You're MORE likely to be bitten by a mosquito if you just ate a banana.
Bananas are gigantic herbs that spring from underground stems.
What appears to be the trunk is a false stem formed by tightly wrapped leaf sheaths. Correct A new film producer was having trouble with a visual gag. It was during the days of silent cinema and he wanted to show a man slipping on a banana skin. He asked the advice of Charlie Chaplin. Whichever way I do it, it won't be new to the audience because they've seen it all before.