The other day I took a packet of oreos from the snack bins on the mess deck and, yknow, they seemed really small. Chris and I have declared today No-Science Friday, so between reporting stories about the Coast Guard, I grabbed another packet of oreos and brought them to my room to compare against the cookies from a regular package I bought in Dutch Harbor. Behold:
The oreo on the left is totally smaller. It doesn’t taste as good, either. My roommate Liz speculates whether the lower cookie-to-filling ratio is to blame. (The mini-pack oreo is also totally shorter if you look at it from the side.)
By the way, you should see how the scientists perk up when they hear us talking about No-Science Friday. Then we explain that it’s just for us. Sorr-yyyyy.
Oooh! That’s no good! Oreos are canonical! They must always be identical to the memories we all hold from our collective childhoods!
It’s been a lot of fun to read your tweets and your posts from the great wide ocean, Helen! Go go go!
This is astounding, and to think that you had to board an icebreaker to make this discovery. I think that the Nabisco folks are trying to pull one over on us. Perhaps you could share your story here: http://www.nabiscoworld.com/Oreo/ (they are looking for stories and photos!)
Helen, you have blown the lid off this one.
Where were those two different packages packaged!? Should be printed next to the “nutritional” (they *are* Oreos, after all) information, no?
Susan
I’m telling you… you should really complain to someone about this. This is an outrage!
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