# To the wackjob at the Girl Scout Cookie sale **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348 "2012-02-29T15:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/101 "2012-03-01T04:54:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > My sense is that in addition to modest upticks in the per-box price, they’ve been slowly lowering the number of cookies per box. It’s my recollection that back when I was a Girl Scout (about 20 years ago :eek:), there were 40 Thin Mints per box. Maybe it was 38, but I feel pretty sure it was nearly 40 if not exactly 40. The box I bought a couple of weeks ago was labeled as containing 8 servings of 4 cookies each, so 32 cookies. Of course, the same thing has been happening with many other packaged foods over the past few years. > [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ah, well then that does indeed suck. I notice now they only have two sleeves. (I can’t remember how many there were when I was a kid) I think it was always only two sleeves; I’m pretty sure the boxes were the same size when I was in Girl Scouts, and there’s no way you could get another sleeve in that size of a box unless the cookies were tiny. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/102 "2012-03-01T05:15:36Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > So you’re saying you supported the homosexual agenda _and_ you support women learning math? > > Pervert. It’s worse than that. He was math debating a Girl Scout. Sounds like prison time to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/103 "2012-03-01T05:24:36Z")
We got free ones in Iraq and A-stan! Which is either a nice thank you, or a wicked vicious recruiting tool. Near gun fights have started over the thin mints, and curiously, somoas. Especially if they “disappeared” out of a personal care package being handled by the APO. They were good in the winter, but no cookie travels well in the 120+ degree heat of summer there. Check it: [![](https://uploads.thealternativepress.com/uploads/photos/fr/best_6d70e00cc7c69cf3b02f_bonds1.jpg) ](https://uploads.thealternativepress.com/uploads/photos/fr/best_6d70e00cc7c69cf3b02f_bonds1.jpg) Regards, -Bouncer- ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/104 "2012-03-01T05:55:53Z")
Is there any way a normal person could buy these cookies wholesale and bypass the Girl Scouts? I know this might sound offensive to Girl Scouts, but I was just curious, nothing more. Thank you 🙂 (If the prices were a bit more decent I’d buy them from the Scouts themselves) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/105 "2012-03-01T12:24:08Z")
Do you mean you want to know if Girl Scout cookies have the equivalent of Hydrox? Because obviously the real things are going to be available only through channels they authorize. Part of the value of the cookies is from their limited distribution. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/106 "2012-03-01T12:53:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > My sense is that in addition to modest upticks in the per-box price, they’ve been slowly lowering the number of cookies per box. They have been. Its hard to sell a $7 box of cookies. Its still one of the great fundraising bargains though. The cookies are pretty good, a lot of the money from the sale gets back to the organization. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/107 "2012-03-01T13:43:39Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ah, well then that does indeed suck. I notice now they only have two sleeves. (I can’t remember how many there were when I was a kid) Two, which is the same number of sleeves as when I was selling them in the late 1960s. They’re 4.00 a box around here (DC metro area) vs. 50 cents when I was a kid, however. A couple of years back, there were some shortages of Thin Mints. I wound up getting some that must have been made by the other baker or something - because I had a mix of 9 ounce and 8 ounces boxes. Weird. This year the size is 9 ounces, but somehow it’s gone from 38 to 36 cookies per box. One funny: Someone from the troop emailed me with a list of the cookies they wanted to order, and listed something like 4 Thin Mints 2 Savannah etc. and my first thought was “wow, someone else remembers when Do-So-Dos were called Savannahs!”. Then I went :smack: - they wanted the new-this-year-but-used-to-be-called-something-else Savannah Smiles (we used to sell a nearly-identical Lemon Cooler back about 8 years ago). ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/108 "2012-03-01T14:18:48Z")
> [@Bouncer](#): > > Check it: > > [http://uploads.thealternativepress.com/uploads/photos/fr/best\_6d70e00cc7c69cf3b02f\_bonds1.jpg](http://uploads.thealternativepress.com/uploads/photos/fr/best_6d70e00cc7c69cf3b02f_bonds1.jpg) > > Regards, > -Bouncer- That’s a great picture! Someone needs to add a clever caption about abortions and the gay agenda and make it go viral. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/109 "2012-03-01T14:22:43Z")
AFTER you have eaten all your official Girl Scout Thin Mints or made a generous donation, here’s a recipe for [homemade Thin Mints](http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/taste/recipes/140916323.html). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/110 "2012-03-01T14:46:01Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > In Nazi Germany, the Hitler Youth were a paramilitary organization of children who would roam the street and set fire to the homes of Jews while chanting oaths to the Nazi Party. In 1932, the Jungmädel, was formed. Their membership consisted of girls aged ten to eighteen. In 2012 America, we have our own female Hitler Youth. The girl scouts. They walk the streets in paramilitary uniforms and swear oaths to their organization. They earn paramilitary “badges” for such things as first aid and fire starting. How long before they use their fire starting skills to burn down the homes of those who dare to speak out against their facist tyranny, just as the Jungmädel burned down all those homes years ago? > > Here is a picture of[the Jungmädel](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__xbFaVtwKEQ/S88kDs95QjI/AAAAAAAAJ28/sOUrsSg8_r8/s1600/PFB1875b_2.jpg). Compare that to a picture of the average [girl scout](http://www.productappeal.com/photos/sexy_costumes/girl_scout_2.jpg) > > Welcome to Obama’s America. > > You can find more in my new book _Why No Reach Around? How Obama is Sodomizing the Paper Towel Tubes of America_, available at [www.zombo.com](http://www.zombo.com) That’s it. No more Internet for me. Everything else is sure to be a letdown after that post. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/111 "2012-03-01T14:52:45Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Was your motorized? Because ours were and it took us _forever_ for Hobby Lobby to locate a small vibrating motor that would work and fit. $125 and 2 weeks later ( :rolleyes: ) Sophie finally had something to present to the troop leader, whom _still_ hasn’t returned it even though I _know_ I saw it in her purse the other day. All I have to say is that biatch better wash that thing before giving it back to my daughter! > > Though I will say it was a bit of an embarrassment when the thing fell out of Sophie’s backpack at school. Fortunately, Father Carlos was understanding. Whew! :smack: Now I finally understand something that’s been puzzling me for a year. I needed to find a supply of something called “pony beads” for a craft. I looked at Amazon… and sometimes their search results pull in a whole lot of irrelevant crap. So I typed in “pony beads red” and go the usual assortment of vendors / products, plus one for a **butt plug**. Relevant evidently because this one came with a gen-u-wine horsehair TAIL. :o Amazon evidently knew the truth before I did. I will say, they recognized that Girl Scouting honors diversity - the item was available in several different colors. (and no, I tried the same search just now and the results no longer included that particular craft item…) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/112 "2012-03-01T15:02:53Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > … Girl Scouts is supposed to be about character building…I’m not sure how much character you build at Build a Bear, but that’s my soapbox. Well, I agree - however the character-building activity is that the girls have decided on this fun activity - and work to pay for it. In my daughter’s troop, they do a fair bit of fundraising activities (running badge weekends for younger troops for example), and do “volunteer” work at a local events venue (for which the venue contributes money to their accounts), and save their money for several years to earn enough for a trip somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/113 "2012-03-01T15:10:36Z")
> [@C3](#): > > That’s a great picture! Someone needs to add a clever caption about abortions and the gay agenda and make it go viral. Well, this just proves it. Between the Lesbo-scouts and DADT, what else would you expect? BTW, the women in that picture are _hideous_. Slap some high heels and makeup on them and introduce 'em to a Real Man and they’ll change their orientation fer sure. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/114 "2012-03-01T15:51:01Z")
> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > Well, if this guy is anything like Starving Artist, he will take that as a challenge and explain the entire thing again, with paper towel tubs as an example. “Imagine I have a broom handle and a ripe water-melon”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/115 "2012-03-01T17:14:53Z")
> [@The\_Dord](#): > > Is there any way a normal person could buy these cookies wholesale and bypass the Girl Scouts? I know this might sound offensive to Girl Scouts, but I was just curious, nothing more. > > Thank you 🙂 > (If the prices were a bit more decent I’d buy them from the Scouts themselves) Walmart has gotten a lot of flack for selling knock off GS cookies for a few years now. I am not big on Thin Mints, but my friend who likes them swears the Walmart ones are exact replicas. I think they may also have Samoas and Tagalong knock offs. They are regular sized boxes of cookies (so not the 12 or however many you get from the GS) and they are like, $2-3. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/116 "2012-03-01T17:18:43Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Walmart has gotten a lot of flack for selling knock off GS cookies for a few years now. I am not big on Thin Mints, but my friend who likes them swears the Walmart ones are exact replicas. I think they may also have Samoas and Tagalong knock offs. They are regular sized boxes of cookies (so not the 12 or however many you get from the GS) and they are like, $2-3. Guess the only ethical thing to do is go into the store, buy the knock-offs, and come out and hand your savings to the girls as a donation. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/117 "2012-03-01T17:22:26Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Walmart has gotten a lot of flack for selling knock off GS cookies for a few years now. I am not big on Thin Mints, but my friend who likes them swears the Walmart ones are exact replicas. I think they may also have Samoas and Tagalong knock offs. They are regular sized boxes of cookies (so not the 12 or however many you get from the GS) and they are like, $2-3. Keebler has some decent replicas: Grasshoppers (Thin Mints), Coconut Dreams (Samoas), and Peanut Butter Filled cookies (Peanut Butter Patties). Weirdly, the arrival of the Thin Mints is an annual holiday in my household, but I’ve only bought Grasshoppers once or twice. They taste the same to me. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/118 "2012-03-01T17:39:51Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Guess the only ethical thing to do is go into the store, buy the knock-offs, and come out and hand your savings to the girls as a donation. Agreed. I’ve actually never bought the Walmart cookies (I probably would if I remembered while I was there, but that’s never happened), but I like to think I could do it without guilt, especially knowing I buy things and donate every time my friends’ kids hit me up in their little uniforms. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/119 "2012-03-01T17:50:48Z")
I think I’m going to pick up some GS cookies this weekend to help promote female homosexuality and presidential incest. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348/120 "2012-03-01T17:53:07Z")
On a less-funny note: some asshole mailed an envelope of white powder to the Jacksonville, Florida Girl Scout Council office the other day. It wasn’t a biohazard, but of course they had to treat it as such until proven otherwise. I suspect this was inspired by Bob Morris’ public idiocy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348.md?page=7)