h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ok, i've had quite a few debates in my short time, but one that would always get us shouting is the subject of jaffacakes.. those little things with a soft base, filled with orange and then topped with a thin layer of chocolate.

So...are they biscuits...or are they cakes?

Strictly speaking they're cakes, as they have a sponge base.

why try and define everything?

jaffa cakes are jaffa cakes.

It has been proven in a court of law that they are cakes.

So they're cakes.


Geggs

Y'know, what you really need is some sort of on line, searchable guide to life, the universe and everything.

Then you could, say, go to the top of the homepage of such a web site and, forexample, find a search box. If you then put some term or other into, let us suggest for example that you put in 'jaffa cake' or, if you were aware of why there is a difference between 'cake' and 'biscuit' you might put 'vat jaffa cake' in.

such a site might then be able to provide you with a link explaining this. I might be in the form of a letter and some numbers, for example something that looked a bit like this:

A528040

Although it wouldn;t have to. Probably just a silly idea that I had that would never work in reality.

Cakes I think?

Full moon, half moon, total Eclipse

i usually go from full moon to half moon

or i nibble the cake off then suck the chocolate off and eat the orange bit last.

emm i want jaffa cakes now.

total Eclipse I scoff them whole.

i meant total eclipse oe half moon!

sorry not with it supposed to be revising

might go get jaffa cakes to help

no worries, feel the need the need for jaffa

You can buy little packs with three jaffa cakes in them, to have with your morning coffee!

Yep they have been out ages

yummy

Won't they have gone stale by now then?

Ha ha very droll

I ment out in the shops

the problem with those packs is you can only have a maximum of 3

they are very moreish............

yep

i cant be bothered to go get some and the revision ist realy hapening!

Jaffa Cakes are sublime. Just with the more modern interpretation of the word 'jaffa' being slang for male infertility it kind of takes the edge off them. 'They have been trying for kids for ages, but it turns out they can't, it's a shame but he's got an orangey bit'

biscuits and sperm, unhealthy or otherwise, just shouldn't mix.

*gets coat*

Personally I think jaffa cakes taste awful.

Ictoan - did you mean to link to the entry on VAT? Here's the one on jaffa Cakes, with an answer to the question "Cakes or biscuits?"

A185104

Ictoan did intend to link to the entry on VAT, as it addresses the question of whether these items are cake or biscuit. Unfortunately, nobody would think of searching for "vat jaffa cakes". They might think of searching for "jaffa cakes" and not find the entry on VAT on the first page of hits.