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Ok, I am dying to know, is this for real in the United Kingdom? And other than the VAT, why is Jaffa such a big debate?
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Great Issues in Britain? Biscuit or Cake?
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Posted 25 June 2014 - 05:35 PM
Ok, I am dying to know, is this for real in the United Kingdom? And other than the VAT, why is Jaffa such a big debate?
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Posted 25 June 2014 - 06:39 PM
It's not a big deal as far as I'm aware. I do have very vague memories of there being a debate about whether they were a cake or a biscuit years and years ago - it was about what aisle of the supermarket you should be able to find them in.
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Posted 25 June 2014 - 09:15 PM
The debate IS to do with whether or not VAT should be charged on them.
In the end Mcvities (the maker) made a large jaffa the size of a cake to prove the point.
And, consumerism being what it it, they eventually started making them for sale:
bit about VAT and the large version
In the end Mcvities (the maker) made a large jaffa the size of a cake to prove the point.
And, consumerism being what it it, they eventually started making them for sale:
bit about VAT and the large version
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Posted 25 June 2014 - 10:39 PM
As far as I'm aware, which isn't very far, the distinction lies in the state the product reaches when it goes stale.
As a rule, biscuits go soft, and cakes go hard. That was McVities defence iirc.
Not sure wether this helps....
As a rule, biscuits go soft, and cakes go hard. That was McVities defence iirc.
Not sure wether this helps....
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Posted 26 June 2014 - 12:07 AM
Brits are strange...
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Posted 26 June 2014 - 01:40 AM
^ Exaggerated stereotypes always seem strange.
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Posted 26 June 2014 - 05:29 AM
This is a MASSIVE issue here thanks for bringing up such a sore subject. The war has now raged for 6 years and while both sides are desperate for peace, neither side will budge an inch. The top scientists on the side of the "Cakites" (tall, chiseled heroic warriors, huzzah!) are currently working on a top secret project "Operation Tea Dunk" that will soon have the "Biscuitians" (foul smelly terrorist, boo!) On the run. War will be over, the land can return to peace and we can start to mourn the millions of dead that are the result of this conflict.
Tl;dr no-one really cares that much what they are but they are delicious.
Tl;dr no-one really cares that much what they are but they are delicious.
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Posted 26 June 2014 - 07:55 AM
as a Brit I loved this thread wholeheartedly, and I join Tisteon as a fellow tall, chiseled heroic warrior 
death to the biscuit herratics!
death to the biscuit herratics!
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Posted 26 June 2014 - 09:24 AM
The only issue I've had as a Brit having emigrated is that I seem to apologise for... everything. I probably use the word 'sorry' at at least twice as much as any other word.
When this is pointed out to me, I naturally apologise for it.
When this is pointed out to me, I naturally apologise for it.
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Posted 27 June 2014 - 05:04 PM
Also, Snowballs have recently joined the Cake cause, according to law:
Snowballs are cakes too! Death to biscuits
Snowballs are cakes too! Death to biscuits
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Posted 28 June 2014 - 02:03 PM
Cake. ALWAYS. (Yes, I'm British)
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