On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 08:31:08 +1000, David Strike <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On Tuesday, June 04, 2002 2:19 PM, Jeff Kell wrote:

>> The double-dips remind me very much of a cookie (biscuit to you) that
>> was sold here when I was young -- Penguins.

Are those "Penguins" extinct now?  If so, how could such a thing have
happened given the universal appear of the Tim Tams, its taste-alike.


>I'd forgotten all about those until you and Julian refreshed my memory.
>Which - in a round-about way - reminded me of the IMAX film 'Arctic
>Adventure',

I am intrigued by this "round-about way" reminder!  :-)

It's a most memorable IMAX film, perhaps because of its dramatization
into a TALL TALE as opposed to the real exploits of Shackleton.  :-)


>detailing the exploits of Shackleton who was trapped on the
>South Polar ice - and then Elephant Island - for some twenty months
>in about 1916.

This part is true, historically.

>They ate penguins - and didn't lose a single man!  :-)

What about all the married men?   <Sorry, couldn't resist>

The latter is supposedly true, but I don't recall seeing penguins
in the IMAX film 'Arctic Adventure', but I did notice the
disappeance of all the sled dogs near the end of the expedition. :-)

Which is my round-about way of asking Jeff, "Are Penquin cookies Dog
biscuits"?  :O)

On that note, I must retire to get ready for an early trek to Alabamy
to re-introduce Mike Wallace to shy Viv, and to introduce Viv to the
Huntsville NASA Space Center.  <BWG>

-- Bob.