they're not a biscuit
tis in the name
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:31, 1 reply)

Must disagree.
They're biscuity.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:33, closed)

What aren't they called "Jaffa Biscuits" then?
Don't you know about the Biscuit Rule?
( Cawl, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:37, closed)

According to Twittering Steven Fry
A cake starts off soft and gets hard if left for a couple of days* while a buscuit starts off hard and gets softer if left.



*Couple of days? Cake? does no one in acedmia have either Kids or a 38 inch waistline?
(Gru being trolled since 1998, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:40, closed)

Ten points so you.
Although you get deducted 9 of those for being unable to spell "biscuit".
( Cawl, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:41, closed)

Biscuit
comes from the French, meaning twice baked. As far as I know they are. I shall consult Wiki, as far as I know, that's always right.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:45, closed)

It says they're a biscuit like cake.
I just don't know.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:47, closed)

So a cake then.
There was a recent court case involving them, something to do with there being a tax on cake, but not biscuits, er... "Luxury rather than an essential", I seem to recall. Could be the other way around.
But they're cakes.
( Cawl, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:51, closed)

It was to do with VAT apparentluy.
A 12 inch Jaffa cake was made, proving it to be a cake.

I give up, you win.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:57, closed)

Here we go:
"Under UK law, no Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged on biscuits and cakes — they are "zero rated". Chocolate covered biscuits, however, are subject to VAT, currently 15%. McVities classed its Jaffa Cakes as cakes, but in 1991, this was challenged by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and the case ended up before the courts.[9] This may have been because Jaffa Cakes are about the same size and shape as some types of biscuit, and particularly because they are commonly eaten alongside, or instead of, traditional biscuits. A question that the court asked itself was "what criteria should be used to class something as a cake?"
McVities defended its classification of Jaffa Cakes as cakes. In doing so it produced a 12" (30 cm) Jaffa Cake to illustrate that its Jaffa Cakes were simply miniature cakes.[10]
McVities argued that a distinction between cakes and biscuits is, among other things, that biscuits would normally be expected to go soft when stale, whereas cakes would normally be expected to go hard. It was demonstrated to the Tribunal that Jaffa Cakes become hard when stale. Other factors taken into account by the Chairman, Mr Potter QC, included the name, ingredients, texture, size, packaging, marketing, presentation, appeal to children, and manufacturing process. Contrary to a commonly held belief, whether something is considered a 'luxury item' is not a test for VAT purposes.
Mr Potter ruled that the Jaffa Cake is a cake. McVities therefore won the case and VAT is not paid on Jaffa Cakes.[11]"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes#Cake_or_biscuit.3F
( Cawl, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 10:57, closed)

A foot long Jaffa Cake would go down nicely right now.
Bit hard to dunk though.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:00, closed)

Unless you have a bath
Of coffee... Mmmm...
( Cawl, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:01, closed)

Yeah...
There was much anger about this one. I came down on the side of 'there's a hint in the name'. Others in the room at the time disagreed vehemently. This led to angry words and someone calling me a cnut.
( Funkenschlag still likes dogs more than cats, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:14, closed)

Did you shank the fucker?

( Cawl, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:15, closed)

I'd have clubbed him and eaten his bones

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:21, closed)

I would have
but they might have attacked my enchanted shin.

Anyway, after being called this I laughed in the person's face and they left (the room, not the course). But honestly, of all the things to have an argument about effing Jaffa cakes and their place on a diagram? It was surreal, it really was.
( Funkenschlag still likes dogs more than cats, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:33, closed)

Wars
have been fought over less.
The War of the Roses. Fucking flowers.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:29, closed)

that's some good internet case-proving

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:12, closed)

I do my best to provide
A valuable educational service.
( Cawl, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:14, closed)