AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICING
It just takes one to say, "Enough is enough."
(Thanks to Cyndi Schoenbrun)
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Finally!!! Duh! I mean, why did it take so long for someone to do this?
*zips out to supermarket*
Hot dogs and buns for dinner - my house!!! No extra buns permitted! hee, hee, I said buns!
Posted by: Eleanor | May 20, 2005 at 01:21 PM
We always just used regular ol' bread. We were so deprived. I still do it though.
Posted by: silver | May 20, 2005 at 01:23 PM
"More than 2 million buns a year are wasted"
so true....in so many ways....
Posted by: RuPaul | May 20, 2005 at 01:23 PM
Hot dogs now are sold eight to a pack, and buns are sold with six or 12 in a pack, the news release stated.
Ahem... bulls**t! Where I shop the dogs are 10 to a pack, and the buns 8! I always have extra dogs!
Posted by: D'Artagnan | May 20, 2005 at 01:27 PM
Plagarism Alert
Did you hear that McD's is coming out with a new sandwich called The Jacko? 46 year old meat in 12 year old buns.
Thank you Mr. Leno
Posted by: random thunking | May 20, 2005 at 01:28 PM
every dog has a breaded mate
What a nice turn of a phrase. This might get them in trouble with the "spay and neuter" people though. Oh wait, br-eaded. Missed the 'r'. Never mind.
Posted by: Gary | May 20, 2005 at 01:29 PM
Stocker: Sir, what are you doing?
George Banks: I'll tell you what I'm doing. I want to buy eight hot dogs and eight hot dog buns to go with them. But no one sells eight hot dog buns. They only sell twelve hot dog buns. So I end up paying for four buns I don't need. So I am removing the superfluous buns. Yeah. And you want to know why? Because some big-shot over at the wiener company got together with some big-shot over at the bun company and decided to rip off the American public. Because they think the American public is a bunch of trusting nit-wits who will pay for everything they don't need rather than make a stink.
Posted by: Brainy Jello | May 20, 2005 at 01:36 PM
That's such a great movie
Posted by: Sarah J | May 20, 2005 at 01:40 PM
hee, hee! Eleanor also said "hot dog". And — hee, hee! — so did I.
Posted by: rowrbazzle | May 20, 2005 at 01:54 PM
That's the most rational thing I've heard today! Are you sure it's not a hoax?
Posted by: Chuckles | May 20, 2005 at 01:56 PM
If ever the twain shall meet..........
Posted by: Mr.Fishair | May 20, 2005 at 01:56 PM
If ever the twain shall meat..........
Posted by: Mr.Fishair | May 20, 2005 at 01:56 PM
actually, it was never really a problem for our big family.
we always just bought 10 packages of buns and 8 packages of franks at a time.
so we always had 80 buns and 80 franks.
where else can you find 80 franks in one place at the same time, other than a phone book?
Posted by: long tall texan | May 20, 2005 at 01:59 PM
We always made garlic bread out of the extra buns.
Posted by: Sondra | May 20, 2005 at 02:06 PM
Sondra --
My mom also made garlic bread out of the extra buns.
They are also good for peanut butter sandwiches for the little ones. Easier to hold.
Of course you must buy the best quality hot dogs and buns you can find.
Posted by: Martha Stewart | May 20, 2005 at 02:17 PM
No Martha, you must make your own hot dogs and buns
Posted by: Sarah J | May 20, 2005 at 02:23 PM
The local remedy: Instead of hot dog buns, take a slice of bread. Use a table knife to impress two lines about a hot dog width apart, equidistant from the side of the slice. Insert dog, fold along "dotted lines".
The other local rememdy - buy 6 buns and brats that come 6 to a pack, as do the brews to drink while prepping, cooking, and eating. Forget the dogs.
Posted by: pogo | May 20, 2005 at 02:35 PM
MMMmmmm, Vienna beef ... *gargle* *gargle*
Posted by: Homer | May 20, 2005 at 02:38 PM
r.e. Sarah J's photo link -- my first thot ...
I want you to hold it between your knees!
Posted by: U.O | May 20, 2005 at 02:48 PM
Hot Dogs are so GROSS!
Posted by: Sarah J on May 20, 2005 05:58 PM
Must only buy Hebrew National, Sarah J!!!!
Posted by: Eleanor | May 20, 2005 at 03:12 PM
but how will we teach kids about 'least common multiples' now?
Posted by: insomniac | May 20, 2005 at 03:21 PM
I used to have an old MAD Magazine book of "MAD's Letters to the Editor." One of the letters was about how there were different numbers of hotdogs and rolls in packages. MAD advised the reader to buy 8 packages of hotdogs, and 10 packages of rolls, and it would all work out evenly. LTT, you must have been that letter-writer!
Posted by: Guin | May 20, 2005 at 03:39 PM
The way it was explained to me is that there are 10 dogs to the package, but, inevitably two would roll off the grill and onto the ground to be snatched up by a boa constrictor I mean a dog. So, eight buns are all you will use.
Posted by: Robert | May 20, 2005 at 04:06 PM
We just leave the extra buns in the fridge until we cook hot dogs the next summer.
Posted by: go_fish | May 20, 2005 at 04:13 PM
The culinary world must be COMPLETELY stunned today, because now no one can "be creative" with the other buns!
Posted by: Chris | May 20, 2005 at 04:49 PM
Proof that diplomacy can work to solve major world problems!
Posted by: alanboss | May 20, 2005 at 06:54 PM
Chris,
Being creative with buns is illegal in many states.
Posted by: alanboss | May 20, 2005 at 06:55 PM
So, the hot dog industry and the bread industry have finally decided to work together.
Send those negotiators to Bagdad!
Posted by: slyeyes | May 20, 2005 at 06:56 PM
go_fish,
What is this green stuff on my hotdog bun? It's tasty!
Posted by: alanboss | May 20, 2005 at 06:56 PM
Excellent Odd Couple reference Oscar!
Posted by: alanboss | May 20, 2005 at 10:05 PM
It is amazing to me that this was NOT the lead story in all the news media. Why would they talk about war and politics when they have the hotdog-bun issue finally solved!
Posted by: queensbee | May 21, 2005 at 04:38 AM
I hope they also more clearly differentiate the "bun length" hot dogs from the basic hot dogs, or somehow standardize the system, maybe with color coding. As it is, the confusing state of the hot dog and bun market caused my wife to open the cabinet one day and announce, "Uh-oh. The buns aren't bun length."
Posted by: everysandwich | May 21, 2005 at 06:06 AM
Shoot. There goes my best bit of observational humor. That joke kills!
Posted by: ss | May 21, 2005 at 12:41 PM
ATTN: "friendly links" is porn - do not click on name!!!!!
Posted by: Eleanor | May 21, 2005 at 03:30 PM
Yeah, the "continue to improving it" sounds a little off, even for our casual language on the blog ... good eye, El ...
Posted by: U.O | May 21, 2005 at 06:15 PM
I used to make my kid tuna sandwiches on the extra buns, fits fine in lunch bag...
Posted by: Candy Tutt | May 22, 2005 at 06:13 AM
Isn't "hot dog" an oxymoron?
Posted by: Poop Dogg | May 22, 2005 at 06:08 PM
"Dogs To Buns" wbagnfarb
Posted by: sct72 | May 23, 2005 at 10:49 AM
It's good to see that this centuries-old scam has finally been rectified. Huh huh. Rectified.
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