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Anyone ever seen this site?

Some of these are incredible. Simple incredible.

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Nice find Marc.

Had great fun with the folding puzzle with the pigs!!

Jerry

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Nice find Marc.

Had great fun with the folding puzzle with the pigs!!

Jerry

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Great site! Something there reminded me of the trick we did as kids, which produced a banana that would be ready-sliced when freshly peeled open. It also reminded me of a great piece of software I had a decade ago, called TIM – The Incredible Machine. Now that was amazing!

Alan

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The Banana Trick – is that the one involving a needle & thread?

As for TIM, I haven’t played that in years! I used to spend hours and hours (mainly working hours, I’m ashamed to say) working through the levels. “Heath Robinson” is the phrase, I think.

Thanks for the link – my weekend is now occupied.

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The Banana Trick – is that the one involving a needle & thread?

Yep, that’s the one.

my weekend is now occupied

With TIM or with bananas, needle and black cotton?

Alan

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Alright, I give in – what on earth is this Banana Trick? I’ve never heard of it!

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Well, if you’ve got a bit of dexterity and a lot of patience, you can sew a length of strong cotton through the skin of a banana, forming a sort of internal loop around the innards, and back out the same entry hole. When you pull this loop out, holding both ends of the cotton, you slice through the internal banana. Repeat the process at roughly even intervals and give it to someone to peel. When they see that it’s presliced beneath the skin, you can tell them it’s a new genetically modified “convenience” banana or something.

Using a curved needle, you can make a loop with just one puncture after some practice; but the easier way is to let the needle poke out where it wants, then resew it back through the same hole until a full loop is formed. You can also go for a continuous spiral slice up the whole length of the banana. Tedious, but a fun result.

Alan

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Sounds like a fruitful and appealing trick.

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You’re lucky that Charlotte doesn’t frequent this forum!

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You’re lucky that Charlotte doesn’t frequent this forum!

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Sounds like a fruitful and appealing trick.

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Well, if you’ve got a bit of dexterity and a lot of patience, you can sew a length of strong cotton through the skin of a banana, forming a sort of internal loop around the innards, and back out the same entry hole. When you pull this loop out, holding both ends of the cotton, you slice through the internal banana. Repeat the process at roughly even intervals and give it to someone to peel. When they see that it’s presliced beneath the skin, you can tell them it’s a new genetically modified “convenience” banana or something.

Using a curved needle, you can make a loop with just one puncture after some practice; but the easier way is to let the needle poke out where it wants, then resew it back through the same hole until a full loop is formed. You can also go for a continuous spiral slice up the whole length of the banana. Tedious, but a fun result.

Alan

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Alright, I give in – what on earth is this Banana Trick? I’ve never heard of it!

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The Banana Trick – is that the one involving a needle & thread?

Yep, that’s the one.

my weekend is now occupied

With TIM or with bananas, needle and black cotton?

Alan

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The Banana Trick – is that the one involving a needle & thread?

As for TIM, I haven’t played that in years! I used to spend hours and hours (mainly working hours, I’m ashamed to say) working through the levels. “Heath Robinson” is the phrase, I think.

Thanks for the link – my weekend is now occupied.

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TIM was probably my favorite computer game ever. Thanks for the reminder.

StuartR

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I guess we won’t be seeing STUART for a while then, now that TIM is back on the scene.

Alan

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I guess we won’t be seeing STUART for a while then, now that TIM is back on the scene.

Alan

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TIM was probably my favorite computer game ever. Thanks for the reminder.

StuartR

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Great site! Something there reminded me of the trick we did as kids, which produced a banana that would be ready-sliced when freshly peeled open. It also reminded me of a great piece of software I had a decade ago, called TIM – The Incredible Machine. Now that was amazing!

Alan

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