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Harry

Harry Report 4 Apr 2013 16:54

My friend has a disgusting habit of dunking biscuits. He has noticed that his rich tea biscuit will now fit into his mug, whereas a couple of weeks ago it wouldn't.

Wagon wheels shrunk over the years, but there again, lots of things do that.

Happy days

Grandmothers have false teeth, but their smile is real

ChAoTicintheNewYear

ChAoTicintheNewYear Report 4 Apr 2013 16:56

Nothing wrong with dunking biscuits, especially rich tea ones :-D

GeordiePride

GeordiePride Report 4 Apr 2013 17:06

I love dunking ginger snaps
The truth is I just love dunking :-D


GP

Harry

Harry Report 4 Apr 2013 17:11

Peasants!

Happy days

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 4 Apr 2013 17:12

Each to their own lol. Have been doing online shop for the last two weeks and rediscovered oyster shell biscuits . Luv em from my younger days and have ordered em and they are MINE all MINE . have savoured each one and still have 2 to go.

Nothing wrong with spoiling yourself and not competing with others who want to butt in :-P

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 4 Apr 2013 17:36

I dunk my custard creams and they're so yummy :-D

Roy

LollyWithSprinklez

LollyWithSprinklez Report 4 Apr 2013 18:31

I dunk and I've shrunk :-(

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 4 Apr 2013 18:35

You don't dunk rich tea biccies :-0 ...you MUST spread best butter on'em :-D yum

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 4 Apr 2013 18:37

Yuck Mau - though I did know a woman who spread butter on fruit cake!!!!!

terryj

terryj Report 4 Apr 2013 18:59

as i said to the nurse when she gave me advice on lowering my colesterol

rich tea theyre not proper biscuits

ps
i dunk any biscuit
although some can be very tricky to get from cup to lip

GinN

GinN Report 4 Apr 2013 19:02

My pal used to spread butter on Weetabix and ate them without milk. I tried, but couldn't swallow them!

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 4 Apr 2013 19:20

Digestive biscuits with butter or cream cheese spread on them yum yum. ;-)

Mersey

Mersey Report 4 Apr 2013 19:42

Harry im not a dunker.....*squirm" :-D

BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 4 Apr 2013 19:52

Like GP I only dunk ginger nuts.

OH used to sit and easily dunk half a pkt of chocolate digestives in one go. Then the Diabetic nurse put pay to all that and he now only has two rich tea's per day

Ha Ha love it because his weight plummeted :-D

BrianW

BrianW Report 4 Apr 2013 19:53

You've got to know your biscuits to get the timing right.

But on the subject of shrinkage, I've noticed that whereas toilet rolls used to be the same width as the toilet roll holder, now there's a 2cm gap at the side. In other words the roll is now four fifths of an inch narrower.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 4 Apr 2013 21:32

I would rather shrinkage if it keeps the price down, easier to stick to me budget that way.

McB

McB Report 4 Apr 2013 21:47

I noticed that to Brian, in fact we've got some that are considerably narrower

vera2010

vera2010 Report 4 Apr 2013 21:54

Only ever dunk ginger biscuits. Love Rich Tea with butter and jam as in sandwich.
Love the Irish soft ginger biscuits with marshmallow in between. Used to be able to get them over here but haven't seen them for a while.

Vera

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 4 Apr 2013 22:39

Dear Mr Harry

Hello

Lovely to see you post.

I dunk my biccies in my tea but only at home!

I break the chocolate ones in two pieces and dip into a cup of delicious tea and savour!

Take gentle care
Very best wishes
EOS
xx

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 4 Apr 2013 22:45

I thought the saying was ....Too posh to push not too posh to dunk Mersey ;-)