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[jaydub]

Oreos are the best selling cookie in the history of the western world. Do they really need this much marketing?

gg...chicken...egg...chicken...egg...chicken...e

[wombat]

and suddenly I've lost 10-15 minutes of my day to thinking about Oreos.  Even if I leave with the one bag or Oreos I've intended to buy, I have been deeply engaged at the point of sale with the concept and possibility of Oreos.  I have devoted more of my time than I would ever intentionally seek to spend on thinking about Oreos to doing just that.  I have been mindfucked by Nabisco. 

Oh yes, I have been there, indeed, exactly despite the fact that in the end I will always buy only the original Oreos. And take them home and scrape out the filling and only eat the outsides.  Now wait, there's an idea - why don't they sell them without filling?

[CortJstr]

Oh yes, I have been there, indeed, exactly despite the fact that in the end I will always buy only the original Oreos. And take them home and scrape out the filling and only eat the outsides.  Now wait, there's an idea - why don't they sell them without filling?

Pod person.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Now wait, there's an idea - why don't they sell them without filling?

Nabisco makes chocolate wafer cookies that are sorta kinda like the outside of Oreos.  More like nilla wafers that are chocolate flavored, but in the ballpark.

Also, you are a freak.

[side_show]

Wombat - the 100 calorie packs are indeed slightly thinner Oreos without the icing. 

Ineve:  I'm the same way, actually.  The closest I've come to buying Oreos in the past 5 years is when I buy ground "oreo" crumbs at the bulk store for making banana creme pie crust.  And I'm pretty sure they aren't even "Oreo" brand crumbs at all.  I probably buy packaged desert baked goods under 6 times a year total.  I am not a dessert person in general.

Doc: TimTams (or at least the chocolate coated, caramel filled ones, are way too sweet for me - I sputter and cough when I eat them.  Then there was a campaign with the posters telling my I was apparently eating them wrong, that I was supposed to bite off each opposite corner and slurp something (milk, coffee, hot coco?  I can't recall) through the caramel.  I doubt that would make them more enjoyable to me anyway. 

Smick:  No, I am not writing ad copy for Nabisco.  I am part of a mass marketing study to see how many people are bothered by TSP being in food items.  The lower the numbers, the more engine degreaser in your food.  I work for TSP manufacturers, not Nabisco - they're TPS's wage slaves you see.

[wombat]

Wombat - the 100 calorie packs are indeed slightly thinner Oreos without the icing. 

They're not the same texture. But since they took the trans fat out of Oreos, they're not the same texture anymore anyway, so maybe I should try those again. Except now I am afraid that if I go to the store I am going to have to buy some of those Cakester things, which I never even heard of or noticed before. Evil, evil messageboard!

[Ben-San]

I like the cookie part better than the creme - it's a not-too-sweet, very crisp chocolate cookie, while the creme is just a sugarheap.

Basically if someone sold thin chocolate cookies that were just the Oreo cookie parts without the creme I would consume them.

[jaydub]

Careful, Ben.  They're going to tar you with the same brush they've taken to Wombat.  Perhaps you can share the rail on your ride out of town.

[wombat]

Me and Ben can be freaks together. So there.

[AugustWest]

I'm really hating my pedantic self for doing this, especially since I think Mel is just the Bee's fuck*ng knees and all.  But it's "aisle".  

Although I must admit, the image of an island filled with nothing but cookies was very appealing.  Damn you and your potent imagery, Smells!

[Doc]

Doc: TimTams (or at least the chocolate coated, caramel filled ones, are way too sweet for me - I sputter and cough when I eat them.  Then there was a campaign with the posters telling my I was apparently eating them wrong, that I was supposed to bite off each opposite corner and slurp something (milk, coffee, hot coco?  I can't recall) through the caramel.  I doubt that would make them more enjoyable to me anyway. 

Yeah you just want the plain chocolate ones, caramel ones are a bit over the top.

[side_show]

Huh.  I've actually always spelled it that way, and never been corrected.  Learn something new every day!

I am actually also of the ilk who don't really like the icing much either.  I eat it, but I don't really care about eating it.  In fact, Sesame Street had such a strong effect on me that I not only wanted my oreos to have no icing, but I used to eat them exactly like Ernie does with the cookies in this clip apart from the fact I'd start by licking the icing off each Oreo first (also, holy hell, I never really realized that Bert was such a total asshole before!)

[pmcd9]

(also, holy hell, I never really realized that Bert was such a total asshole before!)

Huh, I see Ernie as the asshole.  He stole Bert's cookie and then lied to his face.  Bert was trying to be patient with Ernie (even though he's been fucked over by him countless times) and the reward for his patience is he gets fucked over again.

[CortJstr]

Come on people, the chocolate cookies are just a Stuf delivery system. Much like pork ribs are just a BBQ sauce delivery system.

[Victoria Waterfield]

Huh.  I've actually always spelled it that way, and never been corrected.  Learn something new every day!

I am actually also of the ilk who don't really like the icing much either.  I eat it, but I don't really care about eating it.  In fact, Sesame Street had such a strong effect on me that I not only wanted my oreos to have no icing, but I used to eat them exactly like Ernie does with the cookies in this clip apart from the fact I'd start by licking the icing off each Oreo first (also, holy hell, I never really realized that Bert was such a total asshole before!)

This clip is revelatory now that I know about Piaget.