Yes, I like this, I do.
An empty space marks the spot where, until earlier this month, the gilded bronze sculpture graced the facade of the cookie baker\’s Hanover office.
The symbol has disappeared and according to a ransom note sent to a German newspaper, the sign won\’t be returned until Bahlsen supplies cookies to all the rooms at a local children\’s hospital.
\”I have the cookie! And you want it,\” the letter read, according to the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ) newspaper.
The letter – comprised in the traditional ransom note style of newspaper cuttings – is said to be signed by a \”Cookie Monster\”.
The individual wants Bahlsen to supply the hospital with its Leibniz biscuits, preferably the whole milk variety.
Accompanying the note is a photo of someone wearing a Sesame Street-style costume and snaffling what appears to be the golden cookie.
Yes, I\’m sure it is indeed a crime, it\’s both theft and blackmail for example.
But rather brightens the day the story, no?
And isn\’t it unusual to find a German joke that\’s not about farts or arses?
I’m never sure about the whole arses and farts thing. I sent my inlaws a copy of Thunderpants on that basis, and it didn’t get a rapturous reception.
I thought it was going to tick all the boxes…
Surely that should be Newton biscuits?