So we're making cookies. The dough needs to be chilled enough to slice.

[Left Is Write]

I swear, the kids are going to ask me every five minutes for the next two hours: Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet?

I set the oven timer so they could keep track.

[MissMillie]

1. so.... are they ready yet?

if not, how long before I need to be there?

[Left Is Write]

2. Give the dough about two hours to chill...another 30 minutes to bake and cool the cookies...

if you want to help us with putting together the cookies and peppermint cream filling, be here in about 2-1/2 hours! :)

[Kali]

3. eh I never bother with the chill

or if you are doing shaped cookies and really have to flatten the doughball quite a bit and stick it in the freezer until it gets stiff

[Left Is Write]

8. This dough really needs to be sliced, so it has to be chilled.

I could make them as drop cookies, but we're filling them with peppermint cream.

I did consider the freezer. That's not a bad idea.

[billyskank]

4. Is it ready yet?

:bounce:

[flvegan]

5. Are they ready yet?

[billyskank]

15. No cookies for us.

[Left Is Write]

18. Oh, you guys can have cookies.

But for the love of Pete, don't nag about when they'll be ready! :P

[billyskank]

20. *zips mouth*

[flvegan]

21. We never get cookies.

:(

[Left Is Write]

25. Okay. Send me a recipe for vegan cookies, grab your cowbell, and get on a plane.

How soon can you get here?

[flvegan]

26. Your

husband would be, like, REALLY PISSED to find me there eating your cookies.

:rofl:

I mean because I'm a stranger...a dude on the internet, you know.

What?

[Left Is Write]

27. Yeah, well...as long as you don't eat ALL the cookies. However, I must say...

that this has got to me some sort of naughty metaphor: "Your husband wouldn't want me eating your cookies."

[flvegan]

32. Me? Naughty?

Metaphors? Me? Nay, verily.

[billyskank]

33. Never. It's that Left Is Write, it is.

She has a neevil imagination.

[flvegan]

34. She wants me.

You'll notice how she jumped to the "naughty metaphor" conclusion. Me...poor, little, innocent me. She's a temptress, I tell you. TEMPTRESS!!!!1

[Left Is Write]

35. Are you saying...

that I myself am a naughty metaphor?

[Left Is Write]

19. Do you want me to send my son to your house with the cowbell?

[flvegan]

22. I have a cowbell of my own. I thought

I'd come over there and your son and I could put on a cowbell concert for you. Hope you have Tylenol.

[kay1864]

6. Can't you just put it in the damn freezer for 10 minutes instead?

I want cookies!! :bounce:

[Left Is Write]

9. Well, get over here then!

DU Cookie Party at my house!

[kay1864]

11. Woo-hoo!

I'll even help roll and slice the dough.


But don't ask me to time them and take them out at the right time. That's why I do cakes. Cookies've got way too little margin of error.

[u4ic]

7. They must be very young

I would have just eaten the dough. :D

[Left Is Write]

10. They are five and seven.

[u4ic]

12. They'll figure it out soon enough...

:D :hi:

[MrCoffee]

13. is it ready now?

:hide:

[Left Is Write]

14. Oh, go make some coffee!

:P

(And then bring it here - we'll drink it while we eat cookies.)

[Ikonoklast]

16. Did somebody say something about cookies?

Are they ready yet?
Are they ready yet?
Are they ready yet?
Are they ready yet?
Are they ready yet?
Are they ready yet?


I'm NOT impatient. I just like fresh-baked cookies.
And I want them NOW NOW NOW!!

[Left Is Write]

17. Soon!

[Ikonoklast]

23. How 'soon'?

Like, 'now' soon?
Or, how about now?
Or now?



Wish I had me some cookies.

[Left Is Write]

24. Soon.

[Ikonoklast]

28. "Can't you make the oven go faster?"

Is it closer to 'soon' now?
Is 'soon' longer or shorter than a minute? How much longer?
I only wanted cookies for my friends, not for me.


God, we used to drive my poor mother crazy. It's a wonder she didn't crack with us ravenous kids.










A fresh-baked cookie would sure taste good right about now.

[Left Is Write]

29. It'll be longer than a minute. Patience!

[Ikonoklast]

30. But but but I've been waiting SOOOO LOOOOONNNGGG

Already!





How much longer than a minute?
This much longer?




"David's Mom never takes this long."
(This is the one that would make my poor mother snap.)

[Left Is Write]

31. !

:spank:

[Left Is Write]

36. Okay, we're eating cookies now. These are good!