"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
...
> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:32:13 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:
>>
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:58:41 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> barbie gee wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll bet they used the Amazing Supermarket Shrink Ray to accomplish
>>>>>> this,
>>>>>> all the while charging the same price, and selling less "calories".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Smoke and mirrors.
>>>>>> I'm finding boxes of pasta that are not 16 oz anymore, and remember
>>>>>> when
>>>>>> yogurts came in a full 8oz cup?
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember when candy bars were a quarter, and they were bigger then
>>>>> too
>>>>
>>>> Most major "standard size" candy bars are bigger than they were in the
>>>> 50's and 60's. Even through most of the 80's. After the 80's they
>>>> started to shrink again, but they are still generally bigger than
>>>> their 60's and 70's counterparts.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> no, they were definitely bigger then
>>
>> Then when? They were most certainly not bigger in the 60's and 70's.
>> I suppose you also think sodas sizes have shrunk, too?
>>
>> -sw
>
> you are a very clever, humorless boy

I'll tell you what shrank! My pants! That's what!