Bring back Geoffrey!

Mr Galaxy I love you, really, seriously, I do. Bringing back Counters had made my year. I am happily munching some right now as I type. Counters you see were the stuff of happy childhood memories. I was you see an only child, which meant well possibly more annoying than one that can be distracted by having brothers or sisters to torture. So there were times when mum would need some downtime, which meant dad had to take me somewhere, anywhere, preferably out of earshot for the poor woman to have some peace. Quite often I'd get taken for a walk. Down through Butt Lane, past the canal and up the hill to a little shop. I loved this little shop, not because it was extraordinary in any way but because that was where Dad would buy me a bag of Counters. Counters made me very, very happy. For those of you who don't know what they are they are basically little discs of chocolatey gorgeousness. Naturist Minstrels essentially. Look, there they are below, yum, gorgeous, you know you want to go out and buy some right now. Go on, forget the diet, you'll burn off the calories with all the smiling anyway.



Have them with a cup of tea, like I'm doing now. All melty and lovely and just plain gorgeous.

I remember one day they disappeared, just stopped being there, that was a very dark day. I pouted a lot. I may even have had a little cry. I found that they were still there in Revels, but there were never enough of them and there were some well dodgy flavours in a Revels back which I wouldn't eat and then I'd get told off. I think i wrote in to you Mr Galaxy as a rather irate (but very polite enraged kiddy) appealing for their return. I didn't get a reply, I felt rather annoyed, but hey lets face it the letter was probably addressed to the boss at the place that makes my favourite sweets, so chances are Royal Mail are still processing it. Unless you received it and that's why you brought them back?

In the end I sought solace with Chocolate Buttons, which many of you will know have previously been hailed as my most favourite of chocolate treats. But Counters are back now and Counters henceforth it will be. I will be stockpiling then ready for next week.

There is just one thing though and this is an appeal really, to you Mr Galaxy. it's the packaging you see. It's very nice of course, very grown up. Which I imagine is what you think we want as we are all grown up now. But we don't, not really. I even canvassed opinion of some of my friends and we'd all quite like the old packets back. Big ones of course as we can eat lots more counters now we got all grown up but like they were, white with the pictures on.


So please,please,please, bring back Geoffrey Giraffe and make me a very happy girl.