Whenever I've eaten them like that (brings back memories of co-ed soccer when I was like, 5 years old), they're always so messy. With the slices (instead of wedges), you can pick out the middle part, which isn't tasty, and basically the individual triangles come off the skin easily. Again, it's super hard to explain, heh. EDIT: Which reminds me. I LOVE grapefruit!