Hmm, does this means next up they will ban sport car advertisers from advertising that it helps attract girls?

Quote from: app103 on November 22, 2011, 07:38 AM

Unless Coca Cola can make matching health claims on their product, they don't want anyone else to state the obvious. To claim that water can prevent or treat dehydration on the packaging of your product is to say that water is better for you than sugar-loaded soda pop...

And we can't have that, because people will start drinking water instead of soda pop, and Coca Cola will unfairly suffer an economic loss.

Actually, from what I understand, soft drinks makers have already taken advantage of this by saying that "Water is the major component of all soft drinks."

Dehydration can reduce mental and physical performance but the wide range of soft drinks available means that it is easy, convenient and enjoyable to drink enough to stay properly hydrated.

Quote from: capitalH on November 22, 2011, 09:49 AM

Hmm, does this means next up they will ban sport car advertisers from advertising that it helps attract girls?

You mean it doesn't????

Well...then how do you explain this:
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Quote from: app103 on November 22, 2011, 07:38 AM

And something like this should NEVER have a claim attached to it intended to try to fool the public into thinking that it is healthy and good for you!

That looks PERFECTLY healthy to me. Mental health rather than physical health, though

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Here's another one I don't understand:

Quote from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15752918

Britain's 'cheapest' lunchtime meal was unveiled by scientists on Wednesday - the toast sandwich.

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is reviving the mid-Victorian dish, which, unsurprisingly, consists of two slices of bread around a slice of toast.

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The RSC's Dr John Emsley said: "You simply put a piece of dry toast between two slices of bread and butter, with salt and pepper to taste. I've tried it and it's surprisingly nice to eat and quite filling.

"I would emphasise that toast sandwiches are also good at saving you calories as well as money, provided you only have one toast sandwich for lunch and nothing else."

What. The. Smurf.

This is wrong on so many levels. Why does it take scientists to announce/discover that you can eat toasted bread in between non-toasted bread to save some money? Who is funding this "scientific research"? Maybe if they didn't fund this kind of useless science they could afford to eat more than a toast sandwich for lunch. . .

The society is so confident in the repast, it will offer £200 to anyone who can create a cheaper alternative.

Here's a cheaper alternative: Half a toast sandwich! Make one and cut it in half. Now you can eat for two meals instead of just one. Or if you're really hungry you can have two (halves) for lunch!

Or yet another: A bread sandwich. Save the cost of electricity and a toaster by not toasting the middle slice of bread. Also, leave off the butter and salt and pepper.

Now gimme that £200!

Quote from: f0dder on November 24, 2011, 09:07 PM

Even cheaper?

Go dumpster surfing

watched a video lately about a guy living without money (somewhere near Bristol I think). Him & friends got mostly organic stuff out of the supermarket-skips. He said they didnt reduce it to sell it off cause they wanted to keep the prices up, so they dumped it instead...
So, good advice there f0dder ;-)

Dumpster surfing isn't illegal? Jeez... Can we possibly sink any lower?