I told my wife this morning about my 'biscuit theory'. She was worried about whether her Dad was managing well enough on the small amount of money he gets. I said "well, he has biscuits so he can't be doing that bad", I explained that everyone likes biscuits but they are the first thing to go if you're skint. I grew up in a house where we had rich tea or divestures or custard cream biscuits so we just about managed. Other houses I went to would produce a more expensive, individually wrapped one such as Penguins or Blue Ribbands. So if I was in charge of seeking out benefit fraud I would add a question to the form which reads,
'Do you buy biscuits, if so which ones?'
My wife pointed out that the system is flawed because some people just like biscuits and make it their priority to have them. 
I say Bollocks. 
(now my iPod fix has resulted in my headphone socket not working so I can't use headphones or put it through my stereo in the van etc. So if it dies my blogs may stop temporarily-although I will find a way to write it up I guess in some way.)