Banana Phone Bluetooth Handset
Yes, it is a fully functional Bluetooth handset. Yes, it is shaped exactly like a banana, down to the little brown tip. No, nobody asked for this, and yet here we all are, pressing a piece of foam fruit against our face to take phone calls in public. It pairs with both iPhone and Android, which means there is no modern device sophisticated enough to save you from the choice you are about to make. It was reportedly pitched on Shark Tank, where at least one shark presumably asked the obvious question and received no satisfying answer. Ships with a charging cable, because even a novelty banana needs to recharge eventually. Peels: zero. Dignity: also zero.
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