Has your kid come home from school, said “bottoms up!”, and peeled a banana, upside down?
A random poll asked the internet, “What end would you open a banana from?” 72% said “the end with the stem,” which you might consider the NORMAL way.
20% said “the other end”, and 8% said they’re “not sure.” (???)
Those percentages hold true for most splits of the population, (uh, banana splits?), except AGE. Younger adults are more likely to peel a banana from the bottom. About one in four do, compared to one in six older adults.
Interestingly, the “bottoms up” approach is how most MONKEYS eat bananas, and maybe they’re onto something. When a banana is ripe, the “top,” or what we think of as the bottom, is actually much easier to pull apart.
Try it, pinch the top where the seam is, and peel away as usual.
Speaking of banana debates: Are you cool with breaking apart bunches of bananas at the grocery store, or is it POOR FORM to split one or two off?
57% say breaking up bunches is acceptable, 31% say it’s unacceptable, and 12% have no clue. Younger adults are more cool with it than older folks.
And what COLOR do you prefer your bananas?
54% like them a “solid yellow.” Another 21% like them a little before that, with some green, while another 15% like them a little riper, with the brown spots. 4% of people claim they eat them “mostly green.” And 0% like them “mostly brown.” (So apparently, my grandma was not a part of this poll.)
A while back, there was a poll about EATING FRUIT PEELS, and just 1% of people said they’ll eat banana skins.
