Check out the latest internet fad: #bananapeelchallenge

By Roisin Burke

Slipping on a banana peel is a precarious likelihood in most cartoons, but in real life, people seem to be a lot safer from the yellow fruit.

So safe in fact that we have been lulled into a false sense of security and some kids have become sceptical of the dangers of the slippery banana skin.

These suspicious youths have decided to test out the phenomenon of slipping on a banana peel by –slipping on a banana peel.

Yeah, there are no Nobel prizes being handed out for this experiment.

It all started out innocently enough with a curious young American kid, but like a lot of other silly internet crazes, it caught on and now there is a hashtag: #bananapeelchallenge

@jaasonoakes pic.twitter.com/GtRDa2OghX

— Hannah Mortensen (@hannnahmort) March 28, 2016

So there's this thing going around, so I decided try it too😅🍌 #bananapeelchallenge @lilliecrawford_ @jaasonoakes pic.twitter.com/0s7pprZG4I

— Kaden Kozlowski (@KadenKozlowski) March 28, 2016

Even late night host Jimmy Kimmel got in on the trend playing a prank on his show.

Despite a crafty scheme, @IamGuillermo failed to get me to fall for the #bananapeelchallengehttps://t.co/V2kSDiChvk

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) March 30, 2016

Of course, not everyone has completely lost their sense of self preservation and some people are not impressed by the whole thing.

why are y'all voluntarily slipping on banana peels i thought the kylie jenner lip challenge was bad #bananapeelchallenge

— moved (@KNJRKlVES) March 28, 2016

Yup let me see y'all dumbasses do this y'all gonna be busting ya asses and breaking ankles left and right #bananapeelchallenge

— baby. (@anywaysugh) March 28, 2016

Stupidest thing ever #bananapeelchallenge

— Annalyssa ♛ (@annalyssa_xo) March 28, 2016

It goes without saying, but don’t try this at home!