For one Westfield man, "banana split" has a whole new meaning.

A man was lying on the roadside yelling in pain near the Quick Food convenience store on Southwick Road Thursday night, a police report said. He got up and walked toward the store, a concerned caller told police, who then responded to the scene.

The man's complaint? An agonizing case of double entendres.

"[The] male party stated he was 'struck in the banana by a banana,' " Officer Richard Mazza wrote in his report. "When asked what he meant, he stated he was struck in the groin by a banana thrown out of the window of a passing vehicle."

The man was taken to Noble Hospital on his request, after saying he was in pain and needed a doctor's note for his work the next day.

Officers could not find evidence to support his story; in Mazza's words, the search for the offending banana was "fruitless."