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The president of my company left an order form for his daughter's girl scout cookies on a table in our office kitchen. Most people, out of courtesy, signed up for one or two boxes. Me, I signed up for five.
It's been funny watching people pass by my office with looks of resentment on their faces. In reality, I simply just love samoas. You can't find them at the local grocery store.
The president stopped by my office earlier and said, "You sure must love those cookies, Pete. Five boxes??"
The same way the guy in that beer commercial was an absolute genius for ordering a Sam Adams while the two other schmucks ordered a glass of water and a glass of water with a lemon, I was a genius for making a joke out if it: "Well, if twenty dollars of my own hard-earned money gets me a promotion, I'd say it's a pretty good investment. And, you know, maybe after this... we can play golf together this weekend?"
The president then smiled. He seems fond of me because I don't take myself too seriously. Just my work. He replied, "If I quit walking in on you flossing your teeth with a debit card, then maybe!"
I laughed. The president laughed. The rest of the office rolled their eyes.
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Score one for Pete.
great stuff pete. Those girl scouts sure know how to make cookies.
The prez of my company caught me checking out my fat rolls in the full length mirror, I wish I had been merely flossing.
I once referred to my boss as Nostradamus. Then one time I implied that he was old. Oh and saran wrapped a senior staff's SUV for April Fool's. Not fired yet...however will keep trying.
Samoans are easily the most addicting cookie ever. You are right, I never seen them at the store.
They're called "Samoas". A Samoan is the nationality of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson... or of Antoine Roccamora, half black, half Samoan, used to call him Tony Rocky Horror.
Girl Scouts are selling cookies again already? Huh.
Five boxes of cookies? That doesn't jive with your last post...
Oh shut up!
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5 boxes? thats like 15 cookies.
girl scout cookies are so good, the only problem is before you know it the whole box is gone.
The last box of GSC's I bought were the chocolate peanut butter waffer kind. Mmmmmm. IIRC, there were 15 cookies to a box - not enough for one sitting IMO, but a whopping 180 calories... EACH!
Have they changed the recipe since the 80's? That's the last time I had one of those god forsaken cookies and they were horrible. All of them were hard and cut the roof of my mouth. Yuck.
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that is one sexy box...your modem