HELLLOOO

sprintkid

Feeling bored just thought I'd say hello to the cycling world How are we all this fine evening :?:

MarvintheAndroid

Depressed.

sprintkid

Cheer up marvin can't be that bad. You've got a bike then everything is good. And why has no one else said hello ? Are you all the people that when your out on your bike you never say hello to a passing cyclist :x . Come on all you boring farts say hello

dangerousjules

goodbye!

Noodley

Oh it's all "me, me, me" with you isn't it?

What about poor Marvin? Let's try to cheer him up...

Drinks at the Restaurant at the end of the universe anyone?

MarvintheAndroid

If I pass a guy when out my bike, I always say hello. When I pass a nice young lady I usually fall off.

Don't feel you have to pay any attention to me, I know I'm only here for decoration.

Marv

Noodley

C'mon Marvin, what about it? Tequila slammers and snakebite. That'll have you dancing on the tables in no time.

overmars

Hi.

MarvintheAndroid

I've never been bitten by a snake. It sounds quite nice. Do I have to bring my own ?

Marv

Noodley

it can be Marvin, give it a go. It may do you the universe of good.

SteveR_100Milers

....and thanks for all the fish...

MarvintheAndroid

Anyone got any cake ?

Marv

Noodley

I've got a jaffa cake. Is that any good? Or is it too biscuity?

trailtrash

A jaffa cake is legally defined as a cake, the legal definition being that when a cake goes stale it goes hard, but when a biscuit goes stale it goes soft. This was determined in court when the Inland Revenue wanted to add VAT to Jaffa Cakes, contesting that they were a cholocate 'biscuit', but McVities said it was a 'cake' which does not attract VAT. McVities won.

F*** me I'm boring - I'll get my coat!

purplemad

trailtrash wrote:

A jaffa cake is legally defined as a cake, the legal definition being that when a cake goes stale it goes hard, but when a biscuit goes stale it goes soft. This was determined in court when the Inland Revenue wanted to add VAT to Jaffa Cakes, contesting that they were a cholocate 'biscuit', but McVities said it was a 'cake' which does not attract VAT. McVities won.

F*** me I'm boring - I'll get my coat!

Bangs head on computer and wakes self up ;-)

Hello everyone. Oh and I knew that too, it's normally me who gives out snippets of information.

Buggi

well i'm pist. me and mate just shared two bottles of wine. hic!

so consequently enjoyed story about jaffa cake.

HJ1976

I would have posted a nice picture of some Jaffa Cakes, left on the back of a car/bike rack in a car park- but unfortunately it is on my other computer (currently being dissected by the lovely geeks at PC World HQ

purplemad

Oh fep HJ, I hope it's sorted for you

MarvintheAndroid

Time to nip off and re-charge the batteries. Good night you sad lot.

Marv

sprintkid

BIG HELLO all. This is a bit more like it . So when a biscuit goes soft when stale does it become a cake and like wise for a cake????? So Marvin what could we do to cheer you up? :shock: Otherwise I'll have to come round and beat some happiness into you .
I've just fitted my first tub

Noodley

sprintkid wrote:

I've just fitted my first tub

A bath tub? Do you plan on fitting many more?

sprintkid

Yes a bath tub. I may know venture into fitting a complete bathroom suite. Anyone got any answers to my biscuit cake question ?

overmars

Hi!
Nice evening.

trailtrash

Now I'm no expert (despite the earlier post) and I don't even like Jaffa Cakes (yes, I'm the one) so I'm going out on a limb here but here goes:

I would humbly proffer to suggest that when a biscuit goes stale, and therefore soft it does not become a cake because a stale biscuit cannot go stale again and go hard, thus possibly become a biscuit again, only to go stale once more and return to the status of cake. If this were so biscuits and cakes would not have 'sell by' dates on the packets, but rather 'biscuit until' dates followed by 'then cake until' dates, followed by 'then biscuit again until' date etc etc.

This would have a detrimental effect on biscuit/cake sales in two ways:

1) Cake/Biscuit packaging would have to be unfeasibly large to carry the list of 'cake until' and 'biscuit until' dates.

2) Storekeepers would have to be constantly adding and removing VAT from the price of cakes/biscuits depending on their current legal status.

All this is merely theory of course, and has not been tested in a lab, or a court of the land. Feel free to counter as you will.

I need a life.

Noodley

trailtrash wrote:

Feel free to counter as you will.

Nope, I think you have it covered.

alecstilleyedye

where do those (soft) big american style cookies fit into the scheme of things?

sprintkid

I feel that sell by dates are just to cover the makers back. I feel we must do a bikeradar test and see if a stale biscuit goes hard again and so on for a cake :shock: .Good question Alec. Oh what have we started :? .
And hello all