Reply to: This is a level beyond taking the piss.....

[Paddy]

I tried inventing an electronic self-inserting tampon but it kept coming up with stack overflow errors.

[OwlHoot]

I am going to invest in moon cups......

Tampon tax: How much have you spent? - BBC News

That page won't let me take the test, as the input fields are frozen. How does it know I'm not a woman?

[SueEllen]

Is there VAT on cotton wool?

If not maybe you could roll your own?

Yes there is VAT on cotton wool.

[original PM]

FTFY with the proper name for the body part.

Toilet roll doesn't have enough absorbency. When toilet roll gets too wet it falls apart.

Is there VAT on cotton wool?

If not maybe you could roll your own?

[washed up contractor]

There's VAT on bog paper as well, isnt there?

[SueEllen]

So could women stuff bog roll up their vagina, and use that instead of tampons?

FTFY with the proper name for the body part.

Toilet roll doesn't have enough absorbency. When toilet roll gets too wet it falls apart.

[GJABS]

And they were correct.

But it's a bit like saying bog roll is not a necessity as you can use your hand and then wash it.

So could women stuff bog roll up their whatsit, and use that instead of tampons?

[SueEllen]

Now you reduce yourself to bullying.

Hello Bee

Did you miss the forum?

[woohoo]

How is that a sexist comment?

You are beginning to sound like Bee - as thick as mince.

Now you reduce yourself to bullying.

[SueEllen]

Sexist comment without evidence. I won't report you but please in future check your privilege and continue to make this a safe place for men, women, non-binary, trans-sexual, non-binary, pangenger, third gender, two-spirt and NLUK.

How is that a sexist comment?

You are beginning to sound like Bee - as thick as mince.

[woohoo]

Probably because the civil servants and ministers around at the time didn't know what they were due to the way they were educated.

Sexist comment without evidence. I won't report you but please in future check your privilege and continue to make this a safe place for men, women, non-binary, trans-sexual, non-binary, pangenger, third gender, two-spirt and NLUK.

[original PM]

Apparently, the only reason they are not zero-rated is because in the 1970s when joining the EEC the government had to decide products should have vat added. At the time tampons where not considered a necessity.

And they were correct.

But it's a bit like saying bog roll is not a necessity as you can use your hand and then wash it.

[SueEllen]

Although I appreciate that these are necessities rather than luxury items, £100 over a lifetime doesn't seem to be that much to get worked up over?

The issue isn't women who can afford them it is the girls and women who can't.

Food banks and homeless shelters actually ask for sanitary products due to the cost.

Oh and the estimate is completely wrong for some woman like me.

[SueEllen]

Apparently, the only reason they are not zero-rated is because in the 1970s when joining the EEC the government had to decide products should have vat added. At the time tampons where not considered a necessity.

Probably because the civil servants and ministers around at the time didn't know what they were due to the way they were educated.

[scooterscot]

Man I was enjoying a coffee before opening this thread.