Here Now The News...

An unnamed Islamic cleric living in Europe is supposed to have said that women should not handle certain vegetables or fruits, such as bananas or cucumbers, because the relatively phallic shape of said food items will make them think of sex. Carrots and zucchini are also on the banned list. Should women like to eat those foods, the items should be cut up into small pieces out of their sight -- preferably by a father or husband -- and then served.

Don't know if this is true or how widespread the belief is. It sounds outlandish enough to be a joke or at the very least the idea of a lone crackpot, but a group of scholars in Saudi Arabia presented an official report on how allowing women to drive would increase prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and divorce, and eventually mean no more virgins in that country, so who can tell?

I guess we'll know if someone really said this and it's being taken seriously if we hear reports that the fresh fruit and produce sections of supermarkets in mostly Islamic countries are being overrun by hopeful-eyed Islamic husbands.