DH’s penguin obsession

[BettyWhittaker]

DH is obsessed with penguins (the biscuits, not the birds) and always has been. He says every British household has a packet of penguins in - just as his grandparents did 30 years ago.
He’s particularly excited at the minute as they’re on offer in Asda for £1 a pack. He came in the other day with 3 packets, all different players - acting like he’d just closed in on the deal of the century.

Anyway, I know it sounds petty but it’s winding me up. Every evening around 8pm he stands up and says “penguin?” No I don’t want a fucking penguin, I never do and I’ve told him to stop asking me. Yes it sounds like a small thing but this is years of frustration. This morning his mother came around whilst he was out and once I made a coffee she said “no penguins in?” Ffs and they act like I’m the weird one!!!

Anyway next week we’re having a little party for DGD and DH wants a plate of penguins all arranged on a plate for the buffet. I think this is tacky as hell. He thinks I’m being a snob.

AIBU???

Bonus points for anyone who can tell me if every British household does indeed have at least one packet of penguins in.

Hilarious! Would annoy me too after years of it! I have now added penguin bars to the shop!

Can you ask him what he thinks of the knock off versions? Like Aldi's penguins are Seal bars for example and they're the same tbh

Waiting for all the posts saying Penguins and Timtams are sold out this coming week.

YABVU, Penguins are great. He should definitely give Tim Tams a go though. Would saying “Tim Tam?” at 8pm be any better? They have several flavours in Waitrose.

Ferraro Rogers really tickled me when I read the typo 🤣 I think that's what I'll call them from now on haha

As a kid I didn't realise for ages that the blue, red, yellow and green wrappers didn't mean they were different flavours, they were all the same, biscuit and lovely thick chocolate.

i wouldn't give them house room now, can't even call them a chocolate biscuit.

I've learnt this now. Wasn't the red packaging the most common?

I agree
just told my partner he said does he go “p p p p penguin”
and do a dance

@BubobuboI don’t get it, can you explain re drinking through it?

Birthday present ☺️

I think I would kill someone who constantly used the word penguin. It has lost all meaning for me after just reading the OP.

Penguins remind me of youth club table tennis nights decades ago - the height of adolescent glamour, served with warmish squash ! Was slightly stunned to see a large tub of them on offer, for free, to go with help yourself tea and coffee at a local open council meeting for the public to explain ( not explain at all) a particular strategy. Was inwardly and disproportionately outraged at the splurging of council tax : there were very few takers amongst the audience but a bunch of lanyarded young council staff were edging ever closer to the table in a hopeful fashion…….

He is being very unreasonable because Penguins are now shite compared to when we were kids.

I think you need to lean into this though and only ever buy him penguin themed gifts.

I don’t think I’ve ever bought a pack of Penguins tbh. And my grandparents were Blue Riband people.

Your husband sounds quite amusing to me though. Maybe have a Penguin to relax?

I have penguins in the cupboard.
You are being a snob.

Dh likes them and often buys a multipack for himself - I don’t care for them so he buys me a multipack of KitKats instead. 🙂

When dh and I were kids, back in the Dark Ages, both with skint parents, Penguins were a major treat. We only ever had them when having tea at a GM’s house - she’d sometimes have Wagon Wheels too. 😋😋

My parents always have a pack of Penguins, as a matter of fact they bring them out every Sunday at exactly 4pm. We were there earlier and someone took the last penguin, but my Mam averted a crisis by producing another unopened packet. They also have Rocky's and occasionally Gold's.

Time out are the only ones

I'm more of a blue riband woman

It seems harmless. Guessing he doesn't spend tonnes on booze, ciggies and motorbikes.

Hilarious but no we don’t always have them in because if I did my DH would eat them all in record time! Must be a man thing! 😂

Anyone tried Borders dark chocolate ginger bars? They’re v good!

No pack of Penguins here (EVER!)

At Christmas Tesco had Penguin selection boxes! I took a photo of one and sent it to my ds saying this must be the world's worst selection box!
I mean they're ok as a biscuit I suppose but hardly a treat. Your dh would have liked it though.
Does he read you out the joke on the wrapper each time too?

This is very funny.
Pick a rival biscuit and wage war!