Hey Hey to the Monkeys

Monkeys peel the banana the correct way


I've been really busy lately and I lost the monkey that turns the crank in my head. I figured it's time for my monkey and I to get the cranks turning again, and what better why to do that then to incite him? So I looked around my room for something to post about, anything that Mr. Monkey would find amusing.

I saw exactly that, just lying there, soaking up the mid-day sun, reverberating their color while stretching out on a table. They were laying on their sides with their long skinny necks, curved slender bodies and smooth skin glistening in the warm rays. In no time at all Mr. Monkey sprang to his feet, started turning the cranks, and salivated over the beautiful sight before him. He was very curious and started spinning the handle like a barrel full of monkeys going over Victoria Falls.

I'm Talking Bananas!!!


and let's face it, YOU don't know the correct way to PEEL A BANANA!!!

Have no fear I will show you chimpanzees, the correct way. It's really quite simple and it makes a lot of sense. I too used to be an ignorant ape that peeled the banana the wrong way, so you can change your primate ways too.


Now that I have your Curious George attentions, let's begin the correct instictive primatal way to peel a banana.

Start by finding a banana of course. They come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors. I prefer the yellow ones. Hold the banana by the part that attaches to the plant, also known as the stem of the banana. Now peel the banana from the other end known as the tip. Ok...ok, I know you've always been taught that the stem was the top, but you're wrong. Want proof? Here you go.


Notice that the stems are on the bottom and the bananas curve up and around the plant.

By peeling the banana from the true top you'll notice a few things especially when the banana is ripe.

* The banana easily flowers or fans out into three sections length wise.

* Those nasty little stringy things on the sides of the banana that you always have to peel off after you remove the peel the incorrect way is non existent when the banana is peeled from the top.

* You have a handle by which to eat the banana. You wouldn't eat a pop-sicle by holding the pop-sicle end would you?

* The banana is symmetrical while you're eating it.

* The peel looks more aesthetic after you're done. A banana peel from a correctly opened banana can resemble a fountain, a squid or a palm tree. An incorrectly opened banana peel resembles nothing at all!

* The banana flower sat in the end you open. Implying you should open the banana in the same direction the banana flower once opened.

As if that wasn't proof enough here is more.

Bananas are depicted in cartoons peeled the correct way.

Even Nintendo draws the banana in this manner. If Bugs Bunny instead ate bananas he too would peel it in this fashion.











Finally if none of the above has convinced you, then this will be the clincher of all arguments. Obviously if any creature knows how to peel a banana it would be the monkey. It comes naturally to them and believe it or not monkeys peel the banana from the non-stem end. You can't argue with that, for when it comes to bananas, monkeys are the true banana experts.