B A N A N A S

Apparently my mother-in-law is into etymology, ha, what a word. Allow me to digress...

Etymology or Entomology? That is the question. An insect by any other nominal origin would smell just as sweet, so what's the big deal?
Whenever people ask me which means which, I say that they both mean the same thing:

The length of time you study either is directly inproportional to your chance of finding a mate.


Okay, now I will regress (gross)...

My Mother-in-law recently created a new phrase. Now, this is something she does all the time, but this time she was sober (Ha, just kidding [not really]). Anyway, a coworker and she were shooting the breeze (that one is already taken). You know, chewing the fat, conversin', chatting, blowing some air, at the old water cooler in the sky (eh, getting worse). TALKING, basically.
Her coworker mentions something that my MIL--which means Mother In Law (to some people)--has done all her life, to which MIL replied,

"Yeah, well I've chased that banana around the block a few times."


Huh...now,

Etymologically speaking (aren't we all?), she might have had several common phrases in her mind at the same time:

I've chased that all my life (which would have been a little vague)
I've been around the block a few times (which would have been self-proclaimed prostitution)
I go 'round and 'round about that (which is better than prostitution, but it still seems infantile)
I really enjoy bananas (which had nothing to do with their conversation, but could have been useful information if her coworker found out she had a potassium deficiency)

So, my theory is that in an effort to save time and to relay vital emergency health information, MIL said, "Yeah, well I've chased that banana around the block a few times."

Makes sense...that is one smart lady. Good luck, MIL, I think now it's clear as mud to all of us that when pigs fly, we won't burn our bridges behind us or count our chickens before the apples fall far from the tree, and you will still be chasing your banana around the block.