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But we don't have Girl scout cookies where I'm from

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FROZEN Thin Mints. Temperature is important.

 

Nahhh, Mint Tim Tams

 

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to go with the ThinMint Milkshake

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Actually, I am going to go out on a limb here.

 

Tim Tams are the MB of the choccy biscuit world.

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Actually, I am going to go out on a limb here.

 

Tim Tams are the MB of the choccy biscuit world.

Called "overpriced and easily broken" by those that have never tried one?

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"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

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That's a shame. In that case:

 

Why does that recipe make me think of a drink concocted by the bartender at my college's TGIF party. It involved vodka, crushed ice, cream or ice cream, and ground up Oreo cookies. With another Oreo floated on top....

No I don't know the proportions (hey, we ARE talking 3-1/2 decades ago...).

Ghost Plane can have my portion of Thin Mints. I hate mint and chocolate in combination.... (And of course the husband's *favorite* ice cream flavor turns out to be mint chocolate chip.... :sick: As if marrying into a family that eats little dead salt fish on pizza wasn't bad enough)

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I hate mint and chocolate in combination.... (And of course the husband's *favorite* ice cream flavor turns out to be mint chocolate chip.... :sick: As if marrying into a family that eats little dead salt fish on pizza wasn't bad enough)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

You know that he says this to avoid you taking any from him...right?

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Chinese cookies are just as good.

Are there Girl Scouts in China? If so, do their ThinMints contain predictions?

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Nahhh, Mint Tim Tams

 

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to go with the ThinMint Milkshake

 

 

 

 

My own favorite ...

 

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You can bite both ends off a Tim-Tam to suck coffee through it.

 

This is also possible with a Montblanc. It is an unfounded rumour which will soon be averred that their marketing deparmtent is considering this avenue to sell more to stressed executives.

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Certainly...

 

But the real question is: Is it worth more to have them arrived in a green box with plastic wrapping, or in a gold box with a white rose from President Snow.....

I thought you would be satisfied to have them delivered on a pony the color of a banana milkshake.

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Why does that recipe make me think of a drink concocted by the bartender at my college's TGIF party. It involved vodka, crushed ice, cream or ice cream, and ground up Oreo cookies. With another Oreo floated on top....

No I don't know the proportions (hey, we ARE talking 3-1/2 decades ago...).

Ghost Plane can have my portion of Thin Mints. I hate mint and chocolate in combination.... (And of course the husband's *favorite* ice cream flavor turns out to be mint chocolate chip.... :sick: As if marrying into a family that eats little dead salt fish on pizza wasn't bad enough)

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I love little dead salt fish on pizza. Hmmm

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You can bite both ends off a Tim-Tam to suck coffee through it.

 

This is also possible with a Montblanc. It is an unfounded rumour which will soon be averred that their marketing deparmtent is considering this avenue to sell more to stressed executives.

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You can bite both ends off a Tim-Tam to suck coffee through it.

 

This is also possible with a Montblanc. It is an unfounded rumour which will soon be averred that their marketing deparmtent is considering this avenue to sell more to stressed executives.

Could you also suck a Banana flavored milkshake thru the Montblanc?

 

(I was thinking of the 75th Anniversary Skeleton, in particular..........it's okay if only coffee works, but it would be nice to have the option for either beverage.)

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I would only recommend using Montblanc brand milkshakes in my MB skeletons.

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You can bite both ends off a Tim-Tam to suck coffee through it.

 

This is also possible with a Montblanc. It is an unfounded rumour which will soon be averred that their marketing deparmtent is considering this avenue to sell more to stressed executives.

 

Can you get a mint chocolate flavoured MB?

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