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Since Patrick Star first posed it to Squidward Tentacles, the internet hasn\u2019t been able to get the question, \u201cIs mayonnaise an instrument?\u201d out of its collective head. Luckily, experts have finally stepped in to give us an answer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Those experts include Hellmann\u2019s, the world\u2019s biggest mayo brand, and researchers at Northumbria University, led by Dr. Rachael Durkin, its Head of Global Music Technologies, who employed fields like acoustics, musicology, and organology\u2014the study of musical instruments\u2014to put the question to rest.<\/p>\n
Their inquiry takes inspiration from one of SpongeBob SquarePants<\/em>\u2019s most beloved early episodes, \u201cBand Geeks.\u201d In a much-memed scene<\/a>, curmudgeon Squidward polls a room to see if anyone has experience playing a musical instrument. When Patrick raises his hand to ask if mayo counts, Squidward immediately shuts him down: \u201cNo, Patrick,\u201d he says, \u201cmayonnaise is not an instrument.\u201d<\/p>\n \n