What the hell does "you think I come off of a Banana boat mean

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  • DaisydozyDaisydozy Posts: 95
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    titfortat wrote: »
    Why Austrlia never came over on Bananna boats thou so why say it.
    Perhaps because he has heard his British parents say it, or someone else say it and it was of no consequence to those on the WHATM thread.
  • slappers r usslappers r us Posts: 56,131
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    What's a banana boat?
    A boat that brought bananas from certain countries into Britain before it was easier to bring them in by air
  • Speak-SoftlySpeak-Softly Posts: 24,737
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    What's a banana boat?

    Don't look it up in the urban dictionary:o
  • ArtyAttackArtyAttack Posts: 67,513
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    Daisydozy wrote: »
    Perhaps because he has heard his British parents say it, or someone else say it and it was of no consequence to those on the WHATM thread.

    I think people are just loooking for controversy.
  • nortonblimeynortonblimey Posts: 150
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    I think the point is...there is no such thing as a bannana boat , or a boat made from bannana's ,so it means do you think I am stupid or what?
    I find it really strange that some people would read something into this about race.
  • Pop_ArtPop_Art Posts: 5,116
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    Well I've asked and no one seems to think this happened? :confused:
  • Stupid_HeadStupid_Head Posts: 37,826
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    I think the point is...there is no such thing as a bannana boat , or a boat made from bannana's ,so it means do you think I am stupid or what?
    I find it really strange that some people would read something into this about race.

    People are very hyper sensitive these days.
  • CornchipsCornchips Posts: 68,879
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    I think the point is...there is no such thing as a bannana boat , or a boat made from bannana's ,so it means do you think I am stupid or what?
    I find it really strange that some people would read something into this about race.

    Its mischief making imho.
  • ArtyAttackArtyAttack Posts: 67,513
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    Pop_Art wrote: »
    Well I've asked and no one seems to think this happened? :confused:

    Well I have been watching livefeed but missed him saying this.
  • FringoFringo Posts: 7,995
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    I always believed it had rascist connotations but presumed the meaning now was just being naive and people that used it never had rascist intent.

    I've looked it up and there's even a sunscreen called it so I was wrong.

    I wikied it and there doesn't appear to be any rascist overtones at all - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_boat
  • DaisydozyDaisydozy Posts: 95
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    ArtyAttack wrote: »
    I think people are just loooking for controversy.
    Seems that way.
  • MariaLeFrink2MariaLeFrink2 Posts: 1,779
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    never mind :cool:
  • LMAOLMAO Posts: 3,471
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    It means the same as saying ...Do you think I fell off the turnip truck?
  • DaisydozyDaisydozy Posts: 95
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    So WHAT is a Banana boat then?
    Google is your friend.
  • ArtyAttackArtyAttack Posts: 67,513
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    never mind :cool:

    I have stated before. Its an ice cream dish. ;)
  • Rogana JoshRogana Josh Posts: 41,348
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    Pop_Art wrote: »
    Sounds racist to me. But it hasn't been picked up in the WHATM thread. :confused:

    Not racist in the least!
  • FirewalkerFirewalker Posts: 2,773
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    Pointless stupid thread
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 932
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    Fringo wrote: »
    I always believed it had rascist connotations but presumed the meaning now was just being naive and people that used it never had rascist intent.

    I've looked it up and there's even a sunscreen called it so I was wrong.

    I wikied it and there doesn't appear to be any rascist overtones at all - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_boat

    I think the phrase is an adaption of 'fresh off the boat', meaning any foreigner arriving, not able to speak the language, not knowing what was going on etc. So I guess naive in essence.
  • slappers r usslappers r us Posts: 56,131
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    I think the point is...there is no such thing as a bannana boat , or a boat made from bannana's ,so it means do you think I am stupid or what?
    I find it really strange that some people would read something into this about race.
    Of course there was such a thing as a banana boat

    look at your history

    after WW2 some kids had never seen a banana so when the banana boats came in it made big news
  • K139K139 Posts: 1,897
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    I thought it ment naive,as in green like how the bananas are when they are loaded on the ships.
  • slappers r usslappers r us Posts: 56,131
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    LMAO wrote: »
    It means the same as saying ...Do you think I fell off the turnip truck?
    Thats quite a good comparison
  • SparklesSparkles Posts: 4,534
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    titfortat wrote: »
    I think it is. I dont think JJ is racist but the term is.

    Im mixed race and the amount of times Banana boat is used to put a balck person down is very common

    Hang on...I thought you said you'd never heard the expression before.? Now I'm confused. :confused:

    Here:
    titfortat wrote: »
    But why I have never heard that saying before. Its it ment to mean Black people are stupid who came over in the 60's

    As far as I was aware, it means naive...nothing more, nothing less.
  • titfortattitfortat Posts: 9,126
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    I shal explain then in the 1960's when an influx of carabiane people came over to britan to work they came over on ships and boats.

    Im sure most of you have heard the term why dont you home on your bananna boat becuses bananna were also shiped in from that thoses countrys too.


    So people who were coming off of the "ban boats were black people. so to me that term means black people are stupid. what eles can it mean. I have never heard that term before in my life
  • ArtyAttackArtyAttack Posts: 67,513
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    titfortat wrote: »
    I shal explain then in the 1960's when an influx of carabiane people came over to britan to work they came over on ships and boats.

    Im sure most of you have heard the term why dont you home on your bananna boat becuses bananna were also shiped in from that thoses countrys too.


    So people who were coming off of the "ban boats were black people. so to me that term means black people are stupid. what eles can it mean. I have never heard that term before in my life

    You seem determined to turn this into something racist. Why ask if you think you already know the answer?
  • TheBillyTheBilly Posts: 5,514
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    It just means, 'do you think I'm stupid?'. And the answer is yes. :)

    EDIT: Not me, I'm not stupid. JJ is. :o
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