When i read this on the Yahoo! front page I had visions of Maui, Oahu, Molokai, and the rest of Hawaii falling from the sky:
I’m sure that can’t be what happened, but I’m also sure that sentence makes no sense. Perhaps the writer meant that Hawaii has fallen out of the ranks of the world’s top producers of pineapple. Or maybe it just fell out of the producers of pineapple. That could happen.
Terribly Write 
November 30, 2012 at 9:05 am
Oh my. That is all kinds of wrong. I wish I could un-read it, because my mind is generating some disturbing images right now.
November 30, 2012 at 10:35 am
You didn’t like that?
November 30, 2012 at 11:46 am
I’m picturing an enormous pineapple-producing monster squatting and…
Oh, never mind. The Internet is no place for perversion.
November 30, 2012 at 12:13 pm
You have a sick mind. I like that in a man.
November 30, 2012 at 12:53 pm
They’ve finally corrected this by rewriting the sentence. I hope they send you a thank-you card!
November 30, 2012 at 6:47 pm
I won’t hold my breath. My thanks comes from seeing that maybe the writers and editors have learned something. Maybe.