Indeed!

Says a lot for those who practise 'Mormonism' or whatever it is called.

I would like to start a rebellion in Oz against cookies. For two hundred years in Oz we have called them 'biscuits', be they savoury or sweet, but since C*mpb*lls have bought Arsnotts everyone is calling them 'cookies'.

According to Dr Karl biscuit comes from bisq - a word known and loved by potters- while cookies comes from a Dutch word meaning baked.

When I said about this language change he couldn't see it as being a loss of national identity. I must admit that, like with many things, the experience of actually meeting the person/object seen on tv is less than the expectation.

Er, trust me, you don't want to confuse these cookies with ordinary biscuits.

Oh, and to explain the mormon part- One of these 'friends'- not actually my friend, I don't like them at all, but part of the social group at the caravan park we used to stay at- offered some of said cookies to some Mormons who were spreading the word, and they ate quite a few, then took him to court when they realised what had happened (mormon's can't go to heaven if they have any drugs or something like that- not entirely sure) and made international headlines.
Apparently they were only offered a couple, but the munchies kicked in and it got a bit messy.



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I thought (please correct me if I'm wrong) that cookies were baked once and biscuits baked twice.

In the 14th century, potters discovered it was @#$%& and easier to handle biscuit fired stuff than raw, when glazing and whatnot. Biscuit/bisque firing is meant to mean baked twice, though I think maybe that only really applies to biscuits for travel (if talking about the food).

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In the 14th century, potters discovered it was @#$%& and easier to handle biscuit fired stuff than raw, when glazing and whatnot. Biscuit/bisque firing is meant to mean baked twice, though I think maybe that only really applies to biscuits for travel (if talking about the food).

<Closes encylopedic mouth>

Thank you (twice) I didn't know and hadn't found out before. (About the food)

You are very welcome! I can usually remember all kinds of useless bits of information like that. It is because I went through a stage of wanting to know everything as a kid. Everything excepting Maths.

Agree with the cookie statement, they are biscuits. And why all of a sudden do we need "Oreos" - there are plenty of chocolate cream biscuits here already without importing american ones!

Now McVities Chocolate Digestives are a completely different kettle of fish.

Must say that I love the idea of something used to solve the munchies, giving you the munchies. What do you do then ... Eat more?

No, then you are very very sick and either discover the error of your ways or have to start all over again.

Generally one makes nachos.

Bibwit: I am still like that. Although I like maths too.

I just seem to make mistakes in my exams....

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"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Oh good, thanks Martin! Shame about the maths...

I found the trick to tests and examinations was to write everything out several times, beginning with from books and then from memory. I got very sore wrists, but it seemed to work.

My trick was to practice past papers for a couple of months before the exams and then crumple afterward. That's probably not useful for pre-university courses though.

My trick was to procrastinate, go out with mates the night before the exam, then try and cram on the bus to school.

Oddly enough, my VCE score wasn't that great.

The one exam I blitzed I rocked up for an hour and a half late because I forgot it was on and was watching cartoons (videos of Arrgh Real Monsters, for those who need to know!). I maintain it was the lack of trying to cram for it that nailed it.

(That, plus it was English, basically the only subject I actually understood)

Egon: Ya. Well, I am passing MAT 1 so far this year. (Third time is the charm I guess.... *sigh*)

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

I cheated by hiding all the knowledge in my head and then peeking at it during the exam.......right up until uni where parties and other interesting stuff meant that I didn't collect the knowledge first.

The trouble with hiding knowledge in your head, is getting it all back out again - you grow old still reciting the five major glove manufacturing towns of the North East and poems about Adlestrop.