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Nick Fletcher	Hello I read with great interest the piece on banjo biscuits and can confirm Dominic's ingredient suspicions I was lucky enough as a young lad, in the very late 70's, to work on a tv commercial for the snack and still find myself singing their jingle to this day. And if that wasn't interesting enough,the lyrics hold a clue to the delightful ingredients To the tune of "Banjo on my knee" (of course) "banjo,banjo,the one for me and you light and crispy wafer and roast nut flavour too" hope this is of some use
Carol Schaessens	Dear Nicey Your newsletter arrived today, which was timely as I was today pondering the issue of biscuit packet length in the local co-op where I saw some packs of McVities plain digestives that seemed to be about 14-15 inches long. For me, this is, however, strangely untempting. I prefer the very short packets of choc digestives which, though vastly more expensive per biscuit, seem somehow more desirable. This makes we wonder what is theoretically now achievable in terms of biscuit pack length given current packing technology? What is the longest packet anyone else has seen? I enjoyed your newsletter as usual, and your continued uncompromising commitment to dictionary-free spelling!! Best wishes Carol Schaessens
	Nicey replies: Carol, You raise a very thought provoking point about biscuit pack length. I think perhaps one of the longest packs I've seen is Burton's chocolate biscuits which are called something a bit naughty like 'homeblest' or something, they must of been getting on for 18 inches, maybe. Wouldn't be great if somebody took up the challenge and made packs that were right on the edge of what was possible, I'm guessing that's about 4'6", or 1.5m. You could take them home on your roof rack. As for the spelling guilty as charged, which is why I put the apology at the end of every newsletter. Two spell checkers and a literate Wife are still not enough. For the book they had four people proofing it, just to be safe. Of course what people who can spell well don't realise is that its very difficult to use a dictionary if you can't spell very well, as you only have a very dim idea of how to look up the word your after. In fact the bigger the dictionary the worse it gets it can take ten minutes to find what you're looking for. Also they seem to think we do it out of lazyness, but of course we don't realise we are doing it, which is why we never use the dictionary in the first place. Its also a good reason not to use Word as it hates everything I write, throwing itself into dementia as it underlines everything trying to think of a different way of putting it. I get twisted pleasure if it actually crashes due to my lousy spelling. I think they should animate the paper clip throwing itself under a bus or something at this point.
Maddalena Feliciello	Hello my dear Nicey and TW What a fascinating site you run dear sir Keiths experiments raise the question, has anyone experimented with the healing properties of varied biscuits in Homeopathic dilution in tea, potentially as a by product of dunking? Is it based on individual metabolism or can one extrapolate to a generic response. Or is it just sludge and leave it at that? Lxxx
	Nicey replies: I think most of us have dabbled in that at some point in our lives. Indeed right now I can hear the clatter of biscuit tin lids as the youngest member of staff has just discovered that requesting a small cup of tea gets him a limited pass for the Gingernut tin.
Keith O'Kane	Dear Nicey and the Wife, I was sorry to read of the mishap suffered by Louise Frank and her partner while attempting a spot of biscuit healing. The problem lies in the use of a chocolate digestive as a pendulum.  The chosen biscuit is too heavy and fragile for this purpose and is difficult to tie securely with thread.  The correct choice for a pendulum is of course the party ring.  This is lighter and less crumbly than many biscuits and the hole in the middle makes it easy to attach securely to a thread.  Party rings are also available in a choice of colours so that you can choose one which is more attuned to your own particular aura. I must stress that under no circumstances should biscuit healing be attempted by anyone without the proper training and equipment as this could result in injury, death or damage to a perfectly good biscuit. Keith O'Kane
Louise Frank McVities Milk Chocolate Digestive Review	I have just happened upon the letter from Keith O'Kane re using biscuits instead of crystals for healing. My partner and I were much taken by this idea and gathered a selection of biscuits in an effort to heal the pulled muscle in his shoulder. Unfortunately, as I was dangling a chocolate digestive on a piece of string over the afflicted area, the biscuit gave way and began to plummet to the ground. My partner, desperate to try to save what is his favourite biscuit, fell off the sofa and has now injured his other shoulder. Perhaps Mr Kane could write a book "The Safe Way With Biscuit Healing". Incidentally, my sister is several weeks pregnant and thought that a biscuit could be used as a pendulum to ascertain the sex of the baby. Does Mr Kane know which biscuit would be best to use? I assume that if it swings clockwise it is a boy and anti-clockwise it is a girl. If, however, it falls to the ground (see nasty incident above), then should the parents be buying both pink and blue outfits?
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