How many of you got presents with a little packet of silica gel in them? You know the ones with 'do not eat' written across it.

I have always been curious about it and its effects so this Christmas, after my dinner, I forsook the trifle and christmas pudding and ate three sachets.

So far I can't see that there have been any ill effects whatsoever. So, why don't we round up the millions of sachets of this stuff that get chucked out every year and feed the starving children of Africa with them?

Let them know it's Christmas time. If the worst comes to the worst and it is very toxic it just means there'll be less starving children and I defy anyone to find fault with that.