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Big Banana Car

89 pointsby Bendertoday at 6:14 PM56 commentsview on HN

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/06/18/giant-banana-pulled-...


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tsherbtoday at 7:31 PM

I feel like we’ve got to at least link to the guy’s website: https://bigbananacar.com/

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harwoodrtoday at 7:42 PM

I used to drive a 1991 Suzuki Cappuccino - a tiny right-hand drive kei sports car. The first couple of years I drove it, the police pulled me over on a regular basis - no tickets issued but lots of questions asked.

One time while I was waiting for a light, an officer knocked on my window (which is somewhat startling)... I rolled it down and he excitedly asked "What kind of car is this?!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Cappuccino

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dcrazytoday at 6:58 PM

Well this headline is certainly a crash blossom: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/crash-blossom-words...

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alentredtoday at 7:10 PM

> World Needs More Whimsy

100% that! When did everything get serious and look-alike? Anyway, I am taking off, shopping cart racing in the mall...

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init2nulltoday at 7:23 PM

Every time he gets pulled over for a selfie it's an abuse of power. If he can't ignore it, they shouldn't be doing it. Wait for a random encounter in a parking lot or gas station like the rest of us.

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JackFrtoday at 8:41 PM

If he were my Uber, I would tip so much.

phyzometoday at 9:06 PM

Is this LLM-written, or is this just the sort of annoying "breathless" style of writing that LLMs were trained on?

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sixsidedtoday at 8:11 PM

ACAB (All Cops Appreciate Banana)

chiefgeektoday at 9:00 PM

I bought the ninth Mini Cooper in Illinois in 2002. My former wife got pulled over in Chicago. They just wanted to look at the car.

nine_ktoday at 7:12 PM

(1) Obtain a vehicle that commands attention. (2) Enjoy everyone's attention! (3) There's no point three.

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echoangletoday at 6:52 PM

I would probably pull him over too but arguably he should be pulled over less than normal, right? The risk that he’s some criminal is probably pretty low since not a lot of criminals would chose a car like that to travel.

On the other hand it probably has an increased likelihood to have technical problems that make it reasonable to pull it over though.

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OutOfHeretoday at 7:38 PM

Open cars worry me. How do they handle the wind, rain, snow, hail, etc.?

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DonHopkinstoday at 7:28 PM

Get on the horn to British Intelligence and let them know about this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCoRGbT3CM

_tk_today at 8:21 PM

Alternative title:

Person who wants to get noticed indeed gets noticed

nekusartoday at 7:12 PM

Gee golly whillikers!

Pigs are abusing their authority! Oh whatever shall we do?

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superkuhtoday at 7:00 PM

Poor guy. He just wanted to spread some joy and now he's risking his life repeatedly. One of these police stops it's not going to work out. There are just too many US police eager to use physical violence for no reason.

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