| davef | I..D..L..E..B..R..E..A..K..E..R.. ⛓️💥 | 14:24 |
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| penguin42 | oooh | 14:25 |
| davef | It's been too quiet. Not a single mention of a Jaffa Cake. | 14:25 |
| penguin42 | true | 14:26 |
| * zxmpi slides the hobnobs out of sight | 14:42 | |
| daftykins | :) | 17:27 |
| daftykins | those Aussie TimTams that are identical to Penguins biscuits... i have sighted them in a local shop! | 17:27 |
| davef | TimTams annoy me. They managed to make it onto the supermarket shelves here before Jaffa Cakes | 17:30 |
| daftykins | :O | 17:30 |
| davef | Jaffa's are clearly the superior biscuit. | 17:30 |
| daftykins | i concur | 17:30 |
| daftykins | you should have words with management! | 17:31 |
| * penguin42 would rather have a Penguin thanks | 17:37 | |
| zxmpi | cake! | 17:41 |
| zxmpi | north america is just not civilised enough yet for jaffa cakes | 17:41 |
| zxmpi | will have to await till the lands are conquered by the scots who will also bring tunnock teacakes | 17:43 |
| daftykins | i find those way too dry :S | 17:44 |
| zxmpi | well obviously you wash them down with iron bru | 17:44 |
| daftykins | :D | 17:45 |
| penguin42 | you find tunnocks tea cakes more drying than jaffas? Huh I'd say the other way - the sponge just sucks the mouth dry after the first packet or so | 17:45 |
| daftykins | hmm it was more a standalone statement but i think i always find jaffas more moist | 17:46 |
| zxmpi | can depend on age of the tunnock teacake. but it might be that as they are a tea cake they are meant to go with a cup of tea and not be eaten without | 17:46 |
| daftykins | i've noticed since i quit coffee for a temporary break that i've regained lots of moisture where i used to lack it, like in the mouth overnight | 17:46 |
| * penguin42 did once buy a pack of [clone] jaffa cakes from the Aldi in Manc arndale, then go across the path to the Greggs and buy a hot chocolate and sit there dunking :-) | 17:47 | |
| zxmpi | well tea and coffee are diuretics | 17:47 |
| davef | I can get clones from various stores around, heck even Dollarama carries them occasionally, but it's just _not_ the same | 17:48 |
| zxmpi | mcvities make a very good jaffa cake | 17:50 |
| zxmpi | but tesco, aldi, lidl and jacobs here make a very nice copy | 17:51 |
| penguin42 | sounds like it needs some statistically significant sampling of them all | 17:52 |
| davef | I think you should all send to my PO BOX for evaluation. | 17:53 |
| * zxmpi wonders who i know that can smuggle a shipping container at short notice... | 17:53 | |
| zxmpi | i used to post boxes of irish crisps to my sister when she was living in uk. i don't think usa customs would have same sense of humour | 17:56 |
| zxmpi | https://www.britsuperstore.com/usa/browse-by-section/biscuits-and-cookies/mcvities-biscuits/mcvities-jaffa-cakes.html?p=1 they have a service :-D | 17:57 |
| davef | $10 box of jaffas is $23 shipping | 18:07 |
| daftykins | you best order enough to make it worth it! ;) | 18:09 |
| davef | added ribena.. now it's minimum $50 shipping | 18:10 |
| davef | https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/moiJalL8/Screenshot%202024-06-28%20at%202.10.47%E2%80%AFPM.png | 18:10 |
| zxmpi | just hold up a cardboard sign at airport looking for diabetic brits and drain their blood for ribena? :-P | 18:11 |
| daftykins | crank up the quantities and see if shipping scales or stays static? | 18:11 |
| zxmpi | i mean there are recipes online for making your own jaffa cakes... | 18:12 |
| daftykins | "ain't nobody got time for that" | 18:12 |
| zxmpi | you could start a pc repair business that prefers to be paid in jaffa cakes to screw the tax office? :-P | 18:13 |
| daftykins | genius | 18:19 |
| daftykins | of course shrinkflation would have to be very carefully policed | 18:19 |
| zxmpi | biting the corner of every jaffa cake to test it's authenticity like a pirate of old | 18:22 |
| daftykins | hah | 18:22 |
| daftykins | hmm is it a deep yorkshire accent when someone uses the phrasing "i thought you was doing it" (i.e. they don't use 'were'?) trying to work out the origin of someone :D | 20:19 |
| daftykins | all videos i found online of various yorkshire accents just don't sound the same as this particular person | 20:19 |
| penguin42 | isn't the 'was' thing nearer newcastle? | 20:44 |
| daftykins | mayhaps | 20:45 |
| zxmpi | liverpool was my guess | 20:46 |
| zxmpi | boys from the blackstuff i seem to remember | 20:47 |
| daftykins | hmm geordie examples definitely don't fit with what i heard | 20:47 |
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