June 3, 2008


Meanwhile, in a completely different country . . .

About four out of five UK businesses believe the type of biscuit they serve to potential clients could clinch the deal or make it crumble, a survey says.

The outcome of a meeting could be influenced by the range and quality of biscuits, according to 1,000 business professionals quizzed by Holiday Inn.

The chocolate digestive was deemed to make the best impression followed by shortbread and Hob Nobs.

Lawyers were most impressed by good boardroom biccies, the survey added.

Biscuits ‘key’ to clinching business deals, BBC News, Monday, 2 June 2008.

Mmm. I think I will get me some Plain Chocolate Hob Nobs at lunchtime.

Bonus:

HobNob biscuits are greatly enjoyed by young squirrels (no, really, this is
true). We had a baby squirrel (his name was Vermin) a few years ago who
was found in the Meadows in Edinburgh as a cute infant who had fallen out of
his tree (I think his mother pushed him), brought home and largely reared on
HobNobs. Don’t be fooled by squirrel propaganda about nuts - eating nuts
just makes them even more aggressive than they are normally. No, the bog
standard HobNob is the very man for squirrel rearing and produces a squirrel
who can handle himself in the wide world with all the grace and daring of a
complete psychopath. When he had left us to go about his lawful squirrel
occasions, he came back into the house on a regular basis to demand a
HobNob, which he would grab and run away with, kicking cats and Deerhounds
out of his way as he went.

—Ann Taylor, reporting to Your Biscuit Views

posted by India in anecdotes, animals, business, culture, etiquette, food, news, pets, products 

comments

6 Responses to “Meanwhile, in a completely different country . . .”

  1. Deron Bauman on June 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 am

    mmmmm. biscuits.

  2. Sheila Ryan on June 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 am

    I am disturbed by the plural biccies; it looks Franco-Italian. Me, I would opt for bickies were I ever to write of bickies.

  3. India on June 3rd, 2008 at 10:05 am

    I am disturbed by the spelling of brave Vermin’s name. Surely a squirrel of such force should be named Varmint, no?

  4. Cindy Scroggins on June 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 am

    Or Marmot.

  5. Sheila Ryan on June 3rd, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    A squirrel named Vermin troubles me in oh-so-many ways, not least of which is this: Vermin is a collective noun. At least it is for those of us who adhere to customary usage. Sure, Vermin’s owner could point me to sources that validate the use of vermin to refer to an individual entity, but that is not my point. My point . . .

    Pause to enjoy a nice cup of a tea and a bicky (bickie).

  6. Cindy Scroggins on June 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    When Flannery was small, she called them bickets.

Leave a Reply