Selby's Shemozzle (2005)
“Don’t eat that!’ Mrs Trifle said as she took a biscuit out of Dr Trifle’s hand.
‘What’s wrong?’ Dr Trifle asked. ‘It’s just a Heavenly Munch Suga-Kreem Caramel Biscuit.’ ‘And it’s the very worst thing you could eat!’ ‘But I love Heavenly Munch Biscuits. They taste great. You make it sound like they’ve been poisoned.’ ‘They might as well have been. Do you know how much fat is in them?’ Dr Trifle looked at the packet.
‘It says “Fifty per cent fat-free",’ he said. ‘That means that only half of the...m have fat in them and the other half don’t. I’ll just pick out the fat-free ones and throw the other ones away. Now, how can I tell which is which?’ ‘It doesn’t mean that at all. Fifty per cent fat-free means that half of each and every biscuit is fat. And that’s really bad for you.’ ‘But they’re yummy.’ ‘Well, you’re not having any!’ Mrs Trifle threw the packet in the rubbish and took something from the cupboard. ‘You can have one of these Nature-Good Ultra-Thin No-Fat Dry Rice Wafers — but only one.’ ‘But those things are terrible.MoreLess
‘What’s wrong?’ Dr Trifle asked. ‘It’s just a Heavenly Munch Suga-Kreem Caramel Biscuit.’ ‘And it’s the very worst thing you could eat!’ ‘But I love Heavenly Munch Biscuits. They taste great. You make it sound like they’ve been poisoned.’ ‘They might as well have been. Do you know how much fat is in them?’ Dr Trifle looked at the packet.
‘It says “Fifty per cent fat-free",’ he said. ‘That means that only half of the...m have fat in them and the other half don’t. I’ll just pick out the fat-free ones and throw the other ones away. Now, how can I tell which is which?’ ‘It doesn’t mean that at all. Fifty per cent fat-free means that half of each and every biscuit is fat. And that’s really bad for you.’ ‘But they’re yummy.’ ‘Well, you’re not having any!’ Mrs Trifle threw the packet in the rubbish and took something from the cupboard. ‘You can have one of these Nature-Good Ultra-Thin No-Fat Dry Rice Wafers — but only one.’ ‘But those things are terrible.MoreLess
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