On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 08:24:45 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 9:25:46 AM UTC-4, James Silverton wrote:
>> I don't imagine that these a new topics but..........!
>>
>>Why are hotdogs sold in packages of six and hotdog buns in packages
>>of eight?
>
>Actually, I don't mind this so much. If I manage to tear a bun
>right in half while I'm trying to open it (thus allowing the
>vast quantity of minced onions with which I garnish my hot dog
>to fall out the bottom), there's a spare.
>
>Although I thought it was buns in eights and hot dogs in tens.
>
>Take comfort in the fact that if you eat a lot of dogs, every
>M x N dogs (where M is buns per package and N is dogs per
>package) the two will come out even.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Makes no difference here. We buy a 2 pounds box of the dogs and make
what we want for the meal and maybe a couple of extra. Some are eaten
on buns, others by themselves or with beans, etc. It never comes out
even.