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It’s the cookies, of course!
Specifically, the one we all want: Thin Mints. Which I first saw this year in the airport.
TSA ruins my trip
On my way back from an intense visit to parts back east, I was infuriated and harassed once again by the hateful TSA – that’s right, the portion of the government that gets 8 billion of our dollars EACH YEAR – and Obama just proposed giving them 3 million more!! — each year!! To touch and strip us before we pay hundreds of dollars to fly somewhere, because we can’t walk there.
I will write more about this elsewhere, but one small part of the airport experience gave me joy – seeing 2 or 3 Girl Scouts at a table, with a banner, selling their famous accessory, The Cookies. I made a note to myself to come back and buy some, but in the stress of the moment, as I was taking pictures of the TSA goons as they harassed me, I forgot. That made me very sad on the trip home here, because, as you know, there is no food on airlines any more now, just canned air and loss of individual liberty.
Thin Mints, honestly
Imagine my delight, then, when the very next day, I found out my neighbor was moving (well, that part was sad, as he was very quiet, and you never know who will move in next) and gave away a couple bags of food. Included in there was an unopened box of Girl Scout Thin Mints! Yay!
Only, no, not yay.
Of course the ice cream store with 42 flavors is based on Baskin-Robbins, with their 31 flavors. (Less, if you are unfortunate enough to live near one of their smaller stores, where they don’t have as many bins or selections. 🙁 ) Honestly, I sometimes pick restaurants based on whether they have a big menu. Choices are important when it comes to desserts!
I never heard of Baskin-Robbins until I went to college in a small town, and they had one there. My local friends were ga-ga over it, and I vividly remember the first flavors I tried: pumpkin pie, and chocolate chip, still favorites!
They’re owned by Dunkin Donuts now, I think. Bad move, because the Baskin-Robbins near me, Burbank, (which was the headquarters Baskin-Robbins for the whole country before Dunkin’ Donuts took over) is now owned by a surly unfriendly guy, and I haven’t gone back in over a year.
