Read the Technical Details.

[theweaselking]

I love Amazon.com.

EDIT: Aww, they fixed it. It used to read:

* One 6.5-ounce package
* Made with enriched wheat flour and natural vanilla flavoring
* 100% cholesterol free and sweetened with sorbitol
* America's number one brand of sugar-free cookies
* Creme-filled, vanilla cookies perfect for low-carb diets

Comments

[toku666.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't know much about tech, but they're certainly right about "low-carb."

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

Bwah!

(Sound of "I am muchly amused.")

[drjamez.livejournal.com]

Um... as I understand it, circuit boards are fairly high carb. (Fiber being a carb, even silicon fiber).

But, funny nonetheless. ;-)

- James -

[jerril]

... that's a bit of a stretch there...

[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

Er, more high-carb insofaras the plastic is a hydrocarbon. Silicon, despite perhaps being fibrous, has no carbon and thus can only be described as "low-carb".

[drjamez.livejournal.com]

Um... as I understand the human body, it'll reject the silicon fibers just as it'll reject high-carb carbon fibers. Same effect, same colon-cleaning bottom line.

Feel free to prove me wrong, but silicon fiber should pass through the human colon as any other indigestible fiber. That remains "high carb" even if it doesn't affect the blood sugar levels. ;-)

- James -

[drjamez.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah, some foods and diet programs have instituted a myth about high fiber = low carb, but for diabetics that's a lie, even if it works for Atkins dieters. Take it or leave it.

- James -

[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

I'm just not sure what you're saying. The carb refer to carbohydrates, which technically include any sugars, as well as the more complex carbohydrates in baked bread and the like. High fibre can include things like lettuce or celery, because of the roughage.

I thought the joke was that the silicon fibre were low-carb because silicon, being its own element, in fact contains no carbohydrates.

I'm not sure what I'm arguing here, really. I'm a bit confused.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

You're arguing that drjamez is incorrectly using certain terms when it's clear he's being silly, but not silly enough for you (or me). I preferred to let it pass and denied my inner pedant.

[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

I seem to be stuck at "But... but..."

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

There, there. Here, have some wine.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Bah, the pigfuckers just fixed the details. At least the customer reviews are still there.

For those who missed it, the Technical Details read:

• One 6.5-ounce package
• Made with enriched wheat flour and natural vanilla flavoring
• 100% cholesterol free and sweetened with sorbitol
• America's number one brand of sugar-free cookies
• Creme-filled, vanilla cookies perfect for low-carb diets