COLD DARK ROOM

Tidgy's Dad

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A biscuit, when it's stale, goes soft
A cake, when it's stale, goes hard..
In 1991 the British Government decided they wanted to reclassify the Jaffa cake as a biscuit.
This was because there is no VAT on cake or biscuits, but there is VAT on chocolate biscuits as a luxury item.
So McVities went out of their way to try and prove the Jaffa cake was a cake.
They did this by proving in front of the VAT board that they went hard when they were stale. They also cooked a 12" one, to prove it really was a cake that they had baked.They won.
 

Prairie Mom

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So, Adam...I knew this room had cheese. I knew their was the occasional hedgehog and games of darts. What I did NOT KNOW is that if you can feel around the edges of the room there are massive piles of pillows and featherbeds piled up along the walls!!! It just gets better and better! I'm stealing one of those chocolate mug cakes and will be nestling into a pillow pile for the rest of the day....ahhhhh
 

Prairie Mom

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A biscuit, when it's stale, goes soft
A cake, when it's stale, goes hard..
In 1991 the British Government decided they wanted to reclassify the Jaffa cake as a biscuit.
This was because there is no VAT on cake or biscuits, but there is VAT on chocolate biscuits as a luxury item.
So McVities went out of their way to try and prove the Jaffa cake was a cake.
They did this by proving in front of the VAT board that they went hard when they were stale. They also cooked a 12" one, to prove it really was a cake that they had baked.They won.
"Biscuit" is this little cutie's nickname.:) She is even called "Biscuit" at her school on occasion. Notice the halo of sugar at the bottom of her herbal tea cup. -So like her mamma!
Gretchen tea cup.jpg
 

Nephelle

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Oh man!!! So excited to try this with my hobbits!

I had this brief, fleeting moment where I got SO EXCITED at the idea of "keeping hobbits"! Then I realized you were talking about your kids. DREAM SHATTERED.

Yes, I would keep hobbits as pets. Don't judge me. I would make sure their hobbit hole was top of the line!
 

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