Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for October 03, 2021

Now that’s funny!

Do not buy, adopt!

I like how the little doggies were drawn. Cute!

“I don’t make ’em. I just sells ’em.”

Wait!!! Isn’t that Oscar Meyer?

And the beds look like hot dog buns. (With Mustard)

Ah, one of the great mysteries of the universe. You would think the makers of these two inherently linked items would collaborate on this. These days, manufacturers are starting to offer different quantities of hot dogs per pack and bakers are breaking out of the eight-to-the-pack mold and offering 10 and even 12 packs of buns. However, this is the exception to the rule.

When hot dog buns were introduced, hot dogs were sold in varying quantities at the butcher shop. Not until 1940 were hot dogs packaged the way we currently see them in the grocery store. When manufacturers began packaging hot dogs, they chose the 10 to the pack formula. Today hot dogs are sold most often in eight or ten to the pound packs, but some are sold other quantities as well.

Sandwich rolls, or hot dog buns, most often come eight to the pack because the buns are baked in clusters of four in pans designed to hold eight rolls. While baking pans now come in configurations that allow baking 10 and even 12 at a time, the eight roll pan remains the most popular.

However, to save you from the bread aisle arithmetic anxiety, you need to purchase five bags of eight-to-the-pack buns and four 10-to-the-pack hot dogs to break even. 40 is the lowest number that will come out even for both.

Yep! Talk about sly packaging…..

I miss my Killer.

This deal just doesn’t cut the mustard.

“Father of the Bride” moment.

I like my hot dogs with a piece of bread rather than a bun. Less bread.

buy 40 dogs and 5 packs of beds. Problem solved.

I’d like a Chicago-style weiner dog. No ketchup.

Maybe it’s the brands I buy, but the wieners and buns I buy both come in 8-packs.

Is it racist or reality based to make a comment making reference to (number of) hot dog weiners with dog eating in China and nearby? Guessing it’s more of a maybe say it don’t display it.

Marketing brilliance!