On 6/28/2010 12:49 PM, ChattyCathy wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:49:59 +0000, Steve Pope wrote:
>
>> This could be more B.S. but I thought it might serve as a Monday Funny:
>>
>> http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/more...from-brussels/
>
> Not knowing which "papers over the weekend" the blogger in the above link
> was on about, makes it a tad difficult to know exactly which rags s(he)
> was referring to (or what was said exactly)... But whatever they were, the
> interpretation is pretty amusing.
>
> Imagine going to a supermarket and asking for "a kilo of (whole, fresh,
> uncooked) eggs". So what do the supermarket staff do to supply *exactly* a
> kilo of eggs to a customer? Break one (or more) of them in half, maybe?
>
> FWIW, here in South Africa (chicken) eggs have been "graded by weight" for
> as long as I can remember. i.e. large eggs have to weigh a minimum of
> X-grams *each* in order to be termed "large", extra-large eggs have to
> weigh X-grams each, and so on. And the corresponding weight per "grade"
> has to be printed on the labels/packaging. However, they are still sold in
> traditional egg boxes by the half-dozen, dozen, or in egg trays of 18 or
> 36 eggs.
>
Same in the US and the narrow weight range for the specific size is
noted on the carton.