I was talking with some friends-who-are-also-colleagues at work about a subject that, if addressed, would “open up a can of worms.” As the expression indicates, addressing this subject would force us to face a slew of other issues.

In the case, though, being forced to face these other issues felt healthy, necessary, and valuable. I asked my colleagues for a better metaphor for opening a can of good worms.

Thanks to the magical latency of Zoom, they both simultaneously and independently invented the phrase “opening a can of gummy worms.”