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Steve Cooper	Nicey, Great site and all but, after consuming most of a McVities Jamaica Cake with friend last night, I wanted to ask whether you'd be extending the series to cover the more 'civilized' end of the 'tea and dipping' spectrum? Check out McVities' wrapper for their Jamaica Cake (modern, looks like a huge aero in a cake container) and then check out the packaging for a McVities Golden Syrup cake (classic, art deco, silvery - a touch of class that has been changed in nigh on 100 years). I think you'll get where I'm coming from. Cheers & respect Steve By the way, I don't mean EVERY cake - just the ones you'd put out in slices on a nice tray by a warmed, bone china teapot at about 4pm every weekday... Mmmmmmmm
	Nicey replies: Our horizons most definitely extend to cake, as stated in our mission statement. Those McVities cakes you mention are indeed inspirational. We are quite keen of the Lemon iced madeira cake, as seen in Tescos and Waitrose. Maybe I could fit "cake of the month" into my hectic schedule.
Smiffy	Hi Nicey,                 Listen, Im no rocket scientist (although I do work for NASA, and am working on the development of advanced ion optics, which are critical components of ion-based propulsion engines) but I do love your site. It's the best thing on the web by some 700 mega-bourbons. But enough of this idle chatter, I have a question - when are you going to do a feature on 'packed lunch' biscuits - Breakaways, Penguins, Blue Ribands, and those of a similar ilk? Kids love em, I love em, and an in-depth review is long overdue. I trust you will correct this oversight forthwith.
	Nicey replies: We have already taken a step in the direction you suggest with the Wagonwheel. I'm sure we will get round to many of the chocolate covered biscuits you suggest. P.S. See if you can do something about the acceleration those ion drives, its a bit dismal.
Jennifer Hands	dear mr nice, i am writing to you to try and gather support for a new law i want to introduce. I really think it should be illeagal to make tea in a cup - BRING BACK THE POT! people have started getting so particular about their cup of tea - milky but strong, just a dash of milk and don't leave the bag in too long etc..... and that is before you have even discussed sugar! I am sick and tired of it and just think how great the old sit down with a nice cup of tea (that has been poured out of a pot) was, if you like it stronger you would wait a little longer and then pour, adding your own milk and sugar, how lovely and relaxed. It is such a hassle especially when you have more than 1 guest because you don't get a good sit down. i am also suggesting that if people will insist on making tea in a cup then we should have an industry standard cup of tea 5 parts water + 1 part milk + (2 x minutes of brewing) = industry standard cup of tea (you can add your own sugar) i have arrived at this conclusion through taking the 3 most requested cups of tea, minus the sugar, then divided by milk to cup ratio by 3, water to milk ratio by 3 and added the brewing times together divided by 3 and ended up with this. what do you think mr nice? miss hands
	Nicey replies: Dear Miss Hands, I think your suggestion has merit, the pot is the basis for truely nice cups of tea. What most people don't seem to recognise is that the majority of tea bags on the market are for two cups of tea not one, thats why you get those little stainless steel teapots which make two cups from one bag. Therefore teabags on the whole are meant for a pot deployment. We get the pot out when we have friends over to Castle Nice. Hoorah. PS. Are you related to Mr Hands of the extended sit down fame?
Jennifer Hands	dear mr nice, mr hands of the extended sit down fame is indeed a relative, my younger yet considerably larger brother, and he certainly is a master of the extended sit downs. we fondly refer to this as position 'A'. you maybe wondering if there is such a thing as position 'B' and yes there is - and we often assume this position on a saturday about mid day - a nice lie down and a cup of tea. position 'B' can also be assumed on a friday/ saturday night - a nice lie down and a can of stella, i should also add that position 'B' can only be truly atchieved in front of a television set provided that there is ample sofa space. I think that the vision behind position 'b' is nursing a hangover or intending to atchieve one. best wishes
	Nicey replies: Its good to know that there people who take their sitting down as seriously as the Hands siblings, by developing their own sit down notation.
Dave Price	Dear Nicey, After checking out your extensive biscuit reviews I was left with the feeling that you have only been trying the better quality biscuits that are available on the market and ignoring the whole range of biscuits. In addition all of your reveiws seemed to be positive (apart from the 'nice' biscuits, which was the basis for a game me and my mates used to play, of which more later). I strongly recommend you start reviewing some of the less aparently palatable biscuits such as; Crawfords Thin Arrowroot biscuits (These are the worst fucking biscuits in the world, pardon my french. The world needs to know!) McVities Rich Tea (What an ommission from your review!) (ok these are quite nice) Morning coffee Butter Puffs Iced Shorties (no doubt full of chemicals) Blue Riband Wafers (stick these on a plate next to some club biscuits and see which ones are left at the end!) Carrs Table Water biscuits Penguins (Although basically a chocolate covered bourbon, this is a massive ommission) You also seem to focus on sweet biscuits and not on savoury ones such as 'Cheddars'. Some sort of rating out of 10 may be an option as well, to those of us looking to expand our biscuit horizons. Otherwise a truly tremendous website, keep up the good work! Now for the game I mentioned earlier. THE NICE CHALLANGE For responsible people only! This is basically a version of the how many crackers can you fit in your mouth without swallowing. However the gammy consistency and relatively small size of biscuit makes for some high scores. The fact that they are covered in razor sharp fragments of sugar which really cut your mouth and tongue up makes for an element of danger. After some extensive research, we decided that the nice biscuit if perfect for this game because it is not too dry (rich tea, morning coffee), not too big (digestive), cheap (generic versions are available, I find the co-op or kwik save do the cheapest and nastiest ones) and most improtantly not very tasty (so that they don't get eaten by eleminated players, any chocy biscuits are bad for this game as they are too nice and the melting chocholate lubricates the mouth). Remember all biscuits must go in whole and one at a time. Any score over 5 is doing well, it is harder than you think! Good luck and don't choke please (anyone who chokes doing this is on their own).
	Nicey replies: Thank you for that mammoth email, I assume you must be engaged in some form of higher education to be able to bring so much time and thought to a particular subject. I like your idea for nasty biscuit reviews, I think they can be very amusing. I was sent a terrific one not so long ago but the author could bring himself to go back and get some more for a photo. If people would like to send them in thats fine. Personally I have lots of lovely biscuits to work my way through before I get to the nasty ones, or the fringe players such as Cheddars. Your Nice biscuit game sounds dangerous and foolhardy, someone could easily be hurt or mentally damaged from such massive exposure to such tatty biscuits.
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