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.

This is one of the funniest threads I've read. I'm sorry, OP, if you are truly frustrated but on the bright side I think you have innate comic ability.

I’d have to go to Aldi and buy a few packets of “Seal” bars to mix in 🤣🤣

Now you are talking!

OMG, Yum!

This thread makes me want a penguin....

Awful biscuits.

This is very funny, sorry op.
You could start calling him Pingu?

It would annoy me being asked all the time, I agree with that. It sounds a family joke in his side family , which is quite sweet, and makes him feel all warm and happy.

We don't have any penguins in the house but that's because I'm too tight to buy biscuits. I make chocolate hobnobs instead. All warm and gooey straight from the oven.

No, we don’t have a pack of Penguins in; yes I do think you’re being a snob; can’t see what there is to get so worked up about; now I want a Penguin.

I love a penguin now and again but this proper made me laugh. That would give me the ick though 🤣

My Grandmother always bought a packet of Penguins when visiting me, and eventually when we had kids, so much so her nickname involved chocolate.

My sister and I were reminiscing about her the other day god we both miss those penguins 🐧🐧🐧

If I'm lucky enough to be a grandmother and a great grandmother like her I will always bring the penguins and carry on the tradition.

Nanny Penguin has a nice ring to it.

God I haven't had a penguin in about two years. It's the "meh" biscuit I usually decline.

When I opened this thread I thought it was going to be that he had a weird obsession with penguin paperbacks and had chucked out all your harper Collins ones or something

I also had a penguin in my lunch box nearly every day of my life. Once I had control over my own diet I never ate one again, why would I??!

When I first came to the UK nearly 30 years ago I had a penguin with a cup of coffee and thought I was in heaven. They're unbeatable as a coffee or tea accompaniment imo.

Can't help feeling a bit sorry for your husband, who no doubt harbours a secret fantasy of simple domestic bliss, wherein he asks his wife at 8pm each evening, "Penguin?'

And she answers, "Thank you dear, that would be delightful."

Instead of the reality: "No, stick it up yer arse! How many times have I told you I can't stand your fuckin' Penguins!"

We have a packet of Tim Tams in the fridge. Infinitely superior.

They really don’t though 🤣 people kept raving about them, then I tried them and they taste like plastic!

You're right. We get those too. Arctic babrs are Lidl. Which we also frequent.

We get Morrisons’ own version -“Toucan” - does that count?

Ooh I do this with Twix bars, never thought to try it with a penguin!

I buy Penguins fairly often but have never realised they still have jokes on them. I'll be checking next time I get some.

Don’t buy them, rubbish stuff!

Our kids have never heard of them.

only M&S garibaldi in this house

I will admit I haven’t RTFT, but surely I can’t be the only person who thought the op meant ‘penguin’ as in the bird, and thought OP’s husband had developed a passion for wildlife?!

Does he read you the joke on the back? If so, he’s a keeper. If not,it's kind of fishy.

I know the OP doesn't read the jokes

Every evening around 8pm he stands up and says “penguin?” No I don’t want a fucking penguin

I think a sane, reasonable strategy would be to stock up on individually-wrapped chocolate bars you do like, then you can respond to "Penguin?" with "Kit Kat!" or whichever of your alternative choices you prefer that day.

I mean, you could equally reply with "Satsuma!" but it's a tiny bit more poetic if your choice is within the same category of evening snack.