Automatic banana peeler operates in low gear

Apparently, utilizing bananas to satisfy one's DIY cravings is becoming all the rage, as just weeks after hearing about a Texas-sized geostationary blimp, Donkey Kong's favorite fruit is showing up in yet another bizarre contraption. The uber-slow automatic banana peeler is fairly self-explanatory, but if you're still miffed at just what this thing does, we assure you the video demonstration will allow plenty of time for you to fully grasp the concept. Essentially, the creation stands the banana upright and grabs hold of the peeling, and by utilizing some sort of "BBQ machine," it unwraps the fruit at an incredibly sluggish pace. Of course, we'd love for an interpreter to click on through and decipher exactly what these two fellows have to say about this thing, but considering that we actually enjoy fruit more when it's fresh, we aren't particularly interested in waiting five to ten minutes before enjoying a perishable snack.

[iptydafu @ Mar 20th 2007 10:34AM]

dude, I'm sorry; but Freud just broke a hip

[jvvv @ Mar 20th 2007 11:08AM]

basicly it's a Belgian comic show from the 80's or early 90's. And you have to clam up the thing to the banana and then lit it do his work slowly, just like watching meat roast on a BBQ

[Mike on a Bike @ Mar 20th 2007 11:20AM]

I feel so much less intelligent for having read this post...

[Anthony @ Mar 20th 2007 11:32AM]

Does Kirk Cameron feel slighted?

[Anthony @ Mar 20th 2007 11:33AM]

Since the embed didn't work here's Kirk's video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-OLG0KyR4

[tom @ Mar 20th 2007 12:01PM]

banana peeling is not really a process that needs automation.

[Mr. Vage @ Mar 20th 2007 3:11PM]

Nonsense! EVERYTHING needs automation. I can't wait until my laziness is automated!

[Me @ Mar 20th 2007 12:16PM]

Nonsense! EVERYTHING needs automation. I can't wait until my laziness is automated!

[rhndtom @ Mar 20th 2007 12:33PM]

Bill Nye did an episode on 'Invention' where he tries to invent a bananna peeler. I think he actually had one that worked, and that was at least 10 years ago.

http://gbs.tv/detail/Bill_Nye_The_Science_Guy_Inventions

[franzbonus @ Mar 20th 2007 1:40PM]

Can it peel something else than bananas? Because I have to admit that I'm getting lazy on removing skins on my citrus fruits... so rather than spending 30 seconds peeling my fruit, I'd rather stare for 10 minutes at this retarded machine.

[GorgeousGeorge @ Mar 20th 2007 1:45PM]

I'll be impressed when this machine can pick out a banana without those annoying dark spots on the inside.

[Mathew @ Mar 20th 2007 1:47PM]

Just think how useful this would be, and how many lives it would save, if the terrorists started making bombs shaped like bananas! (or not?) ;)

[SLW @ Mar 20th 2007 1:50PM]

It would be worth the wait if it peeled off the terrorist imprint on the skin; otherwise, I don't think a Bananas Foster recipe will have the patience.

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