The Science of Everyday Life Quotes

“a packet of Jaffa Cakes is a binary object, by which I mean it has only two states: unopened or empty. There have been rumoured sightings of half packets, but the evidence is debatable.”
― Marty Jopson, The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine

“The clinching evidence was when the manufacturers showed that a Jaffa Cake when left out in the air will go hard. I find this to be a remarkable piece of research, as whenever I find myself near a Jaffa Cake that has been left out, it disappears.”
― Marty Jopson, The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine