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Title: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Nick on September 09, 2007, 02:00:36 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6984122.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6984122.stm)

1. What is to ensure that they spend iton healthy food?
2. Healthy food is cheaper than supermarket processed food anyway
3. Why does everyone get it, irrespective of income?
4. We KNOW they will spend it all on a bulk order of pop tarts and Pot Noodle
5. And since it inly kicks in after the 29th week of pregnancy the damage will already have been done.

IDIOTS
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Snoopy on September 09, 2007, 02:03:38 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6984122.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6984122.stm)

1. What is to ensure that they spend iton healthy food?
2. Healthy food is cheaper than supermarket processed food anyway
3. Why does everyone get it, irrespective of income?
4. We KNOW they will spend it all on a bulk order of pop tarts and Pot Noodle
5. And since it inly kicks in after the 29th week of pregnancy the damage will already have been done.

IDIOTS


Errrrr .... It's called "buying votes" my naive friend.
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Pastis on September 09, 2007, 04:19:18 PM
It's called "buying votes"

Yep. I thought that too. Depressing news to wake up too.

** Note to self. Switch Radio alarm back to Radio 3 **
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Berek on September 09, 2007, 05:07:11 PM
?200 worth of Benson and Hedges
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Nick on September 09, 2007, 05:18:01 PM
A week?
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits) on September 09, 2007, 05:20:46 PM
A week?

You can make them last that long?
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: GROWLER on September 09, 2007, 06:03:48 PM
Charities welcomed the idea but warned it may not be effective.


No. You don't say? Really? eeek:


Is Johnson completely off his cake? shocked003
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Snoopy on September 09, 2007, 06:14:02 PM
Charities welcomed the idea but warned it may not be effective.


No. You don't say? Really? eeek:


Is Johnson completely off his cake? shocked003

YES!  evil:







I've met the idiot  ::)
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: GROWLER on September 09, 2007, 06:20:35 PM
Charities welcomed the idea but warned it may not be effective.


No. You don't say? Really? eeek:


Is Johnson completely off his cake? shocked003

YES!  evil:







I've met the idiot  ::)

Well when /if you meet him again, tell him this utter utter utter crap really is going one step too far.
I strongly protest at seeing part of my bloody hard earned grafted tax, going to some parasitic little tart who can't keep her knickers on.
Christ almighty, some of these weasels will be bonking away with gay abandon right now in anticipation of a night out in Mc Shiteles. evil:
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Bar Wench on September 10, 2007, 07:53:26 AM
It's not cheaper to buy healthy food. If you wander round asda picking up all the meal deals on junk it is an awful lot cheaper than cooking from scratch.

Sounds like an impressive plan to me!  lol:
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Snoopy on September 10, 2007, 07:57:47 AM
It's not cheaper to buy healthy food. If you wander round asda picking up all the meal deals on junk it is an awful lot cheaper than cooking from scratch.

Sounds like an impressive plan to me!  lol:


Playing the Devil's Advocate are we?
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Bar Wench on September 10, 2007, 08:07:23 AM
It's not cheaper to buy healthy food. If you wander round asda picking up all the meal deals on junk it is an awful lot cheaper than cooking from scratch.

Sounds like an impressive plan to me!  lol:


Playing the Devil's Advocate are we?

Point one is honestly true. Mr Wench and I proved it by doing two different shops. The crap shop came out about 30% less.

Point two, well I'm probably the only one here likely to benefit from it!  redface:
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Snoopy on September 10, 2007, 08:12:04 AM
For the stated purpose the ?200 grant is too late (at 29 weeks the damage is done).
Restore the married persons tax allowance and give tax relief for having children, as they used to, that would make a difference to great many children.

Oh dear Snoopy turns out to be a Tory at heart redface:
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Bar Wench on September 10, 2007, 08:15:47 AM
For the stated purpose the ?200 grant is too late (at 29 weeks the damage is done).
Restore the married persons tax allowance and give tax relief for having children, as they used to, that would make a difference to great many children.

Oh dear Snoopy turns out to be a Tory at heart redface:

Agreed too late but the ?200 would come in useful.  redface:

Mr Wench has come to the same conclusion which hurts his bleeding lefty roots no end!
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Barman on September 10, 2007, 08:16:45 AM
Wenchy is knocked-up!
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Bar Wench on September 10, 2007, 08:18:35 AM
Wenchy is knocked-up!

No sweetie. And as it would only come into effect in 2009 a wasted exercise in government extortion that would be!
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Snoopy on September 10, 2007, 08:19:42 AM
WELL! That told you!  point:
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Barman on September 10, 2007, 08:19:53 AM
Wenchy is knocked-up!

No sweetie. And as it would only come into effect in 2009 a wasted exercise in government extortion that would be!
Oh...  noooo:
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Bar Wench on September 10, 2007, 08:20:29 AM
Don't worry you'll be the first to know.  ::)
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Barman on September 10, 2007, 08:21:30 AM
Don't worry you'll be the first to know.  ::)
Yay!  cloud9:
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: GROWLER on September 10, 2007, 08:33:40 AM
Wenchy is knocked-up!

Is that foreign talk for 'UP THE DUFF"?
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Barman on September 10, 2007, 08:35:36 AM
Wenchy is knocked-up!

Is that foreign talk for 'UP THE DUFF"?
Yes...  ::)
Title: Re: More utter madness! ?200 to buy "healthy food"
Post by: Misunderstood on September 10, 2007, 10:36:22 AM
Hmmm...  Not due until 2009 eh?  So now we know when the election is to be.  rubschin:

All girls note -  Put your preggers on hold for a bit.    tunble: