March 3, 2008
You Guys Want Some Cookies?
The Girl Scouts were out in full force today hawking their partially hydrogenated oily sweetness. Little bitches in green were relentless around city sidewalks this afternoon, and for that we love them. Who knew it was cookie season? We didn't. And at the end of the day we ended up with four boxes of Samoas.
Jealous?
Also, Thin Mints: disgusting and gross, or just plain gross? Discuss.
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Just plain gross. The Samoas are the worst.
I lived on the shortbread cookies the summer of '03. Looking back, I'm not sure how I stayed alive.
^gasp^ Thin Mints are awesome!
Eat them frozen, they are soooooooooo good.
On the other hand, the Samoans are disgusting.
Thin Mints: YUM!
Lemon Coolers: YUM!
Everything else: somewhere between "Ew, no thanks" and "Hey, are those all you have left? Wonder why."
I'm eating my Thin Mints now.
"Also, Thin Mints: disgusting and gross, or just plain gross? Discuss."
Nobody has ever been more wrong about anything that you are about this. This is a 1 + 1 = 7 level of wrongness.
Thin Mints: Way gross!
Shortbread: Way good!!
Everything else: Meh.
Hooray for shortbread!
I like the Samoas ... I also like the peanut butter ones, Tagalongs? There was a special ice cream flavor from Edy's made up of Tagalongs not long ago ... yummmmmmm
I second Slappy.
Frozen thin mints are a religious experience.
If I could just pile on to the previous motions condemning Brock's condemnation of thin mints, harumph, harumph.
They're teh awesome. Like puppies and rainbows and Trader Joe's wine. Everyone loves 'em. Or so I thought.
I participated this year with their CookieShare program: I sent four boxes to Second Harvest Food Bank.
Samoas and *chilled* Thin Mints are the bomb. Never tried the latter frozen, but I sure do like them from the fridge. The stand I bought my Samoas from in West Portal was hardcore. Gotta give those little rug rats some credit.
Just give the little green tykes a dollar and let the cookies get sold to someone else.
Better for your heart and teeth, and the ominous looking guard-moms will love you.
selling GS cookies is dangerous! remember a couple years ago the GS cash boxes were being ripped off? one at knife-point, if i remember correctly.
my experience selling the thin mints and samoas in sprawling suburban apartment complexes was pretty creepy, tho nothing major happened.
and thin mints crumbled up over some good coffee ice cream is incredibly yum, i tell ya. the thin mint cannot be reproduced in civilian cookies. i'm glad they are once a year, tho they keep forever if you freeze em.
~~~gogo
Thanks for the thin mints over ice cream coffee tip. Sounds hellagood.
Tagalongs are clearly superior (although I think out here they may be called something else). Anyway, they're the peanut butter chocolate ones. Their lack of mention is a cookie travesty.
Come on -- calling Girl Scouts little Bitches? Funny I guess, but tasteless! They are children!!!
Brock. Brock... BROCK!
I just questioned your taste level before, now I'm certain it leaves much to be desired. Thin Mints are he Gary Danko's of Girl Scout Cookies.
Yeah, the work shakedown. The capo comes through the cube farm with a form making an offer you can't refuse. If you want to stay employed you buy $50 worth. What a g-d racket.
One of the first things I saw when I moved here was a little green monster screaming "shut up! SHUT UP!!!" and shin-kicking an old man in the Castro who was holding a sign and telling people near her sales table not to buy girl scout cookies because the GSA supports right wing causes. And something about AIDS (which was still a really big deal in '93 -- people protested everything! It was great.)
I knew then that I was home.
I like them all.
But I prefer to give my money to Paul Newman. Ginger-Os, Mint-Os and Peanut Butter-Os. OMG.
Thin mints are both dry and overrated. But I respect everyone's beliefs. I'm a fan of the peanut butter. And at least the girl scouts allow lesbians. (right?)
zomg, must immediately go buy seven boxes of Thin Mints for fridge (not freezer, tsk) storage.
Samoas are good too.
Does anyone remember those ones they sold in the early to mid nineties that were like strawberry and cream? those were by far the best girl scout cookies to have roamed the planet.
Thin Mints rule. Brock, YOU HAVE RUINED SFIST.
Don't feed the troll.
Of, if you do, feed him Thin Mints. Frozen.
how do you all like thin mints? their texture is way too butterfinger-y. ick.
Hate Thin Mints: the chocolate coating never melts. Freeze them?! Just not my thing. Also, Samosas are the ambrosia of the gods, so if you don't like them, great! More for me.
I dimly recall back in the day when I wore the sash and beanie (er, 25 years ago) there were "themes" and a new cookie type each year. For some reason, Australia was really popular back in 1983 and there was this cookie product called the Kookaburra that was the awesomest cookie product ever.
re: KatyG
samosas = delectable Indian pastries with peas and potatoes
samoas = delectable cookies with chocolate, caramel and coconut
Fine. More Thin Mints for me.
You all can have your thin mints, give me the peanut butter chocolate things and samoas (in that order) any day...Brock has excellent taste. :D
those little ones have become pushy over the years. I almost bought some but her DAD was like c'mon if u get one u have room for two... eerr no mr. but ok bye.
those little ones have become pushy over the years. I almost bought some but her DAD was like c'mon if u get one u have room for two... eerr no mr. but ok bye.
I second that Lola. Last year I saw girl scouts selling cookies and decided to buy a couple boxes, not because I wanted them but because I remember what it was like to have to sell them as a kid. I only had a twenty and the little scammer thought I should by 6 boxes instead of get change back!
I hate to go all Seven Sisters on you last two commenters, but if they were boys would it be so annoying?
Yes, just as annoying if boys. My point being I don't want cookies, but want to support their efforts. Instead of a thank you I felt like I was being told I could to better than that. Kinda like when someone on the street asks for a dollar, then they see you have a 5 and want that too.
slappydafrog -- frozen thin mints are a little bit of paradise
i just bought my box yesterday!
Heh, when I bought cookies this past weekend, they offered me too much change and I had to correct them. "3 boxes at $3.50 a box = $10.50. If I gave you a 20 dollar bill and 50 cents, then you only owe me $10."