OneAndOneIs2

It's Friday, that means there are cakes brought in. On other days too, but Friday it's definite. (Somewhat bizarrely, I'm still losing weight tho...)

Occasionally, people bring in a token "healthy option" and today this role was fulfilled by a bag of sunflower seeds.

I heard an occasional muttering of displeasure, but I was busy with A-level chemistry research so I wasn't paying much attention. After a while, I turned around and joined in the conversation, and was invited to try the sunflower seeds. Apparently, they were revolting.

I've eaten seeds before and generally found them fairly inoffensive, so I was told to try them for myself if I doubted them. "Go on, take a big handful."

I declined, on the grounds that sunflower seeds take too long to shell to take a large number.

"To what?"

I blinked, and demonstrated with the seed in my hand how to crack off the outer shell and remove the edible kernel, which I then ate without issue. Cue a chorus of "Oh, is THAT why they were so woody? I didn't know that!" and quite a few embarrassed grins from people who had earlier been spitting into the rubbish bins..

Sigh.

Be Christmas soon. I wonder if I should bring in and demonstrate the correct use of a nutcracker on walnuts? Just to be safe?