Comments on: What I love no. 17: Getting the peel off in one go http://helenpidd.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/what-i-love-no-17-getting-the-peel-off-in-one-go/ A list of things that make me happy Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:35:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: helenpidd http://helenpidd.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/what-i-love-no-17-getting-the-peel-off-in-one-go/#comment-64 helenpidd Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:05:36 +0000 http://helenpidd.wordpress.com/?p=28#comment-64 The most useful thing I ever learnt from a sermon in church was that monkeys always open bananas from the bottom because it's much easier. Try it next time you're struggling with the stalk end. You'll never go back. The most useful thing I ever learnt from a sermon in church was that monkeys always open bananas from the bottom because it’s much easier. Try it next time you’re struggling with the stalk end. You’ll never go back.

]]> By: Michael http://helenpidd.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/what-i-love-no-17-getting-the-peel-off-in-one-go/#comment-63 Michael Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:22:09 +0000 http://helenpidd.wordpress.com/?p=28#comment-63 Ha, I bet she got you with the old boiled egg shell upside down, though... Helen, I'm not sure how much credibility you would have had in my school with your little magical orange flower. Isn't the accepted method of lunchbox orange preparation to slice it into individual mouth-sized segments, allowing the peel to be inserted between lips and teeth after eating, resulting in the ever-hilarious orange gumshield effect? Having said that, I had to start asking my mum to secretly break the skin at the top of the banana in my lunchbox. There'd been a few times where I just hadn't managed to crack it open myself, and it had got all bendy, and I'd had to put it back in the box and pretend I wasn't hungry after all. It wasn't like I was going to put my hand up and ask for help from the dinner lady. Ha, I bet she got you with the old boiled egg shell upside down, though…

Helen, I’m not sure how much credibility you would have had in my school with your little magical orange flower. Isn’t the accepted method of lunchbox orange preparation to slice it into individual mouth-sized segments, allowing the peel to be inserted between lips and teeth after eating, resulting in the ever-hilarious orange gumshield effect?

Having said that, I had to start asking my mum to secretly break the skin at the top of the banana in my lunchbox. There’d been a few times where I just hadn’t managed to crack it open myself, and it had got all bendy, and I’d had to put it back in the box and pretend I wasn’t hungry after all. It wasn’t like I was going to put my hand up and ask for help from the dinner lady.

]]> By: Karen http://helenpidd.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/what-i-love-no-17-getting-the-peel-off-in-one-go/#comment-59 Karen Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:38:56 +0000 http://helenpidd.wordpress.com/?p=28#comment-59 Surely I never fell for the empty orange trick?! Surely I never fell for the empty orange trick?!

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