Please be as honest as you can....But

[veggiechicken]

Its a start-up kit for a "Dorset knob-tosser".
Once you've finished tossing, you'll have a great seed-tin.

EDIT - I took a looong time making my post "polite" and Nicos sneaked in with her seedy suggestion before I finished politifying it.

[mothhawk]

I've not heard of them before, BUT - now I know why in my family, the end bits of a French stick are known as the nub ends. Having goggled an image of a Dorset knob, I can see that nub is obviously a corruption of knob.

I also found a recipe -

http://www.crumbleholme.plus.com/nur...obs-recipe.pdf

Anyone who knows Discworld will know that a wizard's staff has a knob on the end. And I reckon knobs were developed from Dwarf bread.

[geepee]

Would you have preferred socks?

They probably would have tasted just the same.

[4Shoes]

They probably would have tasted just the same.

Appreciation.

[Nicos]

Could we start up a competition?
How long does it take one to sink in a glass of water!

I'd guess 14 minutes 36 seconds...

[Guest]

I've not heard of them before, BUT - now I know why in my family, the end bits of a French stick are known as the nub ends. Having goggled an image of a Dorset knob, I can see that nub is obviously a corruption of knob.

I also found a recipe -

http://www.crumbleholme.plus.com/nur...obs-recipe.pdf

Anyone who knows Discworld will know that a wizard's staff has a knob on the end. And I reckon knobs were developed from Dwarf bread.

For as long as I can remember there were always arguments for the knob ends on meat and bread. As well as cracknel (yes that is how it should read) on pork. Have no idea how it came to be, it just was.

[Mitzi]

(D) why?

The implication is that the giver is calling you a knob.

[veggiechicken]

If some one gave you a Bakewell Tart would you think they were calling you a Tart?

[Guest]

The implication is that the giver is calling you a knob.

Also Moores are now the only company that make them and they are only made Jan-Feb, so the biscuits at Christmas are almost a year old (according to a gurgle search). Nothing seems to state their keeping capabilities.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

If I received a tin as a gift, I would be overjoyed!

I would wrap them up precociously, place them safely in the car, take em to work and introduce them to the workplace!

I'd rather work with "Knob's" than "Utter Knobs"

And they would all be awarded a "Workplace Pension"

Oh! and yeah! That tin is "Ace"

[seasprout]

I’ve recieved worse.

Nice for tea dipping.

[Greenleaves]

A gift is a gift....nice tin

[burnie]

I used to love them, not had any in yonks however

[4Shoes]

Also Moores are now the only company that make them and they are only made Jan-Feb, so the biscuits at Christmas are almost a year old (according to a gurgle search). Nothing seems to state their keeping capabilities.

That will be why they cost £10 / tin....

It is all the storage costs.

Perhaps the tin factory has slack period over the year end

[bikermike]

a present is a present is a present... and you can eat it

Like everyone else, I'm thinking of the tin as much as anything

I have manx knobs on a fairly regular basis (no sniggering at the back there...)

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