Looks like it was strawberry again.

I'm not sure that provides much of a clue as to the culprit tbh m8.

Sails

So many questions swimming round in my head. Let me start with an easy one.

Are you keeping a spreadsheet of flavour correlated with political violence?

WE INTERRUPT THIS THREAD TO HAVE A BRIEF SMILE

If flavour is dictated by party, the Brexity people will all be throwing banana milkshakes.  

Also tangentially, can I just congratulate 3-ducks for reaching back deep into the history of Britain to bring us the word "Yobbo" not heard in these parts since the late 70s, Giles cartoons and the Goodies.

Dal, in case you hadnt noticed, it is brexit propagants who are the milkshakees

god that Metro article is like a Daily Mash parody

"Kerry said the milkshake had not been bought at her store but possibly at the Co-op nearby. Rachel, the team leader at the Co-op in North Lane, said they sell milkshakes ‘like hot cakes’. ‘People buy milkshakes all the time, we sell them like hot cakes. They’re one of our most sold products so I can’t say yay or nay to who would have done it.’"

Mutters it does seem to be a theme and given my hatred of strawberry milkshake I can understand why someone might carelessly toss one over their shoulder and hit a passing politician.

Given that you can't ice a hot cake, do these actually sell that well? 

From the header I thought we were going to hear about some Mike Ashley of the milkshake world :(

Bananaman

I see your point but the derivation of hot cakes is a little different. No, it's not like a sponge cake that is hot. No, this post is not going in the direction you think it is.  It is not even a reference to the sort of "Alfred burnt the cakes" griddle cakes on a stove. The derivation of hot cakes refers to the prostitution supply and demand curve.  "Sells like hot cakes" is believed to be a reference to the body parts of a particularly attractive medieval lady of the night. The "ho's cakes" command quite a price but are much in demand. When they're out there on the market they are soon snapped up.  Similarly "hot crossed buns" were not related to the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, but of the rear cheeks of Madame Whip, a much sought after French whore who bore the marks of her trade.

This comes as a surprise to me. Having done more research, apparently it was not a reference to body parts, but rather came from the popularity of the name Katherine among ladies of the night during the reign of Henry VIII. Hot Kates were in high demand and sold quickly on the nascent London Cock Exchange (although the most sought after prostitute for oral gratification was nicknamed Mary Rose). 

heh - nice shot.

30-15.

And here I was thinking this would be about a serial frequenter of McDonalds with a nice link to the Daily Heil to laugh at povs.  Imagine my disappointment. 

The historical texts in fact disagree on this and with both of us.  One school of thought is that it was a Norse term.  During the rape, pillage and plunder phase, there was little much the poor Saxon women could do as the Viking longboats appeared on the horizon but to yield to the inevitable. Until, of course, they realised that the quickest way to overcome the threat was to get the Norsemen where it hurt.  Small burning spills (we now call them matches) were kept under covers of the bed and the Saxon womenfolk and as the raping began, they would strike the match and set light to the mans pubic area, causing "hot cocks" as the spills then became known. Once their utility became widely known they sold as fast as the foresters could cut them.

Heh! Nice one, lads.