Have you ever slipped on a banana skin?

GreenWarlock

It is a classic comedy trope, but do you know anyone who has ever actually done this, or done it yourself?

I was caught by surprise a few years ago now, and I will say that the trope is well informed - that banana looks innocent, but treat on the skin (right way around) and there is really no friction, worse than trying to walk on ice.

However, I don't know of anyone else who has been so careless - am I alone, the rest of the world duly warned by a century or more of this trope?

Are there any other widely repeated tropes that require experimental verification?

iKrivetko

I don't remember slipping on one. Although I could have landed on my head and damaged my memory of the event.

Wilbur

No banana skin slips for me but I have stepped on a garden rake and have it slam into my face. That felt rather stupid.

Nimran

I did slip on one, but I recovered before I fell. One of my coworkers DID fall on the same skin, though, two minutes later.

LadyRhian

No, I've slipped on a grape, though. As in the juice that squirted out when I stepped on it...

Awong124

I have never had that happen to me, or seen it happen to anyone else. Although I have seen my friend slip on an icy sidewalk, and his feet did flip up into the air and he landed on his back in classic comedic fashion.

O_Bruce

It never happened to me nor to anyone else I know.

BelgarathMTH

Mythbusters tested it and declared it a busted myth - unless you put down hundreds of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZRq3XxCZXo

Buttercheese

Surprisingly, no o.o
And I come from a town where my family name was made synonymous with clumsiness.

elminster

BelgarathMTH said:

Mythbusters tested it and declared it a busted myth - unless you put down hundreds of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZRq3XxCZXo

I could see it being plausible but it would depend on the surface the banana is on. Based on that short video it looks like when they tested it (when it came to just testing it with the one banana) on concrete. I could see it being easier to slip on say a tile floor.

LadyRhian

:nod: or Linoleum.

Teflon

Not yet.
But if on the steps then it could.

Son_of_Imoen

The mind is a fuzzy thing. At least, my mind is. I have a vague recollection of recovering my stance from halfway slipping over a banana, but I'm not sure if it actually happened or if it was a dream. Sometimes I remember things, that I realize must have been dreams instead of reality. It's sometimes hard to tell the difference.

*Son_of_Imoen casts Summon Veering Off-topic About 'Remembering dreams as if they were real'

CrevsDaak

Well, when I was around 8 years old I tried to do this with a friend, and yes, I did slip.

Wilbur said:

No banana skin slips for me but I have stepped on a garden rake and have it slam into my face. That felt rather stupid.

Kinda reminds me when I had a rake next to my head, gave it a turn it hit my head with it

meagloth

I was think of that mythbusters episode as well, @BelgarathMTH though I think it might be more plausible on tile. While it would be a comedy trope... Is beyond me. You'd think I'd be spilled oil or something.

CrevsDaak

Son_of_Imoen said:

The mind is a fuzzy thing. At least, my mind is. I have a vague recollection of recovering my stance from halfway slipping over a banana, but I'm not sure if it actually happened or if it was a dream. Sometimes I remember things, that I realize must have been dreams instead of reality. It's sometimes hard to tell the difference.

Hey, sometimes that happens to me too. It's like free literature inside my own mind =p Edit: if you realise it's just a dream, of course.