Lately, I've been seeing many people dressed up as bananas. I saw them at Anime Expo and at San Diego Comic-Con, and I saw one today promoting some kind of real estate sale.
At fan conventions such as Anime Expo and SDCC, it's not unusual to see people in costumes. But they usually dress as anime characters or superheroes, not as bananas. Dressing as a banana makes even less sense when selling land.
Is 2008 the Year of the Banana?