Ken Bannister, founder of the International Banana Club Museum, is selling out. The price of the museum has dropped from $45,000 to only $15,000! Before you snap up that bargain, be aware that the museum includes only the banana artifacts but no real estate, as the museum has been housed in rented space.
Link to story. Link to auction. -via J-Walk Blog
Bannister told the Victorville Daily Press that he decided to liquidate the collection after the Hesperia Recreation and Park District told him that he would no longer be able to rent space at the Harrison Exhibit Building in Hesperia, California where Bannister exhibited his thousands of banana goodies. He did not have another location set up and does not want to put the items in storage.
The Guiness Book of World Records says that the museum is the world's largest collection devoted to any one fruit. Since the 1970s Bannister has done many interviews on his unique collection and has appeared on television shows including the "Tonight Show" featuring Johnny Carson. Bannister hopes that someone or some company will buy the museum and display it somewhere.
Link to story. Link to auction. -via J-Walk Blog
Comments (4)
It is not just you.
It really looks like this guy has slipped on the peel of life
Defeated NBA player Lebron James in HORSE.
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Lebron James: HORSE
David Kalb:
Lebron James: HORSE
David Kalb: 0
It looked like dunking was not allowed in the game. Lebron would have won handily if it were allowed.
And I'm guessing Kalb can't dunk. Which means if James dunked it every time, he would have won. Obviously that wouldn't be fair since Kalb has physical limitations preventing him from dunking.
But yeah, Kalb trained himself to be a pro-HORSE player, and he won pretty easily. Were they to play a game of 1-on-1, I think James would probably win.
Also the 2 to 0 is likely to be 2 HORSE games won to 0.
Just like in most real life endeavors.
obscurity over general skill