The Lord Justice Hath Ruled: Pringles Are Potato Chips

[telecomm]

What are you talking about? Hating Alistar Darling is one thing, but the winner is the tax payer which is you and me.

Because you win when you pay tax?

 

[0098386]

Well since it's a UK story heres the BBC link if you were thrown askew from the naming terms-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8060204.stm
But it's old news anyways. And it's not even as interesting as the Jaffa Cake tax story.

 

[Eraserhead]

What are you talking about? Hating Alistar Darling is one thing, but the winner is the tax payer which is you and me.

No, because it means that Alistar Darling will claim £80 million to clean out the moat in the new £20 million castle he's going to buy for himself on "expenses" for getting this extra tax revenue .

 

[gkarris]

I dunno. Growing up, Potato Chips were, well, made from Potatoes only.

Pringles, were, well, Pringles, as they were in that weird "can" and were made from more than just Potatoes...

Prefer Corn products anyways...

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I think Pringles' initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles was a laid-back company. They said "F**k it. Cut 'em up."

My friend offered me a frozen banana, but I didn't want a frozen banana, so: No. But I wanted a regular banana to later, so: yeah.



I love Mitch Hedberg! Too bad he died...

 

[LizKat]

I think Pringles' initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles was a laid-back company. They said "F**k it. Cut 'em up."

Best of thread award.

(And in my opinion, Pringles are not potato chips. They are a heavily processed snack made of potatoes and OTHER STUFF. The other stuff makes them, duh, NOT potato chips. But the really dumb thing is that real potato chips were not exempt from the VAT to begin with. They are certainly more a proper food than is a Pringle, even if someone did originally think to tax real potatoes prepared as snacks.)

 

[Antares]

I don't know...potato chips are made by slicing a potato and frying or baking the slices until they are crisp. Pringles are not made from potato slices...but instead are made from a processed mixture of various ingredients, some of which is potato. If it's not pure potato, I don't really consider it a "potato chip." I'd be curious how the US Supreme Court would rule on this. They'd probably defer it to a lower court.

 

[Yvan256]

I think Pringles' initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles was a laid-back company. They said "F**k it. Cut 'em up."

Credit where credit is due, please. That's a Mitch Hedberg quote.

edit: .Andy beat me to it. And nice pic with a reference to one of his jokes too.

 

[gkarris]

I don't know...potato chips are made by slicing a potato and frying or baking the slices until they are crisp. Pringles are not made from potato slices...but instead are made from a processed mixture of various ingredients, some of which is potato. If it's not pure potato, I don't really consider it a "potato chip." I'd be curious how the US Supreme Court would rule on this. They'd probably defer it to a lower court.

LOL - yeah, like Judge Judy...

 

[iPhoneNYC]

It's clear the Lord Justice never tasted a real potato chip.

 

[nickarmadillo]

Wouldn't they have called it a "crisp"?

 

[eastercat]

I'm just happy a corporation couldn't get out of paying taxes. It's bad enough that companies like Bank of America pay so little in taxes, but don't do squat for the public.

 

[Schtumple]

there are no real winners here, except:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38042000/jpg/_38042095_alistair_darling.jpg

Bastard.

hahahaha, so true, just seeing his face is enough to annoy me.

 

[nick9191]

They are potato crisps, not chips.

Chips are thick fries. Fries are thin chips.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

They are potato crisps, not chips.

Chips are thick fries. Fries are thin chips.

Here in the US we don't differentiate between chips and fries, and we call crisps, chips.

 

[Gray-Wolf]

Brit and US labeling aside, a chip is all potato, like Lays, and mixture items, crisps. But thats my opinion

 

[MrSmith]

I noticed the OP was from Connecticut (somewhere in the USA) posting on an insignificant legal ruling on an insignificant matter from, presumably, an insignificant country. Yet it's worthy of a thread. Does this strike anyone else as humorously ironic?

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I noticed the OP was from Connecticut (somewhere in the USA) posting on an insignificant legal ruling on an insignificant matter from, presumably, an insignificant country. Yet it's worthy of a thread. Does this strike anyone else as humorously ironic?

The ruling is so insignificant and odd that it merits a thread. It's not like we're starting new threads every time Quebec gets new speed bumps.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Hang on, we're talking about crisps here! This is bloody important stuff, 'insignificant' it is not.

 

[Schtumple]

Hang on, we're talking about crisps here! This is bloody important stuff, 'insignificant' it is not.

Shall we start a new thread for when the great "Jaffa cake" debate begins?