Re: "has only left people scratching their heads"
When I saw this Scotch egg thing in the MSM a few days ago, I thought at the time that the MP was just being an idiot, and it was plain obvious a scotch egg isn't a meal. I even thought, that's getting silly now, too silly even for the register.
I agree that people are being deliberately obtuse about these things to make a petty point. Really not helpful.