Tuesday, August 19, 2003

How many slices of pepperoni on a large pizza?

Interesting tidbit from today's WSJ Cranky Consumer review on delivery pizza...how many slices of pepperoni on a large pizza? Here's the lowdown: national chain favorites Domino's Pizza, Pizza Hut and some random mom and pop pizza place all ring in at exactly 40 slices of pepperoni. Papa John's ups the ante with 50 slices of pepperoni. Finally, the la-la land staple of yesteryear now defunct in my hometown and most likely replaced by something Asian, Round Table Pizza wins the pepperoni count with a "gut-busting" 76 slices. This reminds me of Adam’s story about an economics professor at Wesleyan who brings in a box of Cracker Jacks each year to his intro class, pours out the Cracker Jacks on his desk, counts the peanuts and graphs the number of peanuts. Apparently, the number of peanuts in a box of Cracker Jacks has steadily declined over the past few decades. Though it peaks my interest, I've never actually had the privilege of seeing this graph so you'll have to ask Adam for the eyewitness account. On another note, snaps for Adam who received a whooping two job offers just in the past week. Woohoo..."it's time to party like it's your birthday...drink 'orange juice' like it's your birthday"...blah blah blah

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