Just look at this awesome laser-cut banana.

Just look at it.

Banana mania - Repper experimentation (Thanks, Walter!)

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Is that an ISLAMIC pattern I see?
rebdav

Queue up the bris mila jokes!
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eagleapex

Shopped. Do you want me to ACTUALLY laser engrave a banana?
- racerabbit
  
  That’s a trick question, right? I mean, LOOK at it!
Anonymous

If the banana is real, is the image of the hand holding it a composite? Because, leaving aside the believability of the engraving, the hand-to-banana ratio seems rather off, unless its a freakishly large banana, or a very small man’s hand. Additionally, the areas where the thumb and pinky meet the banana look suspect. Not a single finger overlaps the banana in a convincing way. That’s why I think: Piltdown banana.
- Anonymous
  
  @anon I don’t understand why you think this must be a man’s hand.
Anonymous

As the maker of both the photo and the banana, the skeptical remarks sure made me smile. I posted some (what I hope will be considered) conclusive evidence regarding the authenticity of the banana (and hand!) on our blog. Won’t link-spam the comment section, so just follow the link in this post and check the top.
ahaley

Haters gonna hate. Why has BB turned into a total haterextravoganza?
DJBudSonic

Worst…Shopped…Ever
efergus3

Well, we all know what Freud would say about your banana obsession. “Some time a banana is NOT just a banana.”
- Moriarty
  
  I think George Carlin had some thoughts on that as well.
LeFunk

This banana looks shopped, I can tell from seeing quite a few bananas in my bananas, dawg,yo.
Anonymous

Piltdown banana. That thing would weigh about two pounds if the image were real. Unless someone is using a midget hand model…
Anonymous

@eagleapex, DJBudSonic & LeFunk:
I can promise you it’s the real deal. A lasercutter works only in 2 dimensions, which means it projects the design straight onto the surface. The banana was laying on it’s side, so that’s why the pattern looks so “flat”. I’ll post a shot of the banana in another perspective tomorrow, though I can’t promise you the banana will still be in good shape (as the engraving makes it quickly starts to decompose).
- warreno
  
  Why do I get the feeling that “tomorrow” actually means “never”?