread where it was first started. The thread was discussing (whining ) about the use of the last option of a poll as a nonsense option, which skews the results of the poll. The final option of the poll in this thread was banana, which the majority voted for. It used my "Who's your favorite moderator?" poll as an example. It was argued that Ming, who did win, should have won my a much larger margins, and would have if there was no nonsense option.


I think it is now clear, that I am the originator of the banana option.

	19-03-2002 07:31									#16
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...and then Snapcase or someone posted the psychologial tests with 16 bannanas which prompted users to pick one. This prompted users to create many other nonesense fruit polls and prompted Ming to ban about 9 users for 24 hours

	19-03-2002 16:13									#17
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I somehow remember technophile/loinburger as being (one of) the first to use the banana option... At least he did post some sort of a banana-related poll once upon a time.

	21-03-2002 08:33									#18
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however, he is better known for his thread:

"Which technophile is your favorite"
technophile the dapper gentleman
technophile the...

and it went on like that
-
Yes, I believe he was banned for the bananas He may not have been though, you may want to ask him...

I think the list went something like this:
Snapcase
Imran
technophile (???)
Stefu (???)

-I remember that we were calling it either Pollgate or Bananagate at the time
I did my best to get banned as well- but didn't succeed

	21-03-2002 15:08									#19
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I have been told by a certain former poster that GOD started the Banana.