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Totally unimportant things that drive you insane.

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LauraNorder Wed 17-Feb-21 13:59:30

Better than Sex Cake would be better than sex if only one ingredient was not to my liking. smile

cornishpatsy Wed 17-Feb-21 13:58:56

Ready meals that state "pull back film" it does not pull back it needs stabbing with a knife then messily pulling off a bit at a time.

Food caddy bags that are impossible to open, Aldi ones a great but many others are not.

Broken biscuits in a new packet.

LauraNorder Wed 17-Feb-21 13:57:14

Most annoying thing for me is when Orlin drains the vegetable water in to the sink without first removing washing-up bowl. So bottom of said bowl is always mucky.

DiscoGran Wed 17-Feb-21 13:35:40

Those big bags of crisps and sweets with "sharing size" on them. ? Nope, I want them ALL to myself.

Galaxy Wed 17-Feb-21 13:32:12

I had to share sad

DiscoGran Wed 17-Feb-21 13:31:40

Galaxy, only half a packet? You lightweight.

Galaxy Wed 17-Feb-21 13:24:02

I ate half a packet of jaffa cakes yesterday, not sure how essential that was!

Ramblingrose22 Wed 17-Feb-21 13:22:13

Absolutely agree Blossoming. Life without just cake wouldn't be a life.

I once saw a claim on another website about a cake called "Better Than Sex Cake". I eagerly looked up the cake and its ingredients only to find one of its main ingredients was something I don't like. You can imagine my disappointment!

Maybe I should start an argument on the arguments thread about what the ingredients should have been.

Blossoming Wed 17-Feb-21 13:14:42

That was the crux of the argument georgesgran It wasn’t pointless to McVities though as biscuits are classed as a luxury item and attract VAT. Cakes are classed as staple foods and are VAT free. They’d been around since the 1920s and HMRC tried to make them VATable in the 1990s. I love that cakes are classed as essentials grin

Georgesgran Wed 17-Feb-21 12:59:26

My stupid gripe is when the customer before me doesn’t put the divider on the conveyor belt behind their shopping!

Georgesgran Wed 17-Feb-21 12:54:34

I think the ‘accepted’ reason is that cakes go hard when stale and biscuits go soft. Another bit of pointless information. ?

Blossoming Wed 17-Feb-21 12:15:26

It isn’t. Jaffa Cakes are classed as cakes. There was a long court battle between McVities and HMRC.

vampirequeen Wed 17-Feb-21 12:10:22

Why is a Jaffa Cake classed as a biscuit? It's made of sponge. Surely that makes it a cake.