“Is there such a thing as too much chocolate?” we can just hear you saying. How easily you forget the mistakes of youth! We, on the other hand, are sensible, moderate and in no way inclined to hop on the next plane/boat to the island of Sanday, where an unfortunate but understandable administrative error has resulted in a positive glut of the sweet stuff.

It was easily done. In fact, in the age of internet shopping, plenty of us have probably made the same mistake. Dan Dafydd, owner of Sinclair General Stores, had wanted to buy 80 Easter eggs, but then discovered, when the lorry arrived, that he had actually ordered 80 cases, making a total of 720 individual eggs, more than Sanday’s population of about 500.

Happily, he was able to see the funny side, saying “I imagine everyone is having a good giggle – which is good!” He has also decided to raffle off 100 eggs in aid of the RNLI. So he sounds like a decidedly good egg himself. We wish him and his customers a happy, even-more-chocolatey-than-usual Easter when it comes.

Sanday shop's Easter egg glut reveals one decidedly good egg – Scotsman comment

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