WALLACE & GROMIT CHAT » WOT? NO MINTBALLS!!!????
Dearest bretheren!
I went to my favourite newsagent. I bought my papers, my mum's ciggies (filthy habit, waste of money, bad for your health etc.)and asked for a bag of Uncle Joe's Mintballs...
And, guess what?!!
THEY SOLD OUT!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
But, hey! It means they are becoming increasingly popular. So, that ain't a bad thing...
It doesn't alter the fact, however, that I am definitely NOT CHUFFED! 
There! That's better! 
Dearest Josephine,
Please do not leave out the cistern....er..."sistern" when addressing the bretheren.
I am so sorry to hear that you were left in a state that is less than chuffed to mintballs. I hope that your local newagent will get some more in soon!
you need to stock up on them... or buy the whole stock.... or you allready bought all the stock 
Sorry to hear about those poor mintballs. Hope they come in soon! Fingers crossed!
I hope there isn't a world shortage of mintballs!!!
Me too!
oh im sorry to hear that josephine, now what you gonna do about the darleks whiff with no mintballs!!!! 
Do you like Doctor Who Conty?
sorry guys but i cant say that im mad about it,
Fish! I was sorely tempted to add the feminine of "bretheren" but "Sisteren" does indeed sound like "Cistern" - which is something found in a toilet mechanism...hey! The sisterhood would be really flushed...or even "Flushed Away"...
That feeble attempt at jesting really went down the pan with the Harpic...
The good news is that normal Mintball service will be resumed early next week, so I am back to my well-chuffed self 
. So, no stand-pipes, no ration-books, no riot police, no queues the length of the M62, no letters to the Prime Minister and no hiring of Ken Dodd's Diddymen on secondment from the Jam Butty mine in Knotty Ash to the Mintball mine in Wigan!
I have an emergency alarm box with a couple of Uncle Joe's finest...all I have to do is break the toffee glass to get a fix to tide me over until then! Also, my broom cupboard has been converted into a Mintball vault. If I told you "where, exactly?", I'd have to shoot you with liquorice torpedoes!
Those hallowed mintballs must have been in great demand because of a lousy bug that's going about so those in need of a spirit lift go for a bag of ... you've guessed it! MINTBALLS!!!!!!!!!!!
conty, I have a clothes peg for my nose to prevent the garlic dalek's whiff from reaching my nostrils, as I do not possess a gas mask - though the garlic daleks might attempt to befriend me, convinced that I look like an enemy of Doctor Who.
Once again,kind folks, your warm care and concern for my welfare deeply touches me. Thank you very kindly, one and all!
An emergency stash of mintballs? My, you are, as you Brits say, a cheeky one aren't you?!
Yep, I'm a very cheeky ! Teehee!
Well, neither am I Conty. Wow, another brilliant novel Josephine!
What are they?
Mark the Shark - if you look at the thread which began as an announcement of NP's new game, "Fleeced", you will get the low-down on Uncle Joe's Mintballs on the later pages...I forget whereabouts, at the moment...
It is guaranteed to help you feel chuffed - or your money back!
policeman95 - I love 'em, too! I have replenished my stock. I wish I could offer them round on this website!
Whoops! It's in the Latest News section, Mark the Shark!
Yours
Sock Eye Salmon!
Mintballs. 0 - 60 in wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Where did that one go? 
Thanks Josephine! Yeah, Josephine what's the story?
Really?
VERY fast! Out again?!
Yep. If these mintballs were in the Grand National, I'd put a bet on to win!
Today, I went to pick up my usual newspapers and, before I could say "Please may I have a ton of Uncle Joe's - " I stopped and saw an empty jar! It was a sad sight but at least they are popular - TOO POPULAR!!!!
Word must be getting around! 
The word on the street, people, is MINTBALLS!!!
The other word on the street is - you've guessed it! - CHUFFED!!!
I thought the word on the street was STOP or YIELD?
hehe, snicker snicker...sorry, just being facetious 8-}
Another pack of mintballs disappearing off the face of the Earth, Josephine. Hmmm, strange. This is a biggest mystery since Roger Rabbit was framed for murder!
Yep - and I blame Roger Rabbit!
Come back with my mintballs, you varmint!
hey chuck me a mintball!
Hey....we cannot possibly be done talking about mintballs, can we? I'd be chuffed to mintballs to have more conversations about them. Maybe we could write a W&G story about them. A new, until now undisclosed addiction of Wallace's - cheese and mintballs? OK...that doesn't exactly sound delicious. 
Fish - I hope you like my song!
To the tune of the song "Sisters" by The Beverley Sisters
Mintballs, Mintballs!
Never were there such dee-licious mintballs!
You could roll them round your tiny gob, young sir!
Or in a hot whiskey if you give it a good stir!
(over 18's only re whiskey!)
Caring, sharing
the mintballs with the world if we are daring!
The mega mighty minty taste will blow your socks away
But, don't worry, folks! They'll be back another day!
We're chuffed to mintballs!
We're chuffed as can be with our mintballs!
Don't take away our mintballs!
Or we'll sulk and we will all BAWL!
I thank you!
Sock Eye Salmon
PS: Cheese and mintballs...mmmm! Unless 
mistakes a mintball for a pickled onion, it would taste interesting.
Then again...
If those crackers leave dry in the mouth...he could have a mintball!!!! might have a secret stash...like me!
WAY WAY cool, Josephine!!! Thank you!! I am chuffed to a zillion mintballs you wrote that! And maybe we could figure out a mintball story for our favorite duo!
Yes, indeedy, Fish! Since the hallowed mintballs are made in Wigan, it could be right up & 's street - literally!
Here's a virtual couple of mintballs, Fish!
Catch!
Whoooosh!
Here's the other one!
Whooooosh!
Enjoy!
Wow! I had no idea that mintballs tasted THIS good! Thanks, Josephine
My pleasure, Fish! fancy a swim?
*SLURP* *GULP* Sorry to make so much noise eating, but YES, let's swim!
Okey Dokey! BUT, for safety reasons, Fish, make sure those mintballs are safely in your tummy or you'll choke!
KERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSPLOOOOOOSHHHHHHHH!
Wow! The water's lovely Ready when you are, Fish!
Sock Eye Salmon
SSSPPPPPPLLLLLLAAAAAAASSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH! The water is truly lovely! Where do you want to swim to, sock eye? 
Okey Dokey! But....what about Mark the shark....can we find him on the way? I'm sure he'd love a swim like this!
COME ON, WAKE UP Mark the shark! The water's delightful!The mintballs aren't bad either!
Here are some more for your stash, Fish! I've saved some for Mark the Shark, too...
Catch!
Whoooooshh
Another one!
Whooosh!
And one more for luck!
Whoooooshhh!
And there's a mintball for each member of the audience!!!!!
Thanyouverymuchlaydeezangennlemen!
I've enjoyed that dive off the Acapulco cliff but my (sea) bed is calling me. Another swim tomorrow, perchance?
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