I watched Dragonfly recently. About halfway though, because I was so intensely bored, I began to forage for snack foods. The weird Japanese snacks had long since run out ("...and there was much rejoicing. Yaaay."), which left me a little wanting in the munchies department. As I scanned the cupboard, my internal monologue sounded a bit like this: "Soup? No. Dry bread? No. Rice? NO!"... and so on. I finally settled on the sunflower seeds in the shell.

What a useless snack. What kind of sadistic freak packages these things as a snack food? Twenty minutes later, I had a small pile of shells and wasn't sure if I'd actually eaten anything. A hungry person could probably go insane trying to extract enough actual seed. I wouldn't be surprised if this were one of the CIA's dreaded interrogation techniques. "No! Not the seeds! Not the seeds! I'll talk! I'll tell you anything!"

Hmm. I notice that they have a website with the headline, "Canada's most exciting snack food company!"

"Most exciting"? This country is deeply troubled.

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