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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Is it a Big Mac or a hockey puck?
Message-ID: <763@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Sep-86 03:09:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.763
Posted: Tue Sep 23 03:09:28 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 28-Sep-86 21:23:01 EDT
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In article <264@kvue.UUCP> sparks@kvue.UUCP (Ed Sparks) writes:
>I'll bet *somebody* out there knows...  c'mon, 'fess up.  What is the 
>purpose of the small, numbered tabs that are placed next to the unserved 
>hamburgers at MacDonalds? 
>
>                    Edward Sparks, KVUE-TV  Austin, TX   (sparks@kvue.uucp)

Gee, I always thought they were expiration times, to indicate when the 'burgers'
would turn from rancid to putrid!  It is generally considered desirable in the
fast food industry for the customer to have time to get out the door before
wishing he hadn't eaten the food!  Other aids such as anti-ergonomic seating are
said to help in avoiding these problems.   .0125 8-)
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
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Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)