Talk:Tim Tam Slam

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This article was nominated for deletion on 2005-07-01. The result of the discussion was keep as rewritten.

Contents 1 American biscuits 2 I recommend this article be Moved 3 Tim Tams are spreading 4 Biting the Corners...? 5 Australian?

[edit] American biscuits

Why just today I had a buttered biscuit (nothing fancy, just a biscuit--the kind we Americans eat) which I dipped into my tea. It was quite good! Jaberwocky6669 July 5, 2005 02:55 (UTC)

But you didn't actually suck the tea through the biscuit did you? Clearly you've completely missed the point. Anonymous July 5, 2005 6:02 (GMT+10:00)

Maybe it takes our yankee cousins time to acclimatise to the proper practice of eating a packet of chocolate biscuits with tea An An 5 July 2005 09:48 (UTC)

(Personal attack removed), I didn't ask you for your (Personal attack removed) opinion (Personal attack removed)! Jaberwocky6669 02:47, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

Someone might mention the occasional American practice of drinking through a Twizzler with both ends bitten off. It's similar in some ways. I'd offer commentary if I knew more about it. --Zalmaki 06:00, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I recommend this article be Moved

grlea 7 July 2005 04:24 (UTC)

And it has been. Thanks UnlimitedAccess

grlea 05:08, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

No problem. - UnlimitedAccess 13:25, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree that this article should be renamed 'Tim Tam Slam' and cleaned up. It's becoming a valid element of Australian culture despite its mundaness. I have never heard the term 'Tea-sucking' either so dont find the term so valid. I think we should leave the 'Tim Tam Slam' part on the Tim Tam page though and just above it include; Main article: Tim Tam Slam. What do you think? - UnlimitedAccess 19:54, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Oh and who the hell does it with Tea?? I have only ever heard of people doing it with Coffee or Milo?! - UnlimitedAccess 19:57, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

People who drink tea do it with tea! Especially sweet tea. Everyone I know who has done the slam has done it with tea; it's just an enhancement of the delicate biscuit/tea dunk after all. --Trxi 12:26, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Does anyone else think the language used in the step by step instructions is far from neutral?

[edit] Tim Tams are spreading

Tim Tams are becoming available across the British Isles. The Tesco in the Isle of Man started to stock them recently, and I believe they are quite common in UK supermarkets. The Tim Tam is of exactly the right consistency to slam; a Penguin goes a bit too syrupy. Ali0th 09:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biting the Corners...?

I've always done it biting the ends, not the corners. This guy does too:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ozOaWF_idg

I think this technique should be noted as a common alternative method. to "Tim Tam Slamming". CeeWhy2 10:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Australian?

What's particularly Australian about this? I've come across it elsewhere years ago. --MacRusgail 17:02, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Where else besides Australia are "Tim Tams" sold? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 17:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Apart from the fact that this article's very title is an advert for a commercial product, biscuits and chocolate straws of this kind are sold by other companies internationally. --MacRusgail 12:29, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I hardly know anything about this phenomenon, and came along to clean up the most blatant advertising copy. It would be good if we could turn this into an article that doesn't prominently feature one brand name, such as "tea-sucking" or something. Would there be sufficient references referring to it under a different name? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 15:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

What is so Australian about this (apart from fact Tim Tam is Aust made)? The references mostly seem to discuss it being performed in the UK, or by travellers from the US, but not by any Australians themselves. Format (talk) 19:58, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Possibly because people don't call it 'The Tim Tam Slam'? I've lived in Australia my whole life and everyone I know who does this calls it 'shotgunning' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.7.248.129 (talk) 02:48, 27 May 2008 (UTC)