Roller Coaster

[bjarvis]

My morning started well: I got a decent amount of sleep last night and the commute to work was uneventful.

Then it began to suck: I needed to clean up some issues and errors committed by a number of folks. They could have cleaned up their own messes if they hadn't expended all of their energy denying (a) that there was a problem at all, and (b) that it was their doing.

And then things are looking up again: one of my colleagues is taking orders for girl scout cookies. I'm ordering thin mints for me and peanut butter sandwiches for cuyahogarvr. Alas, they have no gluten-free versions so kent4str is stuck.

Comments

[kent4str.livejournal.com]

That's fine, I'll just be happy knowing you're enjoying them.

bitch

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

That's "bitches" to you.
And what is it with this GSA district - no Tagalogs???!!!

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

And what is it with this GSA district - no Tagalogs???!!!

??? you have Girl GuideScout Cookies imported from the Philippines? And they speak?? I'm SO confused.

and anyway, when you can get Thin Mints, why on earth would you WANT anything else???

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

Two words - Peanut Butter! or are you another one of those Canadians that doesn't appreaciate PB?? (bjarvis "dislikes" it)

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

oh I like PB (I remember discovering it when we first came to Canada; many was the saturday morning [saturday am cartoons was something else we didn't have in britain] I went through an entire jar while sitting transfixed by cartoons).

It's just that I like chocolate (and especially mint chocolate) even more.

[kent4str.livejournal.com]

They've got them, but they don't have enough chocolate to be on B's radar.

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

Well, I asked him for them specifically and he went down the list and said they weren't there.

[kent4str.livejournal.com]

They might be called Peanut Butter Patties - See "Meet the Cookies" Here.

Buy in bulk for best pricing!

[allanh.livejournal.com]

Thin mints will keep for over a year in a freezer.

Not that I'd know that personally, you understand. Just a rumor.

Of course, you could also always try whipping up a batch of these using gluten free flour:

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001370.html

Re: Buy in bulk for best pricing!

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

Thin mints will keep for over a year in a freezer.
Not that I'd know that personally, you understand. Just a rumor.

well *I* certainly wouldn't know that personally, because there is no chance whatsoever that girl guide thin mint cookies would last that long in MY household. A friend of mine asserted that they're more addictive than nicotine, and I think he's right.

just call me the human hoover when it comes to girl guide thin mint cookies.

Re: Buy in bulk for best pricing!

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

Having been addicted to nicotine in the past, I would definitely agree with your friend.

As far as the cookies not lasting too long, I discovered the best solution to this problem is a large ice chest freezer. I've been know to buy close to 100.00 worth of cookies - all for a good cause, of course.

Re: Buy in bulk for best pricing!

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

large cache in chest freezer ... now THAT's something I can empathise with. I didn't have a chest freezer, but I have been known to buy a dozen boxes of thin mints at the same time from the same pusher girl guide.

Re: Buy in bulk for best pricing!

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Can't talk... woofing down thin mints...

Re: Buy in bulk for best pricing!

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

Can't talk... woofing down thin mints...

I want you to know how insanely jealous I am. [quietly wipes drool away with clean handkerchief]

Re: Buy in bulk for best pricing!

[kent4str.livejournal.com]

I've considered that, but can't find the time or a gluten free flour that holds together worth a damn.

Re: Buy in bulk for best pricing!

[allanh.livejournal.com]

Talk with aelfie about gluten-free flour.

Seriously.

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

It's probably good that Kent and Danny never became a couple. Between their food allergies, dining would be an interesting adventure.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Between kent4str and cuyahogarvr, our dining options are very limited already. How about we toss abqdan into the mix to let them fight it out for the dinner menu while you & I go out for a nice dinner somewhere of something we can eat?

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

I'm all for it! As long as pickled beets or liver and onions aren't involved, I'm pretty much set for anything!

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

They sell honey-roasted peanuts. We've got some.