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Robb

(39,665 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 12:39 PM Aug 2013

Breaking: Double Stuf Oreos May Not Actually Be Doubly Stuf'ed; Only 1.86 Times Stuf

Team of high school math students makes national news for measuring sandwich cookies


(actual calculations)

Remember earlier this year when we found out that Subway's foot-long sandwiches were not always a foot long? Then Subway said it was just a name and a metric that they "strive for." People were furious, never ate at Subway again, and they went out of business.

No actually we kept eating tons of Subway, even though they treat us poorly, because we don't know what else to do. But Nabisco does seem concerned that new data will shake the foundation of the good Oreo name. A spokesperson told ABC News, "I can confirm for you that our recipe for the Oreo Double Stuf Cookie has double the Stuf, or creme filling, when compared with our base, or original Oreo cookie."

Can she, though?

Read More: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/breaking-double-stuf-oreos-may-not-actually-be-doubly-stufed-only-186-times-stuf/278890/
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Breaking: Double Stuf Oreos May Not Actually Be Doubly Stuf'ed; Only 1.86 Times Stuf (Original Post) Robb Aug 2013 OP
Take your anti-American fuzzy math and propaganda elsewhere, hippie... Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #1
I'd like to see some statistics here sharp_stick Aug 2013 #2
I'll drive. nt Robb Aug 2013 #3
A riot is an ungly thing... sarisataka Aug 2013 #4
Which they'll solve simply by cutting ~7% from the originals. Everybody HAPPY NOW? Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2013 #5
LOL Robb Aug 2013 #7
Goddamnit. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #6
I'm sure the Nabisco CEO is doubly-stuf'ed though... kentauros Aug 2013 #8
and this is political news? gopiscrap Aug 2013 #9
Don't like 'em BainsBane Aug 2013 #10

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
2. I'd like to see some statistics here
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 12:48 PM
Aug 2013

without error bars and SD calculations I'm not convinced but I am shining up my pitchfork and tarring up the torch for a march on the Nabisco head office if the math holds up.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,834 posts)
5. Which they'll solve simply by cutting ~7% from the originals. Everybody HAPPY NOW?
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 12:58 PM
Aug 2013

Next time let's all just shut up and eat our stuff, OK?

gopiscrap

(23,758 posts)
9. and this is political news?
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 06:27 PM
Aug 2013

just kidding...it is kind of humorous and yes, it is political news because it once again a corporation getting away with lying to the consumer.

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