Our annual supply of Girl Scout cookies arrived yesterday. We order them from one of Tod’s colleague’s daughters in Chicago and she mails them to us.
This year, the package arrived sealed with Japan Post tape and with a note saying the box had been inspected at Customs. Both boxes of Thin Mints were open.
I wonder if the densely packed cylinders of Thin Mints—18 cookies per roll, two rolls to a box—trigger some sort of weapons alert? Maybe it looks like a pipe bomb.
Posted by kuri at March 28, 2004 04:11 PMcan’t trust them girl scouts….
Posted by: mj on March 28, 2004 04:42 PMTruly a testa-mint to the defication of the Japanese inspectors — have you ever heard of someone opening a box of girl scout cookies and not wolfing down a couple?
Maybe they were out of milk at Narita…
I don’t know if I’d want to eat them after they’ve been manhandled like that.
What am I saying? They’re Thin Mints! I’d eat them if rats nibbled on the wrappers. Enjoy your “safety checked” treats.
P.S. I like the pink.
Posted by: Jenny on March 28, 2004 10:12 PMwhat sort of beverage bottles are in your new header? I like it.
Posted by: fran on March 28, 2004 11:34 PMMaybe they were checking for drugs.
Posted by: on March 29, 2004 08:56 PMNah, too obvious! More likely, they just cant resist Girl Scout cookies any more than anyone else can! (And i say this as a new convert…i tried them for the first time this year and they were amazing, both the Mint thins and the caramel ring things, cant remember the name, but yummmm!)
Posted by: j-ster on March 31, 2004 08:09 PMSamoas!
Yummy fattening caloric Samoas!
They were carmel-chocolate-coconutty cookies, right?
If yes, they’re Samoas!
(repeat from beginning of post while doing a silly dance)
Posted by: abraxis on April 2, 2004 12:46 PMyes, check for drugs… over here we have x the size of thin mints ;-)
