"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Todd" > wrote in message
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>> On 02/21/2013 04:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "Todd" > wrote in message
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>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Came across a funny mislabel. I was looking at TJ's uncured
>>>> bacon pieces for a project I am thinking of. It was
>>>> a 12 oz or 1 lb package, I can't remember.
>>>>
>>>> What struck me as hysteria:
>>>>
>>>> Servicing size: 1 tablespoon
>>>> Servings per container: 65 (Sixty five!)
>>>>
>>>> Chuckle, chuckle
>>>>
>>>> -T
>>>
>>> I guess I don't see what is funny there. And how is it a mislabel?
>>
>> Hi Julie,
>>
>> Yes, I am easily amused at times.
>>
>> 1) 16 tablespoons per cup. That would be 4 cups of bacon. That is
>> a lot of bacon!
>>
>> 2) Have you ever laughed at the servings per container on various
>> packages? One can of soup serves one person, but the label says
>> four. I have seen some pretty ridiculous servings per container
>> before, but SIXTY FIVE? That takes the cake!
>>
>> 3) Remember how much you paid to read this.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> -T
>>
>
>
> Yeah, they usually pull that with high calorie items, a very small
> container that says 1/4 of container 200 calories, servings 4, it always
> cracks me up.

Hmmm... I guess I just can't see how that would be funny.