That old visual joke, you know - people slipping on banana skins - does it ever happen in real life?

For example: has it ever happened to you?

Plastic bags are really nasty slippy things. Never slipped on a banana skin though

I once slipped on a sqashed plastic bottle that was hidden with leaves i ended up in the gutter with my legs up in the air it was really embarrassing .

Slipped on rotting fruit but never a banana skin.

Seen people attempt to smoke banana skins, however...:)

It's a good point though - for the cliche to exist, it must have happened at some point...mustn't it?

tell ya what i did slip on once ....years ago when i was 14 i was walking home from school in the snow and i saw a bus that went down my road, so i ran and actually beat the bus to the bus stop but as i got there and the bus pulled up i slid and fell but the carrier bag i was holding with my school books in went underneath my bum and i slid straight past the bus on it and the bus drove off!!!!!!!

have you not seen the "big hit" shaolin soccer, shows somebody slipping on a banana skin :heyhey:

Not personally Sam, but one of the funniest things I ever saw in a film was when woody Allen slipped on a six foot long (ish)bananna skin. He just did not see it :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
What was the film called ... Bananas?:confused:

I get this Image in my head sometimes, makes me grin to myself (probably madness):D
Two seven foot tall by three foot wide 'highway maintenance' workers in fluorescentcoats collide: SORRY MATE, didn't see 'yer
:heyhey:

No, but I have slipped on a grape before.

Originally posted by Draggletail
Not personally Sam, but one of the funniest things I ever saw in a film was when woody Allen slipped on a six foot long (ish)bananna skin. He just did not see it :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
What was the film called ... Bananas?:confused:



The film was "sleeper" :banana: :wow:

It's happened to me on more than one occasion, not for a few years tho.

Originally posted by Edd
The film was "sleeper" :banana: :wow:
And what a film it is :hihi:

Slipped on several things, never a banana.

When I was a kid, I did try deliberately slipping on one to see whether it did work, it never did for me.

Just a bit of slapstick me thinks.

Originally posted by venger
And what a film it is :hihi:

Slipped on several things, never a banana.

When I was a kid, I did try deliberately slipping on one to see whether it did work, it never did for me.

Just a bit of slapstick me thinks.

I've slipped very painfully a couple of times on waxed floors but never on fruit ..... although spilt catfood on a kitchen floor can be a distinct hazard ......

my other hal fwas a door many moons ago and did some work somewhere near derby - not the most exciting place in the world. Three doormen stood about - very bored, for weeks they placed a banana skin on the path - a bit away from the door and for weeks they waited. eventually it happened as a sober man trundled past and fell flat on his face. he was quite mad until he realised what hed tripped on and laughed his head off too (thankfully) and yes it was all on cctv

I find flyers are a bugger for slipping on.

My sister-in-law slipped on a banana skin. The boy in front of her threw it down and she slipped on it and broke her leg.

But I slipped on a grape in Morrisons, I was pushing my trolley when my heel skidded on the grape and I slowly did the splits.
Now I had not done the splits since Iwas about 13 and as i was going to S Africa in 2 days time I complaned to the young men behind the fruit counter, who could not stop lauging which made me laugh, but I threatemed to sue if my holiday was ruined. Never felt a thing afterwards tho
Hazel

Originally posted by hazel
My sister-in-law slipped on a banana skin. The boy in front of her threw it down and she slipped on it and broke her leg.

But I slipped on a grape in Morrisons, I was pushing my trolley when my heel skidded on the grape and I slowly did the splits.
Now I had not done the splits since Iwas about 13 and as i was going to S Africa in 2 days time I complaned to the young men behind the fruit counter, who could not stop lauging which made me laugh, but I threatemed to sue if my holiday was ruined. Never felt a thing afterwards tho
Hazel wow flexi pants!!
:hihi:
ive written up lots of claims for people who have done similar things, not good - can be very painful

Originally posted by venger
When I was a kid, I did try deliberately slipping on one to see whether it did work, it never did for me.
I did that. It did work and it was actually quite painful because I wasn't expecting it to be so slippery.

I have seen someone do it before, a strange tall bloke
i nearly wet meself :)

Although I've never slipped on a banana skin, I have had a custard pie pushed in my face by a clown.

I have stepped on a rake hidden in the grass and had it hit me on the forehead... much laughter and bruising ensued...

I once slipped on a whole banana that had fallen out of a childs lunchbag at school, I never thought I could do the splits, but I did that day.

Oooooh the pain and humiliation of it all. :blush: :blush:

My hubby slipped on a banana skin only a few weeks ago. I was laughing so much I had to stand with my legs crossed for a few minutes or else I would have pee'd myself!!!

My wife slipped on something more comfortable last night.

No banana slippage, but I did step on a pair of sunglasses that had fallen off the rack at a discount store.

I slid about 3 feet, did a 180 and landed on my left knee. The knee swelled up like a grapefruit and, years later, I still can't kneel on it with my full weight.

The recollection of it still causes my sister to double up and cry with laughter.

That old visual joke, you know - people slipping on banana skins - does it ever happen in real life?

For example: has it ever happened to you?
not to me but i know of someone it has-and caught on camera-not good

Not personally Sam, but one of the funniest things I ever saw in a film was when woody Allen slipped on a six foot long (ish)bananna skin. He just did not see it :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
What was the film called ... Bananas?:confused:

I get this Image in my head sometimes, makes me grin to myself (probably madness):D
Two seven foot tall by three foot wide 'highway maintenance' workers in fluorescentcoats collide: SORRY MATE, didn't see 'yer
:heyhey:

The film was called 'sleeper'

He slipped over on a genetically modified banana "the size of a canoe"

I was on my way to the pub when I slipped on the only dog turd on the pavement on Riverdale Road. It took me ages to clean my shoe so I didn't whiff all evening.

Walked home again in the dark and slipped ON THE SAME DOG TURD.

My mum's grandfather (so going back many moons!!) slipped on a banana skin and broke his back. And due to his age and general health, he never walked again.

I've done it! I didn't think it was possible but it was. A sneaky blackened little blighter that was extra slippy!

as a child my aunt slipped on a banana skin. she has walked with a very bad limp cos of it and has had pain in her hips ever since. so really its not a laughing matter.

I once slipped on a slug. I used to work on a milk round between the ages of 14 and 18, and one morning it was very icy. I always used to run round and did so this particular morning too, despite the ice. As I ran down someone's drive I trod on a slug, slipped, hit the ground and smashed the bottle of milk that I was carrying. It made a small cut on my hand and I've still got a scar from it now.

It's a good point though - for the cliche to exist, it must have happened at some point...mustn't it?


You would think, but ....


I don't recall which silent-movie comic this was, but I'm pretty sure it was Chaplin. He had a slipping-on-a-dog-turd scene in one of his movies, and the film company refused point blank to even consider releasing anything involving scat. They made him change it to slipping on a banana skin, despite his vociferous objections that banana skins are not, as a rule, slippery, and people don't slip on them.

That's how the cliche got started.