Hot Dogs

We live in a society of contradictions. Fortunately, these contradictory forces tend to wash each other out. If nothing else, they make the playing field a bit more level. Republicans counter democrats and vice-versa. Oh, sure there are Independents who have trouble being decisive, and, believe me, I know, being one of them, but, for the most part, the two parties counter each other quite nicely.
Our entire government is based on a series of checks and balances so that no one branch of government can get too powerful without being cut back down to size by another. The legislative branch can’t act without the judicial branch which can’t act without the Senate which has to jibe with the House and so on. It’s a good system. It works and tends to keep the government working on an even keel. It’s the grease that ensures that everything rolls along smoothly.
Without bad, there would be no good. Bad guys do bad things. They rob and cheat and steal and terrorize and it’s then up to the good guys to catch them, stop them, turn them into good guys, if possible or put them away so they can no longer prey on the good guys.
These contradictions : good and bad, black and white, truth and lies, serve each other very well. Each one is the reason for the other’s existence and is there to counter it’s opposite and create a more fair and equitable world.
Why is it, then, that the biggest discrepancy happens in a world where you would expect things compliment each other in the truest sense. The world of hot dogs. That’s right. Hot dogs. Hot dogs come in packages of 10 and hot dog buns come in packages of 8. To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, what’s up with that ? In order to have an equal amount of both, you have to buy 4 packs of hot dogs and 5 packs of buns. Then you’ve got 40 hot dogs. Unless your family is enormous in more ways than just numbers, you’ve got a problem. After the first 10 or 12 are gone, the rest is wasted. If you buy one pack of each, you will inevitably have 2 buns left over. What are you going to do with two errant buns ? Is this some form of conspiracy ? Who do we blame for this inequity ? The hot dog folks or the bun people ?
Our government is always looking to form a sub-committee for every little thing, so why not this. Perhaps a summit between the butchers and the bakers to bring things more in line with the rest of the world. Our rallying cry can be “No more left over buns.”
Someone pointed out that hamburger buns also come in packs of 8. Well, you can make 8 hamburgers out of a package of meat. They may be a little thick, but , they’ll fit.
We have to fix this discrepancy and we have to do it soon, before our whole society falls apart. Oh…..and, would you like fries with that ?

THAT’S HOW I FEEL…………………………WHAT CAN I TELL YA’.