Have you ever made French toast that tasted so good you licked the plate to get all the syrup? Well, here at ifive brands, that's how we feel about caffeine. And we're not alone. The following testimonials contain thoughts and praises that people out in the real word have sent us regarding Penguin Caffeinated Peppermints. If our mints have helped you launch your empire, pull a frontside 540, or reinvigorate your love life, send us the scoop. If we like it, we'll post it and send you a half-rack of mints as thanks.

MIT STUDENTS, ANESTHESIOLOGISTS,LAWYERS AND RAVERS. READ ABOUT HOW THEY ALL LOVE PENGUINS IN THIS ROUND OF TESTIMONIALS

WEEK OF 3/8


once, on a clear crystal night, when the stars were shining brightly down, when the moon was full and clear, when not a creature was stirring, when tranquility reigned supreme, i was driving home from a most sublime club experience. twas a most exhausting evening, when, after bouts of rigorous gyrating and dancing, combined with the imbibing of intoxicating beverages (though not to the point of drunken revelry), i was most faint with exhaustion. thinking i could drive the desolate highway from a comrades abode to mine own, i headed out. i was driving for quite awhile, when a heavy drapery of exhaustion overcame me. i yawned delicately, and tried to stay alert, but alas, sleep was to win the battle over me! what was i to do? remembering the case of penguin mints i kept handy in my satchel at all times, i slid my hand drowsily into the bag, whilst steering my automobile with the other. i pried open the tin, extracted three of the powerful oblong pills, and popped them in my mouth. ahhhhh. . . . right away, a ray of sunshine seemed to arise in the distance. my eyelids, once drooping heavily, seemed to shoot upwards with an intensity i've never felt before, or since felt!!!
i was awake, alert, and ready to face the rest of the drive home bravely, in the face of whatever challenge i was to meet. so thank you, you makers of penguin mints, for making such a minty breath freshener and stimulant.

sincerely,

karen e. rice

WEEK OF 2/29


My name is Greg. I wrote you guys a few times before and I dropped a few ideas that I thought would be good things for Penguin mints.You know shirts and stickers and stuff, anyway. I just came to a realization...If there is anyone who should have their testimonial printed it should be me.

Reason being is the following: All other mints suck. They all taste like crap.

I can't eat other breath mints anymore. Many moons ago I started my walk down the path of mints and I have tried them all. When it all started I was proud of my collection of mints. I was stoked when someone would walk up to me at work and ask me for a breath mint and I would reach into my desk and pull out at least 5 different tins of mints. Some tins were localized to the various brands. I think one of the tins was full of smaller mints that didn't come in a tin. Their eyes would get huge at the sight of all the choices that they had before them. Then they would grab a mint or two and leave until the next time. Then I saw Penguins in the store by my work. Caffeinated mints, interesting I thought. I had to get the just for the sheer novelty of having caffeinated breath mints. How cool is that (I thought). I took them to work and the Penguins became another one of the tins that people would be able to choose from. Then I started to notice that they didn't choose the other mints anymore. Nope now it was just the Penguins. I started to notice myself that the only mints that I would buy after that first tin was Penguins. My wife liked mints too and she had her little batch of tiny girl mints. Then I showed her Penguins. Last week we were in the car and she asked me if she could have a mint. I reached into her bag and grabbed one of her little girl mints and she said and I quote "Oh...You don't have the Good mints?" I did have them they were in the back seat in my back pack. I reached back and grabbed them for her and this look of relief went over her face. If by chance I don't have any Penguins on me and I ask someone for a breath mint I honestly expect them to have Penguins. WHO WOULDN'T?! I mean sure there are tons of different kinds of breath mints out there but they all suck. It really bums me out when someone offers me one of those inferior mints. On my desk at work I have a tower I made out of empty Penguin tins. There is about 15 tins there. People don't ask me just for a breath mint anymore. They now ask for Penguins by name. Why? Because that's all I will eat. So that is my reasoning. Plain and simple. Penguins freakin rock and you have made it so I can never use any other breath mints except Penguins. As you can see I have a water tight case and you guys have really, really good mints so it's a win - win situation. You keep making the great mints and I have my testimony printed on your site and all that implies (being that I would get the rack of mints).

Later,

Gr3g

WEEK OF 2/29 RUNNER UP

Here's a little testimonial of how your mints saved me from certain doom (or at least, from failing a class):

It was the week before Semester finals during my senior year of High School, and I was in a PANIC. This was my last chance to boost up my GPA, maybe enough to get a scholarship or two for college, and three things stood in my way: 3 essays for my Advanced Placement English class. And these weren't just ANY essays, either....These were 2,000 word, Literary Criticism Essays; in all my years I'd never even HEARD of such a beast, let alone tackled one, let alone tackled THREE of 'em. But the clock was winding down, time was running out, and I had to get those essays written, and fast. Yes, that's right, it was All-Nighter Time! And so it began, on Thursday night, 3 full days before they were due....The first essay was finished by 3am that morning, courtesy of 1 Penguin Peppermint per hour. After a long day of being fully awake in school -again only because of the Penguines- work on the second essay began, finishing up with a 5-Peppermint extravaganza at 2:30am, Saturday morning. The last essay though continued to defy my increasingly muddled thinking, until I finally emptied what was left of the last tin(some 15 mints), and at 12:30am, after aproximately 75+ straight hours of being awake, I had finished all three essays! What's more amazing, though, is that my final grades on the essays were all A+! Truly, a victory made possible only through Penguin Peppermints!

Sincerely,

Geoff Richmond

WEEK OF 2/22

I truly belive the reason MIT students can pull four all-nighters in a row, integrate any equation, derive Schrodinger and Maxwell equations while drunk, and still have time to save the world is the continuous consumption your product. Caffeine + breath freshening mint. Great idea for all of us. One little suggestion though- could you print equations and LISP code on the packaging so that it is something even the hardcore MIT "I don't shower or change my clothes" geek would buy?? Thanks a load. I hope that the air quality in some of the computer clusters will improve soon due to your product!!

-"been up for two days straight to finish my problem sets"

Hana M.

WEEK OF 2/15

I met a young lady from Atlanta in an online chat room. we talked on the phone and online for months. the romance was heating up...however she use to be a smoker. she gave up smoking and became a big coffee drinker. I don't do either one. but it didn't hit how much she was into drinking coffee until we made plans to meet in New York. she want to make love all night and then have coffee in the morning. I told her sure..like any other guy would do. so she finally came to new York and we did the milk and cookies all night long...:-)...till we fell asleep. as she laid there in my arms around 7am as the sun was coming up...she snuggled close to my ear and said...mmmmmmmmm...I would love some morning coffee. doooo! my eyes opened wide...as I knew and didn't have any coffee.(I didn't plan to get any either) so thinking quick and remember my penguin mints with caffeine...I popped a couple in my mouth and began to kiss on her...as she felt the cool mint sensation on her..:-)...I popped a few in her mouth...I was able to kill two birds with one dose of penguins...she got her early morning caffeine and I got rid of her morning breath. needless to say I'm going to Atlanta to see her next month. thanks to penguin peppermints hatched in Seattle she hooked on them too.

Darin Queens, NY

WEEK OF 2/15 RUNNER UP


Last night, while drunk, i was shopping in a cd store, when a "friend" convinved me to buy these mints. Seeing as I tend to be very agreeable while slightly intoxicated, I agreed. Little did I know these mints would save me the very next day.

It started out as a normal day...I stumbled out of bed, and stumbled to the bus, and stumbled right into my office. I was too stumbly to make coffee before i left my darling apartment, so i planned to grab a cuppa at the snack bar. Lo and behold, there was nary a penny in my wallet. I was stuck. My affectionate roomate refused to relent o my pleading and bring me a cup o' joe, and things were looking grim.

I crawled through the day, and as I planned to go home and skip my class ( I am a full time student as well) I fumbled through my bag in search of a bus schedule. Lo and behold I found the mints I had purchased the evening before. As I quickly sucked down three, I headed to my class. Just in time the caffeine kicked in and I was able to stay awake through a two hour lecture on the great depression.

Thank you penguin mints, thank you .

Sarah Medelinskas

WEEK OF 2/15 RUNNER UP


Docket call for courts in Houston can be as early as 8:30 am. And as an active attorney who sometimes stays out playing softball to all hours of the night, 8:30 am was just too damn early. In the old days, before I discovered your mint, I would sleep walk through the early morning hours. I lost some pretty big cases only because I fell asleep in the court room. But thanks to MY penguin mints, I'm wide awake, ready to go, first thing in the morning. And jurys like me better than the opposing counsel because my breath is always fresher! Since I've discovered Penguin mints I haven't lost a case! I thank you, my clients thank you.

Corey Gomel Attorney-At-Law

WEEK OF 2/8


As an anesthesiologist in private practice in a small southern town, I am often awoken in the middle of the night to render my services. This can entail putting an ill or hurt person to sleep and keeping them alive while the surgeon operates. Obviously, my own alertness and wakefullness can make the difference in whether the person lives or dies (talk about a stressfull job!) I drink a lot of coffee and have now discovered your wonderful caffeinated mints. The patients whose lives I save can, in some way at least, thank your company for this new lease on life. Just ask the numerous gunshot, stabbing or motor vehicle accident patients whom I am honored to be allowed to take care of. Keep making your wonderful product. Have you considered other flavors???

Steve Mann, M.D.

WEEK OF 2/1


Just found your product at Bed, Bath and Beyond, right next to the cash register (No, I don't work for them or anything, I just found them there when I went to go buy a picture frame for my teaching award). Anyway, the word CAFFEINATED jumped out at me and I bought them. What a great product! As a Business Professor, I find it necessary to stay awake during class, so your little devils have brought new excitement to my classroom. I usually drink a bottle of WaterJoe (a caffeine enhanced brand of natural artesian water - no, I don't work for them either, I simply copied that off their label) before class and then grab a handful of Penguins and off I go. I teach an Intro MBA class at night (8pm to 11pm) and through my animated antics, frenetic gesturing, and wonderfully peppermint-y breath I can now keep the whole class up and running (most of them work full time so the last thing on their mind is sitting through 3 hours of lecture). To make a long story short I've gotten outrageously high teacher evaluations last semester and expect to see the same results this semester. Any other caffeinated products on the horizon? I am forced to eat dinner at my desk those evenings, so perhaps a line of caffeinated frozen dinners? Best wishes with your business...

Thanks a lot!

Bob Hoell  

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