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Scandal: Subway footlongs really just 11 inches long?
Subway, the world’s largest fast food chain with 37,000 locations, is facing criticism after an Australian man posted a picture on the company’s Facebook page of one of its famous footlong sandwiches next to a tape measure that seems to show sub is just 11 inches.
More than 100,000 people have “liked” or commented on the photo, which has the caption “Subway pls respond.” Lookalike pictures have popped up elsewhere on Facebook. And The New York Post conducted an investigation that found four out of seven footlong sandwiches were shy of the 12 inches that makes a foot.
By Thursday afternoon, the picture was no longer visible on Subway’s Facebook page, which has 19.8 million fans.
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Well, they aren’t real subs anyway, so what’s the problem?
CurtZHP on January 17, 2013 at 4:24 PM
1 inch costs .15 cents for them
save 15 cents millions of times a year, tada!
blatantblue on January 17, 2013 at 4:25 PM
I do not like subway anyways. I can pick up lettuce much cheaper at the store.
watertown on January 17, 2013 at 4:26 PM
That’s what she said …
rsherwd65 on January 17, 2013 at 4:28 PM
Another scandal on the rise: that “pint” of beer you just got served is actually a 14- or 15-oz glass with a thicker, heavier base. Been happening for decades.
shaner5000 on January 17, 2013 at 4:28 PM
Inflation
Ellis on January 17, 2013 at 4:30 PM
Shrinkage.
Pork-Chop on January 17, 2013 at 4:31 PM
Pork-Chop on January 17, 2013 at 4:31 PM
Classic
rsherwd65 on January 17, 2013 at 4:33 PM
My girlfriend noticed the difference immediately. She’s well-acquainted with what 12-inches looks like.
Come on, someone had to say it.
The Rogue Tomato on January 17, 2013 at 4:36 PM
Well, uhm, once you go Rogue Tomato ….
rsherwd65 on January 17, 2013 at 4:40 PM
You two should be ashamed of yourselves.
And you’re funny. So there’s that.
platypus on January 17, 2013 at 4:43 PM
Manti Teʻo says the same thing about his girlfriend.
Pork-Chop on January 17, 2013 at 4:44 PM
That is one mighty fine rimshot, friend.
platypus on January 17, 2013 at 4:47 PM
They are doing you a favor. Now it will be easier to fit into Moisturizing jeans.
Rocks on January 17, 2013 at 4:49 PM
The real ‘scandal’ is the shrinkage of the tp rolls! Have you noticed that they are about an inch less wide than the tp roller now? When you have three kidneys one uses lots of tp!
Just my 2cents?
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letget on January 17, 2013 at 4:50 PM
That’s what she said.
The Rogue Tomato on January 17, 2013 at 4:50 PM
“We talkin’ length or girth?”, says the guy at the bar adjusting his shorts…
albill on January 17, 2013 at 4:53 PM
A few years ago 3M paid $700k to settle a lawsuit because they sold 1″ wide tape that was actually .94″ wide.
http://www.startribune.com/business/17073196.html
Mark1971 on January 17, 2013 at 4:55 PM
11 inches or 12 inches, Subway can still hold their heads high as they walk into the drug store to buy Magnum brand sandwich bags.
JimLennon on January 17, 2013 at 4:56 PM
Reminds me of a joke. Stop me if you’ve heard this…
A guy walks into a bar (original, ain’t it!) and sits down next to another guy. On the bar is a tiny man playing a piano. Amazed by this, the first guy asks where the other guy got such a thing.
“There’s a genie out back who’s granting wishes.”
The first guy immediately goes out back and finds the genie. He wishes for a million bucks. Immediately, the sky is filled with quacking noises. The guy looks up and sees more ducks than he can imagine flying overhead. Disgusted, he goes back inside.
“That genie must be hard of hearing! I asked him for a million bucks and I got a million ducks!”
The guy at the bar asks, “Did you think I wished for a twelve-inch pianist?”
CurtZHP on January 17, 2013 at 4:56 PM
The Rogue Tomato on January 17, 2013 at 4:36 PM
thread winnah!!
Shut er down!
ToddPA on January 17, 2013 at 4:59 PM
Stop!
JimLennon on January 17, 2013 at 5:00 PM
Size matters.
vcferlita on January 17, 2013 at 5:00 PM
So she just looks at you and multiplies by 6?
JimLennon on January 17, 2013 at 5:03 PM
I received two pint glasses a couple of months ago. I actually like the size and shape of them and use them frequently.
I did measure the volume of them once. They actually hold about 14 oz, not 16.
22044 on January 17, 2013 at 5:10 PM
Well it’s really not the size of the sub that matters, its the contents in it.
rsherwd65 on January 17, 2013 at 5:11 PM
George is getting upset.
Aplombed on January 17, 2013 at 5:36 PM
If you really want to be disappointed then compare the sandwich in the commercials to the sandwich you actually get.
One looks big and meaty and the other looks like it just escaped from a North Korean prison camp
NeoKong on January 17, 2013 at 6:06 PM