{"id":605,"date":"2008-07-09T07:04:36","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T12:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nedandkathyswift.com\/?p=605"},"modified":"2008-07-09T07:09:08","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T12:09:08","slug":"pringles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nedandkathyswift.com\/?p=605","title":{"rendered":"Pringles."},"content":{"rendered":"

Pringles are not potato chips. Or at least that is what a British judge has ruled.<\/p>\n

It seems that in Great Britain, foods, such as potato chips, are subject to a special tax. Pringles argued that potato chips are sliced potatoes where as, pringles are not. And while Pringles are made from potatoes, they are a processed food just like a cracker. The judge agreed and Pringles are now exempt from the tax.<\/p>\n

I guess taxing tea wasn’t good enough for them. If potato chips had been around in the 1700’s I suspect that they too would have ended up in the Boston Harbor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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