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

PH: "improved recipe". On yoghurt? On cat food And what is it which has been improved, pray? And, "even more delicious": please do let me decide upon subjective opinions, thank you.

Well its because they know fine well that 'improved' can only ever be subjective and not legally binding, so basically as long as they can show an inspector that they've changed something, job done. More than likely the change will have been to save money, though thinking charitably it is possible that there will have been some serious tasting going on leading to a better recipe.

More than likely though it will be to satisfy a regulatory requirement (less salt maybe) or simply as a marketing tool to sell the product to people who previously didn't like the product for some reason "oh, maybe it's nicer now; will try it again".

TB, and you a mathematician? "improved" equals "more expensive".
Leave that out on the cost side of the equation and double it on the price side. Bingo!

Don't get me started on the "+10% FREE", followed some time later by a 20% price rise.

It's particularly baffling on razor blades, where you can buy "4+1 free". Isn't that the same as "5"?

Al least they didn't write "4+1 = 4"

Four blades, plus one free blade is a more enticing offer than just five blades. Strange but true. People will often go for the 'bargain' even if it isn't really a bargain at all.

One of my petty hates are offers that say 'save X money' - I'll save even more money buy not buying what they're offering

Well, as to blades and good deals - Anne Boleyn got a good deal by getting the job done with one shave.

Keep running Pit

Now look, that´s one of my petty mistakes: I´ve decided I´ll be shot by a jealous husband - when I´m 104 and in flagrante delicto.

Wow, impressive there, Pit - 3 times on the trot

3?

Well, that's what you said, I counted the smileys

I didn´t count the lady, Your Honour - it was her own free will!

This SOPA thing. This PIPA thing. Stupid governments. Stubborn eye make up and that won't come off entirely.

people at the gym who take the disinfectant spray to their machine instead of spraying the paper and using that.

people assuming that atheists have no moral compass

What's a moral compass?

Current PH: The more I want to do around the house, the more my stupid back complains

PH: Cattle.

Non-P H: Cattle acting strangely and erratically and getting scared by things invisible to me.