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Subway: 'Footlong' just a name, not a size
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| Jan. 19, 2013
Posted on 01/21/2013 4:22:05 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
The same paper said that, almost as importantly, each American owes $50,000, because of the federal deficit, and if unfunded mandates are factored in, each American owes over $200,000.
Yeah, I'm worried about 11" foot-longs.
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:37:36 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Of course the "footlong" is "nominal" but I'm sure they all weigh the same....
And once it's "loaded", the "footlong" is no longer valid.
To: JoeProBono
Gee, I suppose the next thing we’ll have to worry about is what Justin Bieber is up to these days.
To: From The Deer Stand
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posted on
01/21/2013 4:59:08 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
each American owes over $200,000.Simple math, but let's do the 0bama math. first, the beloved poor don't pay anything, and since this by 0's definition hits the bottom 50% of tax files, then about 50% of us owe $400,000 each and the parasites owe nothing (in fact they're the source of most of this debt.) But this isn't right either.
The top 5% pays 59% of the taxes, so this means if on average the $400,000 is spread unevenly among the top 50% with the top 5% getting stuck with 59% of the debt, then the top 5% owe $2,329,999 and the next 45% owe $186,666. Now that's really what progressive means!
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posted on
01/21/2013 5:04:25 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: JoeProBono
“’Footlong’ just a name, not a size”
I never got away with that excuse.
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posted on
01/21/2013 5:08:24 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: JoeProBono
'Footlong' just a name, not a sizeHence my nickname, "Johnny 9-Inch".
To: JoeProBono
"Subway Footlong is a registered trademark as a descriptive name for the sub sold in Subway Restaurants and not intended to be a measurement of length,"
That's ridiculous. I suppose, then, that their "Six inch" subs, which are the faux footlongs cut in half, also are described as a trademark. Even McDonalds' "Quarter Pounders" supposedly weigh 4 ounces (before cooking).Not that we can ever check.
Subway was founded in Milford, CT, a stone's throw from the great grinder delis and restaurants of the greater New Haven area. In the early days, they made their money by being open late enough to service the drunkies and potheads, and by heavy use of 2 for 1 coupons, and of course, a willingness to become a chain, something that is a sign of success in the Midwest, but a symbol o being "nothing special" in the northeast.
Subway also made tidy profits by shredding the lettuce and skimping on the meat. If you are in Wallingford, CT, skip Subway, and go to Rosa's Deli, where the footlong grinders are 14" long, and you can get a superior Suppresata sub for the price of salami at Subway, and an Italian sausage grinder with sauce made by real Italian ladies from Italy (get it with peppers, mmmmmm!). In other towns in CT/NY/NJ, ask around for the local Rosa's equivalent.
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posted on
01/21/2013 5:18:03 AM PST
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Dr. Sivana
("C'est la vie" say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell. -- Chuck Berry)
To: JoeProBono
They should have named it the 2x4.
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posted on
01/21/2013 5:19:08 AM PST
by
Walmartian
(I'm their leader. Which way did they go?)
To: JoeProBono
I would think the white hut would back Subway on this one. The mooch is all about telling us fat people to eat less. Doomburg should also support the shorter sub.
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posted on
01/21/2013 5:25:27 AM PST
by
knife6375
(US Navy Veteran)
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
01/21/2013 5:37:05 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas; JoeProBono; CrazyIvan
I am given to understand that someone on this board by the name of Lazamataz may have committed the same unfortunate faux pas with several young ladies. Since I do not know Mr. ‘Mataz personally, I cannot vouch for the veracity of this claim.
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posted on
01/21/2013 5:58:51 AM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(The Liberal ruling class hates me. The feeling is mutual.)
To: Dr. Sivana
with sauce made by real Italian ladies from Italy Are the ladies flown in everyday, or is the sauce?
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posted on
01/21/2013 5:59:30 AM PST
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: JoeProBono
Subway has footlong and 6-inch. They are clearly stating the length and it is unambiguous.
Selling 11” and 5-1/2” instead of foot-long and 6 inch is clearly cheating the customers.
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posted on
01/21/2013 6:00:19 AM PST
by
BuffaloJack
(Children, pets, and slaves get taken care of. Free Men take care of themselves.)
To: JoeProBono
Subway has footlong and 6-inch. They are clearly stating the length and it is unambiguous.
Selling 11” and 5-1/2” instead of foot-long and 6 inch is clearly cheating the customers.
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posted on
01/21/2013 6:00:19 AM PST
by
BuffaloJack
(Children, pets, and slaves get taken care of. Free Men take care of themselves.)
To: JoeProBono
I remember when Rosa's opened, right across the street from Holy Trinity Church. A small operation started by Rosa, just "off the boat" from Italy, in her (estimated) late 20s at the time. She brought her parents. Before long, three generations working in that small area, making sauce, cutting meat, polenta on Thursday. They made their mark then with their 14" long 99 cent combo subs (cheap meats on that one, but got people in the door). Then I discovered her sausage and pepper grinders and suppresata (think salami squared!). Finally I found a place that matched Angelo's in North Haven on meatballs and sausage, and surpassed on cold cuts. Although King Angelo still had the best apizza that side of New Haven. (Angelo's is gone now)
My most daring event with a Rosa's sub was when I stuck an entire 14"er into my snorkel jacket pocket with the large hole, went to the Meriden Theatre, and ate an entire meatball grinder at the movies. Good times.
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posted on
01/21/2013 6:08:59 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("C'est la vie" say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell. -- Chuck Berry)
To: BerryDingle
Are the ladies flown in everyday, or is the sauce?
Rosa and her mom flew in once. But they just cannot stop making sauce! It is how temperamental Italian women keep their husbands.
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posted on
01/21/2013 6:10:41 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("C'est la vie" say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell. -- Chuck Berry)
To: JoeProBono
This is a big marketing blunder.
It may not be in the same league as New Coke, but this will hurt Subway.
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posted on
01/21/2013 6:16:56 AM PST
by
Arm_Bears
(Ted Kennedy's Oldsmobile has killed more people than my guns.)
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