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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:06 PM Jan 2020

Police warn of highly addictive substance hitting the streets.

RAVENNA, Ohio — Police are raising awareness of a highly addictive substance that is about to hit the streets: Girl Scout cookies.

In a deliciously tongue-in-cheek Facebook post, the Ravenna Police Department in Ohio warns that this substance goes by a variety of street names like “Thin Mints,” “S’mores” and “Lemonades."

“These items are distributed by strong, smart, fearless young women who will lure you in with their story and get you hooked,” the post states. “We know many people think I will just get one box. But one turns into two and two turns into five and the next thing you know you are hiding ‘Thin Mints’ in the freezer.”

Ravenna police have set up a disposal location at their department: “Just drop them off 24/7 and we will properly dispose of them for you.”

https://www.10news.com/news/national/police-warn-of-highly-addictive-substance-hitting-the-streets-girl-scout-cookies

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Police warn of highly addictive substance hitting the streets. (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 OP
Love it. I'd volunteer to help dispose of the "ThinMints". brush Jan 2020 #1
Thin mints freeze remarkably well. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #2
Drop a Thin Mint into a cup of hot chocolate sometime. Aristus Jan 2020 #8
Don't often do hot chocolate, but I will need to do so PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #9
spin them in the blender and use them to make yellowdogintexas Jan 2020 #12
However...the past few years they bamagal62 Jan 2020 #3
Good thing they never make it to my street. Lemonaides sound so good. applegrove Jan 2020 #4
Lemonaides are my favorite! yellowdogintexas Jan 2020 #13
Do you know my Granny M i heaven? I miss her tea time. Though i think applegrove Jan 2020 #14
PSA keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #5
Very kind of the police to act as a disposal location - very kind rurallib Jan 2020 #6
I admire the entrepreneurial spirit of the... 3catwoman3 Jan 2020 #7
Are they made out of real Girl Scouts? Wolf Frankula Jan 2020 #10
I am actively looking for a dealer. Laffy Kat Jan 2020 #11
They don't sell them in Germany DFW Jan 2020 #15
Years ago, dunkin' donuts used to sell lemon poppy seed muffins (not sure whether they still do) and diva77 Jan 2020 #16

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,919 posts)
2. Thin mints freeze remarkably well.
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:16 PM
Jan 2020

Alas, I rarely get to buy them because I don't know anyone with a girl scout these days. If I'm lucky, a troop will set up in front of my grocery store.

yellowdogintexas

(22,282 posts)
12. spin them in the blender and use them to make
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 01:40 AM
Jan 2020

a crumb crust for a chocolate pie.

You will thank me too

PS I prefer shortbread with my hot chocolate

applegrove

(118,865 posts)
14. Do you know my Granny M i heaven? I miss her tea time. Though i think
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 01:43 AM
Jan 2020

it was earl grey. I think i will try to bring that back at my house.

3catwoman3

(24,079 posts)
7. I admire the entrepreneurial spirit of the...
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 12:25 AM
Jan 2020

...Girl Scouts who were clever enough to set up their tables near marijuana dispensaries.

DFW

(54,462 posts)
15. They don't sell them in Germany
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 03:48 AM
Jan 2020

The Germans instead have enlisted the evil Swiss chocolate firm of Läderach in selling huge slabs, or pieces thereof, of white chocolate with crushed raspberries and blackberries blended through it. It goes for about $70 a pound. People are instantly hooked, and it has singlehandedly kept the Swiss economy in a surplus position. Läderach has only one retail outlet that I know of in North America, and it is at 731 Lexington Avenue at 59th Street in New York City. In an evil plot hatched with the North Koreans, this stuff is SO good that you will forego having a roof over your head just to get your daily fix. I have heard of New Yorkers moving to small towns in rural Idaho just to be far enough away from the temptation.

diva77

(7,671 posts)
16. Years ago, dunkin' donuts used to sell lemon poppy seed muffins (not sure whether they still do) and
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 05:09 AM
Jan 2020

I developed a true addiction to them -- I would find myself with an insatiable craving if unable to have my one-a-day fix (I think poppy seeds contain trace amounts of opium). I was forced to quit cold turkey when I moved away.

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