A doctor, speaking at a conference, is calling for a tax on chocolate, saying it slips under the 'bad foods' barrier but is a major player in the obesity game.
The funny thing is, Doctors are always banging on about what you shouldn't die of. But ever ask them what their recommended death would be, and they go all coy.
I expect his house will be besieged by militant pro-chocolate activists, breaking his windows and uprooting his rose bushes. What a frightfully nasty man. Chocolate shouldn't be taxed, it should be FREE!
What??? What the heck are they talking about? A plague isn't good enough Liz. 'They know not what they do.' Our beloved CHOCOLATE. Good Grief!! They're treading on some sacred ground here....
Yes, Jay, I heard the doctors conference had narrowly voted it against it.
It seems from the comments here that it's just as well! They thought the people rebelled against the poll tax ... that's nothing to what would have happened had they taxed chocolate!
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No! No, no no no......
There will be a revolution ;0)
The funny thing is, Doctors are always banging on about what you shouldn't die of. But ever ask them what their recommended death would be, and they go all coy.
Chocolate is medicinal!!! I eat chocolate EVERY day, I love it, and if anything I'm underweight. Tax tv, not chocolate!
Methinks someone who suggests this should be drawn and quartered!
Re McBobo's comment: I'll take death by chocolate:)
I expect his house will be besieged by militant pro-chocolate activists, breaking his windows and uprooting his rose bushes. What a frightfully nasty man. Chocolate shouldn't be taxed, it should be FREE!
I think that the only pleasure we can enjoy, without being taxed on it, at the moment, is sex. I'm not speaking too soon, am I?
What??? What the heck are they talking about? A plague isn't good enough Liz. 'They know not what they do.' Our beloved CHOCOLATE. Good Grief!! They're treading on some sacred ground here....
I should cocoa!
So just like the taxes on smoking and drinking this will obviously lead to a dramatic reduction ... clearly! ;-)
Hey though - I could become a chocolate smuggler as my next job... :-)
Calm down, everyone, it got defeated! YAY!
Yellowswordfish did a blog on this yesterday too, and I left a rather more animated comment there.
As I said, if it had gone through, I might have had to kill someone.
If it had gone through, I might have been forced to hoard chocolate on a grand scale. The local Toblerone stocks would have been decimated.
@ Nick I *do* hoard chocolate on a grand scale.
Yes, Jay, I heard the doctors conference had narrowly voted it against it.
It seems from the comments here that it's just as well! They thought the people rebelled against the poll tax ... that's nothing to what would have happened had they taxed chocolate!
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