Banana Guards
There are lot of big issues in the world at the moment, but let us go back to basics for a moment: bananas. They're tasty, they're healthy and they've been a regular feature in our lunchboxes since we were children. From Andy Warhol to the Dandy Warhols, they're also an epic symbol of cultural-cool. We like them best when they are delightfully yellow in colour and begging to be peeled. They may just be perfection in a fruit. But unfortunately, travelling with a banana is problematic...Or is it?
People of FourThousand, times are changing. No longer will you have to reach into your bag for that squished and bruised banana. No longer will you have to suffer the indignity of blackened peel and soggy flesh. The people of Banana Guards had a dream and that dream is here. With its colourful plastic genius, may your bananas be guarded in peace. May they be looked on with envy. May you be filled with potassium-energy and clever pride.
(And in case you didn't notice, we even managed to compose that whole little article without one cheeky reference to its shape. That's how serious we are about bananas).
By Tess Curran
Location: Inner East
Price: $10 - $100
Product Type: Gadgets
Keywords: Banana Guard
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