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I walked in on my colleague doing something revolting

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noblegiraffe · 31/01/2020 16:27

I walked in to find him with a big bag of monkey nuts, merrily eating them in their shells.

That’s not right is it? You’re not supposed to eat the shells.

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Weebitawks · 31/01/2020 16:50

From all of us clicking on this hoping expecting to find a thread about someone wanking at work, yabu

flouncyfanny · 31/01/2020 16:51

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Twillow · 31/01/2020 16:51

Ugh, reheated tea. I get that!
Btw, apple pips contain cyanide...but you've got to eat the equivalent of a sack of monkey nuts (probably, a lot anyway) to be poisoned.
Whole apples, no problem. Whole monkey nuts, unusual, not how I do it, but revolting is going a bit far. There's worse things in the world...

AnchorDownDeepBreath · 31/01/2020 16:51

In Five Guys they have monkey nuts that you can eat the shells. I thought it was bonkers but they're actually rather tasty!

The two near me have big signs saying you shouldn't eat the shells.

But I do appreciate them having nuts, they're lovely!

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SchadenfreudePersonified · 31/01/2020 16:52

My daughter eats the skins of kiwis confused but she is definitely too lazy to find a bloody bin......

So do I , and I am insulted! INSULTED, I tell you!!!

It has nothing to do with being lazy, as we skin-scoffers still have to find a bin to put the nubby end in.

Tomselleckhaskindeyes · 31/01/2020 16:53

I think you may need to go to HR with this one.....

SchadenfreudePersonified · 31/01/2020 16:54

I thought raw potatoes were poisonous.

SO did I.

Maybe it's just if there's green bits.

Stronger76 · 31/01/2020 16:56

Are you supposed to eat the whole sunflower seed or just the lovely bit inside the outer shell thingy?

Asking for a friend...

Wonkybanana · 31/01/2020 16:58

I also knew someone who used to eat raw potato
Ooops! Blush

I thought raw potatoes were poisonous.
Only if they've gone green Blush Blush

And a girl at school never bothered bringing in an apple for break, she just used to eat all our cores. Absolutely nothing to do with her family being skint, they weren't by a long way. She just liked the cores.

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 31/01/2020 17:00

Raw potatoes poisonous?! I've been eating them like that since I was a kid. Shock

Thelnebriati · 31/01/2020 17:02

BusterGonad Green potatoes are poisonous, raw potatoes taste exactly the same as a Golden ''Delicious'' apple.

Reginabambina · 31/01/2020 17:03

I really though you were going to say he was wanking. This is much worse.

Thelnebriati · 31/01/2020 17:03

Stronger76 Don't they hurt on the way out?

MintyMabel · 31/01/2020 17:14

I was half expecting you to say you'd caught them having a wk

Yes, it’s almost as if the click bait title was entirely purposefully misleading, isn’t it. 🙄

recrudescence · 31/01/2020 17:14

How do monkeys eat monkey nuts?

SerenDippitty · 31/01/2020 17:17

As they aren’t really nuts but pulses, it’s a bit like eating peas pods and all!

MirandaGoshawk · 31/01/2020 17:17

I eat the shells sometimes. It's roughage, innit?

SerenDippitty · 31/01/2020 17:19

I really though you were going to say he was wanking. This is much worse.

There’s revolting, and there’s obscene and likely to result in disciplinary action.

Hirsutefirs · 31/01/2020 17:20

Mange tout, Rodney, mange tout.

Hirsutefirs · 31/01/2020 17:21

My dog eats the nuts and leaves the shells, so I can hardly start eating the shells, can I!

RebelWithVerySharpClaws · 31/01/2020 17:22

I would be worried about him choking - but not too much.

FoamingAtTheUterus · 31/01/2020 17:26

I eat orange peel, kiwi skin, and allsorts. It isn't that odd to a weirdo like me

noblegiraffe · 31/01/2020 17:28

If you eat the apple core isn’t it really scratchy?

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followingonfromthat · 31/01/2020 17:33

Apple pips contain cyanide. You wouldn't want to make a habit of eating a lot of them.