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Old 04-20-2009, 03:04 PM   #17
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
I bought some fish sticks, in a box. In the box, was a bag w/fish sticks in it. Why the box? Do away w/the box and mark down the price 15 cents. No box, no paper to be bought. No paper, no box to print. No printing, no ink to pay for. Less ink produced='greener' planet. See?
Answer #1: Because right there in the freezer case, next to the box of fishsticks you bought, was a lumpy bag of fishsticks. But you didn't notice them, you instead saw a nice stacked box with pretty pictures on it, and you bought that instead.

Answer #2: Because in stores across the country, those same plastic bags are inside a variety of boxes with different brands on them. The one fishstick factory ships out the unmarked plastic bags to whatever distributor has a good brand penetration in the area.



So, ah... do you like fishsticks?
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