To not give a shit whether they're a cake or a biscuit

[DuaneDibbley]

Toddler DS decided sleep was for wimps last night and was up and bouncy between 11 and 3 last night. Thank god it's not a day I go to work! However I'm so tired and the best way to make me feel better this morning was to have a big cup of coffee and some Jaffa cakes. IANBU am I?

[DinosaursOnASpaceship]

I couldnt just eat 3 jaffa cakes, it's the whole box or nothing. If you smooshed them up and lumped them together they would only amount to one cake slice really so it's allowed.

[badger2005]

Ruby...
your syllogism doesn't work. What if Jaffa cakes were a sort of bread? Then your premises would be true but your conclusion false.
You could add a premise saying that cakes AND ONLY CAKES go hard when they get stale. That would make the argument valid, but it wouldn't be true. I think it would be better to add a premise saying that Jaffa cakes are EITHER cakes or biscuits.
HTH

[AmazingBouncingFerret]

sue52 I don't need a fork to eat any kind of cake!

[sue52]

You don't need a cake fork to eat a Jaffa Cake so it must be a fusion.

[MrSunshine]

I never understood why their was a question in the first place..."Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit?" It's in the sodding name! And its made of sponge, and its not hard, its a bloody cake!

[lottiegarbanzo]

Well I've just eaten iced carrot cake for breakfast. Very nice too!

[Bilbobagginstummy]

Did they eat it or was it left to go stale?

[JeezyOrangePips]

They also baked a giant Jaffa cake to present to the people making the decision.

[Bilbobagginstummy]

Ha ha - official view on the matter:
www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/vfoodmanual/vfood6260.htm

[Bilbobagginstummy]

I think that was a brilliant way of deciding: no doubt there were lots of long, technical arguments.
Whoever came up with the cake hard/ biscuit soft thing was a genius!

[JeezyOrangePips]

And I think YABU to not give a shit.

They'd be 20% more expensive if they were biscuits.

Surely that's worth caring about!

[DuaneDibbley]

Thanks Scarlet!

[JeezyOrangePips]

As far as I'm aware the vat on Jaffa cakes was sorted quite a few years ago. I heard about it when I was training 12 years ago.

They are officially a cake.

[ScarletLady02]

You won't be disappointed DuaneDibbley (Love the username by the way!).

All their biscuits are good. In fact all their everything is pretty bloody good. Gotta love Aldi.

[RubyStolenBootyGates]

&#8756 = therefore symbol. obv.
Silly keyboard.

[RubyStolenBootyGates]

Cakes go hard when they get stale.
Biscuits go soft when they get stale.
Jaffa cakes go hard ∴ they are a cake.

Gosh, a syllogism before breakfast

But YABVU if the jaffa cakes are ever allowed to be in a state to test this theory.

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

Gah, I'm going to have to go to aldi now for Jaffa Cakes . They really are superior, as are their Ginger Nuts

[DuaneDibbley]

Oh so am I Scarlet - i'll have to try some then :)

[Whatdoiknowanyway]

I think the cake/biscuit definition is influenced by what happens when they go stale. Cakes go hard and biscuits go soft so Jaffa cakes are cakes.

[ScarletLady02]

I am a sucker for the orangey bit though...

[ScarletLady02]

Less sponge...more orangey bit. Plus you get the equivalent of two packs for 85p

They really are better...trust me...

[DuaneDibbley]

Really? Superior? I fail to see what could be improved upon...

[ScarletLady02]

I have an Aldi two minutes away so have permanent access to their Jaffa Cakces...which are far superior to the proper ones AND a million times cheaper.

Mmmm Jaffa Cakes...

[DuaneDibbley]

And sorry NannyOgg for not keeping abreast of such cakey biscuity matters

[diddl]

Have two more so that you´ve had your 5 a day

And of course when you need energy food it doesn´t matter if it´s cake, biscuit, chocolate or all three!

Aren´t they a cake because of the cakey spongy bit?

Aren´t biscuits crunchy??