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| Thread ID: 54164 | 2005-02-05 10:34:00 | 256Mb CF card free to good home | robsonde (120) | PC World Chat |
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| 321787 | 2005-02-05 10:34:00 | 256Mb compact flash card free to good home . . . . . . . yes there is a catch . . . . I have one used 256 MB CF card and i will give it away for free to who ever can give the best answer to a question . . . . . . . I decide what is the best answer, And i get to use that answer on my web site . The question is: Why do frankfurters come in packs of 8 when hotdog buns come in lots of 6? best answer by mid week will get the flash card with free carry box and free shipping :-) |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 321788 | 2005-02-05 10:39:00 | cause the frankfurter cook will often eat a couple before they get onto the buns so that still leaves an even distribution of the remainder | drcspy (146) | ||
| 321789 | 2005-02-05 10:42:00 | Why, so that robsonde gets three franfurters in one roll of course ;) | george12 (7) | ||
| 321790 | 2005-02-05 11:06:00 | Reason 1. The reason is simple. It is a machievellian plot on the part of the bread and hotdog producing cartels to exploit the working class. No matter what combination of hotdogs and buns you buy, you either have too much or too little. Result= rampant profit for the ruling class. Reason 2. In ancient england a span was a unit of measurement based on the distance between the the kings thumb and little finger. This was an arbitrary measurement that changed frequently as kings with different sized hands came and then passed on. In more modern times the hotdog manufacturers adopted a policy somewhat similar to the span method but was based on the wedding tackle of the current USA president. As the hotdog bun standard is fixed in stone this means that the size of the hotdog will vary and the number required to fill the standard hotdog buns changes. The Theodore Roosevelt hotdog came in packs of 6, such was their stature. The 8 pack you see today is a result of all the little pr1cks the usa have had for presidents over the last 100 years. |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 321791 | 2005-02-05 11:44:00 | hot dogs come in packets of eight because, so that you may burn a couple (taste test) on the bar b que :thumbs: | beama (111) | ||
| 321792 | 2005-02-05 17:43:00 | BulletProof Monk :cool: | sam m (517) | ||
| 321793 | 2005-02-05 22:07:00 | BulletProof Monk :cool: more info?? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 321794 | 2005-02-06 00:21:00 | How else do they get rid of all those lips and ars*holes :D | lazydog (148) | ||
| 321795 | 2005-02-06 00:56:00 | Why do frankfurters come in packs of 8 when hotdog buns come in lots of 6? There's utterly no relevance between the two . Traditionally bread rolls are sold in dozens or portions of a dozen . Frankfurters are a lot more modern and the packaging size/quantity is determined by a compromise of metric standards, price per volume/weight (a marketing idea), handling convenience, and shelf space maximisation (also marketing cleverness) . |
Greg (193) | ||
| 321796 | 2005-02-06 05:28:00 | It is the ploy of the food companies to maximise profit: It is standard procedure to have 1 frankfurter per bun, however, if you buy one pack of frankfurters, and one of buns you will then have too many frankfurters. Consequntly you then have to buy another pack of buns - however this leaves you with 4 extra buns that have no frankfurters, so you buy another pack of frankfurters.... This continues until an equlibrium of three x pack of 8 frankfurters, and four x 6 pack of buns. Then you have of course bought more frankfurters than you need, and have spent more money than nessecary - but that is the whole point. |
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