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2013-01-26 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Subway Sandwich Scandal Inches into Court
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Posted by Fred 2013-01-26 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Simply a quaint term of reference or approximation as opposed to an actual measurement; quite like 'winning by a nose', 'country mile', 'finger of scotch', 'ear full', or a 'butt load'. A 'baker's dozen' however, is an actual number.

Release Hold the mayo please.
Posted by Besoeker 2013-01-26 02:39||   2013-01-26 02:39|| Front Page Top

#2 BLT, tender memories.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-01-26 05:46||   2013-01-26 05:46|| Front Page Top

#3 And remember 1 metre is equal to 117.647058824 barleycorn.
Posted by Procopius2k 2013-01-26 09:37||   2013-01-26 09:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Well I'm inspired. I want to sell sandwiches by the cubit, name the place Stanley's Cubits.

The Spartacus would be your Italian style.
The Shining would be the cold turkey.
Posted by swksvolFF 2013-01-26 11:08||   2013-01-26 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 A one foot sandwich should be on average one foot, not consistently under it.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-01-26 11:08||   2013-01-26 11:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Clearly the mistake everyone is making is in thinking what is meant is twelve inches, instead of the length of the marketing guy's shoe.
Posted by trailing wife 2013-01-26 12:31||   2013-01-26 12:31|| Front Page Top

#7 *ahem*
in their defense, men have lied about "length" since...forever
Posted by Frank G 2013-01-26 12:44||   2013-01-26 12:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Now go sue the lumber yard for decades of 2x4's that aren't really 2 or 4. Jackasses have to find something to bitch about, and you'll always find a lawyer willing take your money.
Posted by rob06 2013-01-26 13:21||   2013-01-26 13:21|| Front Page Top

#9 This is a lawyer's dream case - no actual list of people who have bought a foot long and got "cheated", so all the money Subway pays has to go to - the lawyers.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-01-26 13:37||   2013-01-26 13:37|| Front Page Top

#10 not exactly "America at its finest". I didn't notice anyone complaining about Subway sandwiches for the last 10-20 years. I doubt there's any regulation that says a sandwich must be accurate to one millimeter length.
Posted by Raider 2013-01-26 13:46||   2013-01-26 13:46|| Front Page Top

#11 Not yet Raider. Lets see if Subway has made the appropriate -er- political contributions....
Posted by CrazyFool 2013-01-26 14:01||   2013-01-26 14:01|| Front Page Top

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