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SUBWAY says "Footlong" was just a figure of speech

January 21, 2013 @ 11:01 am (Updated: 1:35 pm - 1/22/13 )

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After an Aussie man dared to put a tape measure to Subway's "Footlong" sandwiches and found them lacking, news crews and customers across the globe have done the same and found the footlong to be closer to 11 or 11 and a half inches. Subway now says that "footlong" was never supposed to be a measurement but a trademark.

Sounds a little fishy to me, but even McDonald's "Quarter Pounders" are only 1/4 pound prior to being cooked. And would the extra inch/inch and a half of sandwich really make a difference other than boost the price point beyond $5 bucks? Subway should instruct all stores to stick a piece of lettuce out the end of the sandwich so that it passes the tape-test and keeps the lawyers at bay.

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  • deltasierra wrote...
    The Imperial "Foot"
    January 21, 2013 10:40 am
    It's hilarious that we fought and bled for our freedom from a monarchy, only to be the only country to KEEP the Imperial system of measurements. Except in science class.

    The Imperial "Foot" was arbitrary, anyway. It was the average size of a man's foot -- specifically (if I recall correctly), the Emperor's foot. So Subway is not wrong. Their emperor just has a shorter foot!

    Or something. ;)

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  • TwoTrees wrote...
    Thank you, deltasierra...
    January 21, 2013 10:50 am
    This is now my new 'ice breaker' at parties.
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    Right On Boze! How dare a consumer expect to get exactly what a company is specifically advertizing!
    January 21, 2013 3:42 pm
    Go get 'em Boze. How dare a customer expect to get what they're told repeatedly AND explicitly (how many ads show the ruler with the sandwich exactly at 12 inches???)... How dare people expect to get what they are told that they are supposed to be getting when they purchase it!!! Go get 'em Boze. Humiliate those ungrateful liberals and lefties (well, they have to be if they're daring to expect a corporation to fulfill it's own promise of the delivery of a specific product as advertized)!!!!!!
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Beef up Weights and measures, I feel
    January 21, 2013 4:53 pm
    A screw job coming.I never could figure that at times when I filled my car with gas in California I was able to get more then the actual tank held (according to the car manual)Are Butchers going to start fatting up their thumbs so you get 15 1/2 OZ instead of a pound when they weigh the meat in front of you?I am currently staying on the 18th floor of a hotel but there is only 10 stories (no kidding).100 round magazines that only hold 99 rounds?It go's on and on
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  • flipper wrote...
    Is there a way...
    January 22, 2013 9:14 am
    ...for me to get what Obama is advertising?
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  • Cigarillo wrote...
    Picyune-Picayune-Picayune!
    January 21, 2013 9:27 pm
    That would explain why the Australian gal I picked up at over at Sneaky's Steak-O-Teque never called me back.
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    bill law
    January 22, 2013 6:46 pm
    Doesn't answer when his attends are being changed at the nursing home in Sequim, its the most enjoyable part of his day, especially when "Gregory" does the changing.
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