Bananas are a nearly perfect food. They taste good, they’re good for you, and they come with their own nifty packaging. The only thing that could make them better would be if they were presliced. That’s where this prank comes in! With a little practice, you can slice a banana into neat rounds without ever peeling it. When you give it to a friend to peel, they’ll go totally bananas as the fruit magically falls apart into bite-size pieces! This prank is perfect for the school lunchroom, but practice it at home first until you get it right.
what you need
* A large paper clip
* Dishwashing soap
* A banana that’s ripe, but not brown
what you do
THE SETUP
1 Unbend the paper clip and straighten out the kinks. Wash it with dishwashing soap, rinse, and dry. You’ll use this thin metal stick to slice the banana from the inside.
2 Carefully poke a hole in the banana skin about a half-inch from one end. Push the paper clip straight through the flesh until it touches the skin on the other side, but don’t let it poke through the other side of the banana.
3 Now swivel the paper clip back and forth inside the banana. This is the part that takes some practice. Keep the paper clip straight and just graze the inside surface of the peel with the tip. You want to slice off the end of the banana without piercing the skin.
4 Repeat step 3 every half inch along the banana until you have sliced the whole fruit. There will be a line of dots where you stuck the paper clip in, but the dots should be small and barely noticeable.
5 Now test out the banana by peeling it. If you did your cutting correctly, it should fall apart into half-inch slices. If it doesn’t, check to see if you sliced all the way through the flesh. Try again until you master the process.
PULL THE PRANK
1 If you plan to do this prank in the school lunchroom, prepare the banana in the morning just before you leave the house so it doesn’t turn brown where you poked holes in it.
2 Whether you do it at school or at home, here’s a good setup: Hand the trick banana to your victim and say, “I can’t seem to get the peel started on this. Can you peel it for me?” When the banana falls apart in pieces, act really surprised. Say something like, “Wow, I wonder if this is one of those genetically modified bananas!”