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Ryan ToffyPops Review	Dear Nicey, It is good to see the ToffeePop once more, if only in pictoral form. As a 'cake person', almost literally thanks to the cake-fuelled belly I have grown, I do like a biscuit with something resembling cake to it. In this case, the presence of a squidgy layer. What the ToffeePop means most to me is pathos. It means after-Sunday-dinner bloating at Nanna's watching Bullseye in the 1970s. Then, it was a luxury biscuit, and actually more than that, it was a modern, groovy, funky, down-with-the-kids, anti-traditional biscuit. It harks back to an era when all manufacturers had to do to be youth-minded and anti-establishment was to insert the word 'pop' as a suffix or prefix. Or to have Cheggars play it. The irrational capitalisation of the 'p' in the middle of a word, that was just crazy man. In the '70s, pop was the new rock. Adults didn't understand it. It was to be a new way of life. David Cassidy definitely ate ToffeePops. Probably before his dinner. With a PandaPop. And now you can only get them in Spar. If they had classic status to fall back on, like the coconut cream, they could stand their ground, but in their gaudy packaging it's like they persist in pretending they represent youth, like Roger Daltry singing 'My Generation'. They have charm, like the British seaside resort, but their once-great significance is now only pathos. Like the beach at Selsay lined with residential homes, the ToffeePop has beauty only to those who remember it as it once was. Ryan xx
	Nicey replies: Very moving, but as I said you can now get them in Asda.
Racheal Oliveck	Dear Nicey, It is clear that biscuits are now regaining the place at the forefront of the national psyche - The Guardian today has a preview supplement for the new football supplement, in which each team in the premiership has an 'If they were a biscuit' section. Definitely worth a look if you're not particularly up to speed with all the teams as it will allow you to bluff most convincingly. Loving the site, Rachael
	Nicey replies: Yes, I was just discussing that with my Book editor. Some of their comparisons, are a bit iffy but I suppose that is journalistic license. Also the Sports writers at the Guardian are not unaware of our work, Wifey has been in touch with them in the past.
Steve James Rich Tea Review	We take ours with us everywhere... Steve James, MD Big Biscuit Limited
	Nicey replies: Oh yes very handy. Where is the packet it came in?
John Rooney	Further to Jim Urpeth’s post about seemingly there only being one biscuit named after a philosopher (the Chocolate Leibniz – Yay! – Blessed be its Holy Name) I have to draw his attention to another philosophical biscuit.  Or possibly a whole biscuit subspecies. He will know of the American philosopher John Rawles and his book “A Theory of Justice”.  Rawles proposes a justice system in which a “Person (in the) Original Position” (POP) who has no choice to opt for a particular position in life, would select a system of justice and opportunity which favours everyone equally. The biscuit manufacturers of the world, being mindful of making their products equally available to all, have celebrated this by naming their products “X Pops”.  Hence Toffee Pops, etc. I feel sure his quiz winners will appreciate the enhanced biscuit choice exposure provided by the incorporation of “X Pops” biscuit varieties as prizes. By the way, apart from the Jammy Dodger, are there any other biscuits named after Dickens characters?  Perhaps an English Literature academic could enlighten us… Biscuit manufacturers note: I eagerly await Micawber’s Munches, Verisopht’s Viennese, Madame Mantalini’s Moments, Wackford’s Wafers, Squeers’ Sandwich, etc. John Rooney
Nick Q	Dear Nicey If you want to know about biscuits named after newsreaders one must go back to the golden age of newsreading - the 1970's. If it were not for Kenneth Kendall we would never have had Kendal Mint Cake (the variant spelling was due a mix-up in the Marketing Department). And who can forget Richard Baker, who although never having a biscuit named directly after him, has the surname and on-screen gravitas that would suggest his biscuit making credentials are impeccable. I think 'Moira Stuart' would make a tasty (probably shortbread based) biscuit - don't you agree. Nick Q
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