Why don't products match (numerically speaking) VANITY

03/31/08 | notbuyingit2

[notbuyingit2]

I have had it with manufacturers that don't match up products that go together with identical amounts. We all are familiar with the old 8 hot dogs and 10 hot dog buns conundrum. Well, now I have another situation - I love the 12 packs that hold a dozen soft drinks but my refrigerator has a specific space made for soft drinks but (you guessed it) it only holds 10 cans. For heavens sake, whey can't they match? Is that too much to ask?

[SoothingDave]

We all are familiar with the old 8 hot dogs and 10 hot dog buns conundrum.

You're supposed to find the Greatest Common Factor. Buy 5 packs of hot dogs and 4 packs of buns. Voila, 40 dogs and 40 buns.

[Phantom Lord]

6 beers, two hands, and one mouth.

[IamConservative]

Why do we drive on a parkway, but park on a driveway?

..and why do asteroids circle the earth and hemorrhoids circle Uranus? ..why isn't asphalt a rectal problem?

[riskybiz]

So you bought the wrong refrigerator, did you? [smile]

[Condor51]

Pistol Ammo, a box of 50 (or 20 for hot loads) - BUT....

• My .38 Colt Detective Special holds six.
• My Makarov has an Eight round magazine.
• The same with my 9mm Star model B, an 8 round mag.

  A box of 50 (or 20) only 'makes sense' when you have a 10 Round Magazine. And what do you do if your handgun has a 15 round magazine????

Plus if you have a Winchester Rifle in 44-40 or Marlin in 45LC you can get really goofed up as those have '10+1' magazines :-)

[KrisKrinkle]

The refrigerator makers are just a little ahead of the game.

You know how they reduce sizes and weights and charge the same price. What used to be a 16 oz package is now only 15 ozs but you still pay the 16 oz price and so forth.

Pretty soon a 12 pack will only have ten cans, you’ll be paying the same price, but it will fit in your refrigerator.