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Fat Tax
The British Medical Association wants to tax biscuit-loving, chips-gorging impulses out of the public. It�s proposing a 17.5 percent VAT on fatty foods. Of course, living in London as a student, I put on half a stone because I couldn�t afford to eat much other than greasy Indian food and the occasional Yorkie. I�m guessing a tax like this will drive the student population toward filling up on a steady diet of Foster�s, Guinness, and Carlsburg.
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|6.9.03 @ 5:08AM|#
While I am opposed to any such tax, people could do worse than a diet made up largely of Guinness.
RS|6.9.03 @ 5:14AM|#
Sadly, the diet will probably made up of Budweiser unless things have changed since I was over there. I couldn't believe that with all these excellent beers on tap - not the greatest, Belgium it's not - it was somehow trendy for the youngins to drink overpriced Bud. Anyone else notice that?
david f|6.9.03 @ 5:15AM|#
and carlsberg isn't that good... (fosters/ heineken/ bud level)
drf
tonio-k|6.9.03 @ 5:28AM|#
images of the simpsons "big book of british smiles" flashing thru my head.
|6.9.03 @ 9:27AM|#
Screw the beer. That's what ramen is for. You can even eat it with chopsticks to avoid having to buy silverware.
Robert Nabors|6.10.03 @ 2:55AM|#
Bah!
VAT on fatty foods?!?!?
EEEEEEEEK!
Glad I'm not over there anymore... those brits can be mighty odd about things. And you can't get a glass of sweet iced tea to save your life.
Now, if I could just figure out what they have against southern hospitality (everyone says I'm so cheeky!)...
-Robert
Jim|6.10.03 @ 7:24AM|#
Guiness is the work of Satan.