Pringles are not chips. The High Court says so. Well, what can we depend on in this crazy world anymore, I ask you.
"The makers of Pringles were yesterday celebrating a High Court ruling that the snack is not a crisp." (i.e. chip, as they are know round these parts)
"The Pringles case comes several years after McVities successfully argued that Jaffa Cakes were cakes rather than biscuits. Marks & Spencer was involved in a similar wrangle more recently over its tea cakes, which HM Revenue & Customs officials insisted were biscuits." (The Scotsman)
Biscuits, cakes, crisps, non-crisps. What's the world coming to? I despair. All these debates have to do with whether these items are subject to GST-type taxes or not, depending on how they are defined. The world is in turmoil. The centre cannot hold. Anarchy is loosed upon the world.
8 comments:
so pringles are a vegetable, right? healthfood! I knew it.
To simplify things...if it is delicious and is eaten while watching TV, tax it. If it doesn't meet the above two criteria, safe to say it is healthy and should be tax-exempt.
JAW fan
I'd vote for you.
we saw a lady at 7:40 AM walking twds the bus and eating a bag of cheesies...all that was missing was the can of pepsi. The kids were amazed. I guess some people think any time is a good time for chips...although, I suppose cheesies wouldn't be in the chip category either? Technically with the word cheese in there they could be placed in the healthy category??? N.
Cheese has protein. It's a good breakfast food, so cheesies must be too! I'd have to let the High Court decide this, or JAW Fan.
...criteria number 3, any food eaten where particles stick to your fingers and also have said fingers turn colour, tax it!
JAW fan
e.g.: pomegranates may stain your fingers, but particles do not stick to them...unlike, say, ketchup chips or above noted cheesies.
Okay - I've always called them Cheesies, as does everyone I've ever met, but have you noticed that they are not called that on the bag? At least any bag I've ever seen of them. Why do we all have the same nickname for these things?
I don't think they are ever actually called cheesies. Maybe that's a trademarked word. We should ask the High Court.
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