Girl Scout Cookies

Lizardjam

CROJAM95 wrote:

WHAT IS THIS?! Nobody has mentioned SHORTBREAD?????? :shock: Those are bought by the CASE in this household! 8-)

Yeah.,..the all abouts...but they have chocolate on the bottom.

libragirl

blenderman69 wrote:

libragirl wrote:

I wish i had some somoas right now.

i just did!..half a box!!!!!YUM

nice!

One of my coworkers bought in an order form for his daughters. I ordered the trefoils(shortbread) and dos si dos.

theserialthrilla

i would of bought 8 boxs as well

dimitrispearljam

theserialthrilla wrote:

i would of bought 8 boxs as well

i would bought all the store 8-)

Given to...

Biggest rip off in the fund raising world!!!!!

My wife was a girl scout leader for about 5 years and it is a complete joke what the local girls actually get for selling these overpriced cookies.

Last year they were $3.00 or more for each box, and its about $.25 of each box that goes to the local chapter. The girl scouts arent even allowed to do any type of fund raiser if they dont first sell the cookies. Blackmailing Girl Scouts anyway.

Save your money. Buy cookies at the grocery store and give the girls a cash donation. You and the girl scouts will be money ahead.

Atomic Punk

Back in the day these things were made by Burry Biscuits and they had the factory in Elizabeth NJ which was about 10 minutes from where I grew up. You used to be able to go to the factory and buy like 5 pound bags of 'broken' cookies. they could not be boxed and sold retail, so they sold them broken in bulk. My mom used to take us there once in awhile and damn, to have a 5 lb bag of thin mints was insane.

mookiemoochie16

Mmmmmm...Thin Mints.

Anon

Jules: You remember Antoine Roccamora, half black, half Samoan, used to call him Tony Rocky Horror?
Vincent: Yeah, maybe. Fat, right?
Jules: I wouldn't go so far as to call the brother fat, I mean he got a weight problem. What's *he* gonna do? He's Samoan…. Girl Scout Cookie.

theoceansmademe

Given to... wrote:

Biggest rip off in the fund raising world!!!!!

My wife was a girl scout leader for about 5 years and it is a complete joke what the local girls actually get for selling these overpriced cookies.

Last year they were $3.00 or more for each box, and its about $.25 of each box that goes to the local chapter. The girl scouts arent even allowed to do any type of fund raiser if they dont first sell the cookies. Blackmailing Girl Scouts anyway.

Save your money. Buy cookies at the grocery store and give the girls a cash donation. You and the girl scouts will be money ahead.

No the biggest rip off is Boy Scout popcorn.

The crap cost $20-$40 for a tin of horrible pre-popped corn. With kernels being way over priced too.

Better than not buying is not donating all together.

I for one will never support a organization that so openly supports religion.

Lizardjam

Sometimes there's too much thought and emphasis on so many little things and details that don't actually affect the organizations.

The girls probably get rewarded based on how many boxes they sell. They probably have fun sometimes selling them. They always seem peppy at the markets. Do they get much from it? Monetarily, probably not but, it teaches them working a bit to get stuff they want. I'm sure if you sat there and lectured a girl scout about why you would or wouldn't buy her cookies her eyes would glaze over. For them it's simply earning support for her and her troop.

I've never been a girl scout so i don't know the amount of religion that's crammed down their throats but i was a part of the YMCA and that's fundamentally christian. Did i know it as a child? No. And i sold the peanuts for fundraising. I think the amount of religious influence these organizations have on kids is nil. It's more about the actual activities they do.

I'll buy a box or two. it'll help some girl with her troop sales and I'll get good cookies, even if they do cost a bit more than I'd like.

Sometimes a cookie is just a cookie!

mikalina

The neighbor girls came over and of course every year I buy about (6) boxes- my kids better eat them all, because I'm on a diet!!!

davidtrios

LoveOnTwoLegs wrote:

Jules: You remember Antoine Roccamora, half black, half Samoan, used to call him Tony Rocky Horror?
Vincent: Yeah, maybe. Fat, right?
Jules: I wouldn't go so far as to call the brother fat, I mean he got a weight problem. What's *he* gonna do? He's Samoan…. Girl Scout Cookie.

HAHA! Sounds like a good dessert after you get me my crab legs!

davidtrios

theserialthrilla wrote:

i would of bought 8 boxs as well

im ready for some cookies!