And the other thing...

[cheekbones3]

Prompted by a recent discovery that it's easier to unpeel a banana by the non-stem end:

[Poll #998847]

And a further question, why is "unpeel" not in my dictionary, yet "unpeeled" is? I wonder if they missed "sausage" too.

Comments

[moosedevil.livejournal.com]

I'm going home to watch Blackadder now! ;)

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

:o)

[akicif.livejournal.com]

"Unpeeled" is the state of the banana before you peel it, but the verb "to unpeel" would mean resealing the banana back into its skin?

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Hmm, that does make sense actually!

[hughe.livejournal.com]

i tend to slit the bananas throat with a knife or key, and then it peals nicely.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

The other way removes the need for such actions!

[bunnyphone.livejournal.com]

Though I would describe it a peeling rather than unpeeling :oP

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Aye, so would I now you mention it...

[kynon.livejournal.com]

She beat me to it.

to peel = removing the skin

to unpeel = replacing & re-sealing the skin.

[zz]

don't like bananananananananananan

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[deililly.livejournal.com]

Am banana peeling failure. Can't figure out how to make this new fangled peeling way work!

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

It's great I promise!

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

It's easy, once you get in with the aid of a fingernail or something...

[cr4k.livejournal.com]

Other end first? ARE YOUR CRAZY?

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Quite sane sir!

[utopia.livejournal.com]

Did someone say dictionary?

The OED has an entry with the memorable quotation "Then the sheila raced off squealin', And her clothes she was un-peelin'." (Admittedly it doesn't have much else; not even so much as a definition. Guess that one hasn't been revised yet..)

[utopia.livejournal.com]

Oh, and other end first, for... historical reasons.

[knowing-look.livejournal.com]

I wonder if they missed "sausage" too.

Check to see if "sausaged" is there...

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Aha...