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“There’s no hope of my beating any sense into you, but I’ll knock some of the ignorance out of you!”

-Everett True

Sometimes Everett’s angry chastising gets downright poetic. Here he throws out a one-liner worthy of an 80’s action movie, all because of a messy banana eater.

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Where did the idea of slipping on banana peels even come from?

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You ever step on one?

I set one up and pretended to slip on it as a joke, well, until my foot hit it and my head was instantly on the ground.

Turned out WAY funnier than what I had planned.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

my head was instantly on the ground

Next time tuck your chin. Also, slap the ground instead of trying to catch yourself. Couple times a week, practice a couple of these, until they become second nature:

No joke, everyone should learn to fall.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I learned so much from this, dang.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I tried it a few times as a kid and nobody found it slippery.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

🤷🏻‍♂️ Must have got a bad banana.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I’ve read that it’s a visual euphemism for slipping on horseshit.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pocket full of bananas, potassium for days, unbothered just living his dream.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

He's rested, hydrated and glowing.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why are these SOOOO good???

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For the same reason that Donald Duck is so much cooler than Mickey Mouse.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

.......but Everett IS wearing pants!

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait till you see what he does to the guy throwing red shells!

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Hah! Come to think of it, Everett has that “blue shell” vibe. Coming out of nowhere to absolutely flatten someone

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Littering, man. Litterers make me Everett.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah but at least it's biodegradable. I'd rather see people do stuff like that than see people throwing plastic bags and bottles and whatnot.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That quote sounds like a translated subtitle from a Hong Kong kickflick.