Depends whether you can afford to buy new plates at the price you usually spend on china.

We chuck at the first chip

Likewise, Doyouthinktheysaurus - eating side chip, bad, anywhere else, ignore.

I'm such a sloven.

What is the problem with chips? Seems incredibly precious to me. And bad for the planet. Use it til it falls apart.

I know it's pricey but Denby is pretty indestructible.

We got our set in 2000 when we got married and it's all still chip free.

I would chuck if it had chips on the side you eat off, but not the underside IYSWIM.

I'm not that brave. My MIL terrifies me, still.

my crockery is a disgrace, but i still use it

even when mil comes round

DH lobs at the merest hint of an imaginary chip.

I tend to think, what the hell, if it's not cracked a tiny tiny flake isn't going to kill us.

I admit, I'm probably wrong, we'll be riddled with swine flu and syphilis, but it has to be a 'proper' chip in a plate before I'll chuck it.

DH chucks plates with chips underneath. That's just wrong, to me. Even with the germ risk.