I’ve always wondered why they called a shop that sells used reading material an “old bookstore”, when it should be an “oldbook store” – especially if it’s new bricks’n’mortar. Hmmmm?
A shop that offered really old practical jokes of a similar nature would provide far worse than banana peels. (“Haw, haw! Ooga slip in stinky rhino goop!”)
I was at Target a couple of days ago and I kid you not, there was a banana peel in exactly this posture right outside my car door. I thought to myself, “what is this, some kind of joke?” :-D It was perfect.
Shop owner is a ‘response timer.’ He wants to see how long the guy stands there studying the peel before walking away. And he wants to see how the guy makes his exit – reverse or sidling around the peel, as if he’s afraid of it.
I’ve never understood why banana peels are considered the apotheosis of slipperiness. But it turns out they really are slippery:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physics-slipping-banana-peel-and-other-weird-science-honored-ig-nobel-awards-180952787/
willispate almost 2 years ago
it’s tough being a comedian/joker these days.
keenanthelibrarian almost 2 years ago
Now that’s a REALLY old joke – no wonder he looks puzzled. I’m not quite sure what the proprietor (I assume) is waiting for …
strictures almost 2 years ago
I would just kick it into the curb, just like I do with the occasional stick that breaks off a tree.
Scorpio Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Maybe its trigger for a bigger, better joke.
Sanspareil almost 2 years ago
This is too banana republic to make sense!
Imagine almost 2 years ago
Not very appealing. Or maybe too appealing?
Superfrog almost 2 years ago
Banana jokes are from the bottom of the bunch.
YourFriendlyNeighborhoodAmoeba almost 2 years ago
I’ve always wondered why they called a shop that sells used reading material an “old bookstore”, when it should be an “oldbook store” – especially if it’s new bricks’n’mortar. Hmmmm?
bite the bullet almost 2 years ago
Coming up next: the hazards of getting some skin in the game.
Isenthor1978 almost 2 years ago
I think the last comedian to get any laughs from this joke was Milton Berle (in drag).
Kaputnik almost 2 years ago
Soone to be the target of ye olde lawsuit.
TonysSon almost 2 years ago
He should just slip on by.
PraiseofFolly almost 2 years ago
A shop that offered really old practical jokes of a similar nature would provide far worse than banana peels. (“Haw, haw! Ooga slip in stinky rhino goop!”)
basspro almost 2 years ago
If that fellas name is Freudian his is more than likely heading for a bit of history.
Count Olaf Premium Member almost 2 years ago
the owner has his hand on the door jamb hoping he’ll pull his finger.
dot-the-I almost 2 years ago
“Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”
[Traveler] Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I’ve hit many of those playing Mario Cart, it’ll spin you around.
morningglory73 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Redd Panda almost 2 years ago
Looking down, he hears the voice ‘’ Try it. You know you want to. Go on.’’
And this was how Morty J. Slidehammer, got to meet all those nice doctors and nurses.
batesmom7 almost 2 years ago
Not an olde banana… peels turn brown pretty quickly.
david_42 almost 2 years ago
Once upon a time banana peels were slippery, back before the Cavendish took over the market.
calliarcale almost 2 years ago
I was at Target a couple of days ago and I kid you not, there was a banana peel in exactly this posture right outside my car door. I thought to myself, “what is this, some kind of joke?” :-D It was perfect.
fencie almost 2 years ago
Hear tell he should polish his shoes with that thing.
mfrasca almost 2 years ago
A golden oldie. Charlie Chaplin first used the gag in 1915 in his two-reeler “By the Sea.”
https://fb.watch/jyD6gPOJx3/
monya_43 almost 2 years ago
The old joker is peering around the door.
sandpiper almost 2 years ago
Shop owner is a ‘response timer.’ He wants to see how long the guy stands there studying the peel before walking away. And he wants to see how the guy makes his exit – reverse or sidling around the peel, as if he’s afraid of it.
ladykat almost 2 years ago
If I see the banana peel, why would I walk on it?
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 2 years ago
He’ll fall right on his potassium.
mistercatworks almost 2 years ago
I always think “What would happen if a lawyer slipped on it and broke his hip?” It keeps me from indulging my malicious whims.
Old Crusty almost 2 years ago
I don’t eat bananas. Once I peel them and throw away the bone, there’s nothing left.
paranormal almost 2 years ago
Is it stuck to the sidewalk or what???
FassEddie almost 2 years ago
It’s cream pies, you fool! Who uses bananas any more?
khcm1157 almost 2 years ago
I think this joke needs to be compounded by putting the banana peel on a whoopee cushion.
albzort almost 2 years ago
I’ve never understood why banana peels are considered the apotheosis of slipperiness. But it turns out they really are slippery:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physics-slipping-banana-peel-and-other-weird-science-honored-ig-nobel-awards-180952787/
198.23.5.11 almost 2 years ago
There is a nationwide shortage of wallets-on-a-string.
And whenever somebody slips on a banana peel,either Mr.Laurel or Mr.Hardy is certain to be holding a banana.
ssejhill almost 2 years ago
Would have been a better cartoon if there were a law office next door to the joke shop.
mrmikewade1 almost 2 years ago
I half expected that to be a bear peering from around the corner
Can't Sleep almost 2 years ago
And next door is Ye Olde Accident Lawyer.
mrmikewade1 almost 2 years ago
Bananas are radioactive, but you’d need university equipment to detect it
Betrayral In The Common Room almost 2 years ago
Is there a discount for a Pratt fall?
websterphreaky almost 2 years ago
Is this cartoon supposed to Funny??? NOT.
khjalmarj almost 2 years ago
I don’t care for bananas. You peel one, and throw away the bone, and you have nothing left!
eboosler Premium Member almost 2 years ago
My favorite store!
[Unnamed Reader - bf182b] almost 2 years ago
Ye Olde Joke.
tee929 almost 2 years ago
It is a side splitter!
Mediatech almost 2 years ago
Slip sliding away….
Chris Sherlock almost 2 years ago
Emphasis on Olde.
[Unnamed Reader - e476da] almost 2 years ago
somebody needs a vacation. a long one.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member almost 2 years ago
That guy in the shop looks like a human version of the Wiley Bear!