1. One said: "This seems to me control by stealth." Mr Kingsnorth, of Laxey, responded by answering questions for 20 minutes to angry shouts of "waffle, waffle, waffle" from the floor.

2. It is Americanised waffle and carries no legal rights.

3. Friday August 12, 2005 6÷46 PM A look at the Waffle House restaurant chain, by the numbers÷ –Number of Waffle Houses÷ 1,4'7 –States with Waffle House restaurants÷ 25 –Eggs served by Waffle House in a year÷ 185 million –Estimated total waffles served since 1'55÷ 442,451,500 –Pounds of pecans that go into Waffle House waffles each year÷ 334,000 –Pounds of grits served by Waffle House each year÷ 3.2 million –T–bone steaks served by Waffle House in a day÷ About 10,000 –Cups of coffee served each year by Waffle House÷ '5 million In Waffle House lingo, how the restaurant‘s trademark hash browns are served, in any combination÷ –Scattered,‘‘ Scattered on the grill while cooked. –Smothered,‘‘ Smothered with onions. –Covered,‘‘ Covered with melted cheese. –Chunked,‘‘ Chunks of hickory smoked ham are added. –Topped,‘‘ Topped with chili. –Diced,‘‘ Fresh diced tomatoes are thrown in.

4. But he was roundly booed at one stage, one pensioner shouting÷ "Waffle waffle waffle." After a pause he ploughed on with his speech, telling pensioners the basic state pension had increased by nearly 20 a week since 1''7 and asserted that the average pensioner is 1,500 a year better off since then.

5. When Waffle House opened, only one other restaurant in Atlanta was open 24 hours.