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Default Missing one corn dog :(

On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:19:23 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:17:04 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> That and tubesteak isn't a precision item either. I buy Nathans,
>>>> Hebrew National, and Sabrett's dawgs by the 4 pound bulk package,
>>>> supposed to be 48 count but about half the time it's one over or
>>>> under, occasionaly off by two... I know the actual count because as
>>>> soon as I get them home I repackage eight to a zip-loc and freeze
>>>> them.
>>>
>>>None of those manufacturers make 1.33oz hot dogs (12 dogs to the
>>>pound). I don't think anybody makes them that small except maybe FUD.

>>
>> Franfurters are made in many sizes/configurations, from jumbos down to
>> cocktails, and various pushcart styles as well including foot-longs.

>
> Yabbut show me a 1.33oz hot dog. They don't exist in the natural
> world.
>
>>>Next time you're at Sam's Club, buy some more fingers to do your
>>>calculations. Until then, I don't think you're qualified to count to
>>>48 accurately.

>>
>> Actually I meant to type 5 pounds... so each dawg/dork is even
>> smaller.

>
> Uhh, no. That would make them 25% bigger. Math and logic are not
> your strongest subjects, are they.


Sorry, I was wrong. I don't know what I was thinking. I must have
drank a little to much gin last night. There are 48 tubesteaks to a
5lb package, making them 1 2/3oz each. Again, sorry for the
confusion.