You can learn a lot from cartoons.
Never get in a footrace with a road runner. Always take that left turn at Albuquerque.
And importantly, banana peels are slippery.
Apparently that last lesson has been lost on a bunch of teens, who are creating a new meme – the #BananaPeelChallenge – to see if walking on a banana skin can make you trip up.
It all started this weekend with Jason Oakes’ investigative video.
yall I tried to see if banana peels were rlly slipper like in cartoons & I slipped & tried 2 catch myself w/ a cup.. pic.twitter.com/6dvg5BlnHB
— jason oakes (@jaasonoakes) March 27, 2016
From that, great pratfalls were had and the #BananaPeelChallenge was borne.
@jaasonoakes pic.twitter.com/GtRDa2OghX
— hann ¨̮ (@hannnahmort) March 28, 2016
Ouch.
So there’s this thing going around, so I decided try it too?? #bananapeelchallenge @lilliecrawford_ @jaasonoakes pic.twitter.com/0s7pprZG4I
— Kaden Kozlowski (@Destiny_kaden) March 28, 2016
Some of them look great in slow motion
I did the #bananapeelchallenge and I hate my life. I have a headache now, bye. pic.twitter.com/Oae12xyUrF
— M-Y-A (@holyacian) March 28, 2016
While others underestimated just how far they would fly
#bananapeelchallenge u can’t see,but my leg ran into a pole. No lie it was kind of fun @ryan_mallah pic.twitter.com/fG2SKd3csY
— Jamil Chami (@jamilchami20) March 29, 2016
Even the military got involved…
@jaasonoakes pic.twitter.com/Q2MWdH48Ag
— hunter m (@hunteerrmiranda) March 28, 2016
Not to mention some television broadcasters.
So @KATVChris tried the #bananapeelchallenge – Kids don’t do it! pic.twitter.com/7e5LWa5Tiw
— Alyson Courtney (@KATVAlyson) March 29, 2016
What a life.
Remember kids: stay safe out there. Banana skins are slippery. It doesn’t really matter if its duck or rabbit season.