Spain has confessed to the international community today that the word Tapas actually translates as ‘not enough food’.
The revelation comes after local office drone Steve Dickinson, 42 and a half, lodged a formal complaint with the UN after being forced to stop for a kebab on the way home following a visit to La Tasca in Manchester.
Dickinson told The Rochdale Herald: “It was all very tasty but why is it all on such tiny plates? It was essentially one mouthful per plate. I had seventeen dishes off the menu and I still had to stop for a kebab on the way home.”
“Me and Barbs had popped out for a night of international cuisine. Spain went and ruined it by forcing me to stop for a British kebab on the way home.”
The Spanish government confirmed in a statement to the UN that: “We don’t eat food on tiny plates at home. We eat normal amounts of food on normal sized plates, like everybody else just with a bit more chorizo. Nobody has time for that much washing up.”
“The word ‘Tapas’ comes from the action of tapping on your plate to indicate that there is not enough food on it. As if to say ‘don’t be shy with the patatas bravas’ if you get my drift. Spain apologises for any confusion caused.”
The UK’s tiny plate manufacturing industry in Stoke on Trent is now thought to be entirely dependent on the UK tapas restaurant industry and has condemned the revelation.
Steve is still hungry.
