Mmmm… Thin Minty!

Posted on January 9, 2004 at 3:49 pm | No Comments

It’s that time of year again… order up your Girl Scout Cookies (now made with real Girl Scouts!). In a remarkable show of self-restraint, I’ve been able to limit myself to just a single box of Thin Mints for each of the past three years. To satisfy your inevitable Boston-area craving, go here.

Y’see, I think the Girl Scouts have this all wrong… why start selling cookies just after New Year’s, when so many potential customers have expanded post-holiday waistlines? When so many resolutions involve eating better and exercising more? Are they so confident in their cookies that they believe they can crush the average American’s willpower, force them to abandon their personal promises, get them to jump off the low-fat wagon?

Yes. Yes, I bet they’re just that cocky. Nasty, evil little Girl Scouts. Foul shortbread temptresses. Cookie monsterettes.

Hmmm… now that I think about it, maybe this year I’ll get a box of Thin Mints and some Peanut Butter Patties …

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