# Brit Dope Winter 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981 "2003-10-01T21:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/161 "2003-10-13T13:59:07Z")
Damnit you people! I cannot compete with Millies! Their cookies are far superior to mine. If you lot keep on going on about Millie’s cookies, I’m going to have performance anxeity and not be able to bake the best cookies that I can. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/162 "2003-10-13T14:48:22Z")
BISCUITS. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/163 "2003-10-13T15:15:20Z")
Hey, shut up – at least you have a kitten. 😉 **ianzin** , I was envisioning an after-dinner quiz – say half past seven-ish. That should be late enough to collect the stragglers, but not so late that everyone will be too pissed to think. And besides, the final round will be far more entertaining (to me, that is) if both teams are well-lubricated at that point. muahahaha… ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/164 "2003-10-13T16:03:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Francesca \* > \*\*BISCUITS. \*\* Sorry. Chocolate chip biscuits. In fact, I am going home in the next few minutes, just so I can bake them. If you want some, email me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/165 "2003-10-13T16:18:48Z")
will you email them back as an attachment? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/166 "2003-10-13T16:23:43Z")
Make sure your machine is enabled for cookies (What? Someone had to say it!) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/167 "2003-10-13T16:35:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > \*\*Make sure your machine is enabled for cookies \*\* \ 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/168 "2003-10-14T07:54:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*will you email them back as an attachment? 😉 \*\* If you’re lucky, and if you can accept cookies. 😉 Well, the cookies are lovely - my housemates ate about a third of them last night! > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Gyrate_\*\* > And besides, the final round will be far more entertaining (to me, that is) if both teams are well-lubricated at that point. muahahaha…\*\* Now, I’m scared. Very very scared. Care to offer even a hint as to what this round will involve? I’ll bake _more_ chocolate chip cookies… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/169 "2003-10-14T08:05:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*Now, I’m scared. Very very scared. Care to offer even a hint as to what this round will involve? I’ll bake _more_ chocolate chip cookies… \*\* Writing implements. Lateral thinking. Letters and numbers. Refrigerators. Millard Fillmore. That sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/170 "2003-10-14T08:12:37Z")
Aaahh… **Gyrate** , wonderfully transparent as always. I’ll just sit here with my white choc chip cookies then. 😛 On a related note - I have a great recipie for mince pies, will November 29th be too early for mine pies? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/171 "2003-10-14T08:14:53Z")
_ **mince** _ pies, with a c in it. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/172 "2003-10-14T08:19:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*will November 29th be too early for mine pies? \*\* very Shakespearian. Oh Angua mine heart doth clamour for thine pies! 😃 and if numbers are involved in the quiz then i’m going to be no help - there are five year olds who are better at maths than me. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/173 "2003-10-14T08:50:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*very Shakespearian. > > Oh Angua mine heart doth clamour for thine pies! 😃 > \*\* Really? 😉 I’ll see if I can dig out the recipe, and if so, you’ll be lucky lucky people, because you’ll get _AnguaCookies_[sup]TM[/sup], and mince pies, with a special orange pastry, so no ordinary mince pies. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/174 "2003-10-14T09:05:57Z")
No **Angua** , I don’t think Nov 29th is too early at all. Note that they will henceforth always be known as ‘mine’ pies (or ‘thine’ pies when conjugated). Much classier. We want white chocolate cookies and thine pies! **Want want want!** (Anthropological note for Nov 29 first-timers: deferred gratification isn’t exactly a _strong_ point among LonDopers. Try saying to **Tir Tinuviel** something like “Tell you what, we’ll just chat for half an hour or so and get the drinks in later shall we?”. You’ll be lucky if they can find enough of you left on the pub floor to fill half a bucket.) ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/175 "2003-10-14T09:12:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > \*\*No **Angua** , I don’t think Nov 29th is too early at all. \*\* Well, that settles that argument then. > [@](#): > > **Note that they will henceforth always be known as ‘mine’ pies (or ‘thine’ pies when conjugated). Much classier.** Is that a reflection of the true nature of the cook, or merely sarcasm? 😉 > [@](#): > > \*\*We want white chocolate cookies and thine pies! **Want want want!** > > \*\* Calm down - they’ll taste all the better for the wait - the best things come to those who do after all, wait. 🙂 Hands up all those who can see me being up all night on the 28th November baking. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/176 "2003-10-14T09:27:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > \*\*(Anthropological note for Nov 29 first-timers: deferred gratification isn’t exactly a _strong_ point among LonDopers. Try saying to **Tir Tinuviel** something like “Tell you what, we’ll just chat for half an hour or so and get the drinks in later shall we?”. You’ll be lucky if they can find enough of you left on the pub floor to fill half a bucket.) \*\* Very true. I remember last week on that programme about the human mind they did a test on some kids (about 6 years old i think) to prove that at that age the mind hasn’t developed sufficient control to defer gratification etc. Basically they took them into a room with a sweet factory, let them choose their favourite sweet then sat them down and placed the sweet on a plate in front of the kid. The child was then told that the adult was leaving the room and they could either: 1. Eat that sweet now 2. Wait five minutes and have three of that sweet when the adult got back. Only one child managed to hold out for five minutes. I’ve a feeling that if you did that test on the Londopers the result would be little different. [sub]Hell, if it was done with beer then on **Tir** ’s turn the adult wouldn’t have even finished listing the options.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/177 "2003-10-14T09:51:12Z")
However, **grarius** , if we take DopeFests as typical human interaction scenarios, can you imagine what conclusions will be drawn from them? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/178 "2003-10-14T10:02:56Z")
Paging Dr. Kinsey… ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/179 "2003-10-14T10:18:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gyrate \* > \*\*Paging Dr. Kinsey… \*\* Wouldn’t he be a bit smelly if he turned up now? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/180 "2003-10-14T10:32:55Z")
Yeh, and a bit green and flaky round the edges too by now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981.md?page=10)