MINI: Uneven Items Part 2

After BreadGate yesterday, we conducted an investigation. We sent producer Teena to the aisles over her local supermarket to count what else comes in odds or evens. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:09):
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iHeart app. Got anything good? Hey, this is the Christian
O'Connell show podcast. All right. So yesterday on the show,

(00:30):
I read how we were talking about small thing, Big rage,
and I had a text message from a guy called
Tim who says, whenever he goes to get his loaf
of bread, you know they have it. They offered to
slice it for you. You can have sandwich or toasted. He said,
whichever option is, it's always an uneven number. And we
were talking about this and a lot of you said
it is. And then we actually started to find out
about other things that have on on even an uneven number,

(00:53):
like Tim Tams. So producer Tina did some field reporting
yesterday and went to a very well known supermarket and
did some investigative journalism I did. I found out that
the mint slice at thirteen why. I do not know

(01:14):
telling you why, because a lot of people are saying
conspiracy theory is they're unevens. You buy more wild the
shame's multi packs. You know when you get little fas fifteen?
How did you know that though you're not. You're not
sort of burrowing into them or something or breaking a hole,
you know, one of those supermarket weirdos. Animal. Don't call
Tina or one bat. You're barely done second week before

(01:39):
you start giving team members nicknames. I knew he was
looking down his Sydneys at his team. I love one bed.
I saw like five dead ones on the way here
from Sydney, which is a bit of a who's killing them? You?
One killer? So aren't shapes? And uneven amount? Yeah? Fifteen?

(02:01):
For some reason, I was touching them in slices and looking. Listen,
you've been warned about that. They've got you a photo
of you up there, one bat behind in the counter.
Do you not let this touch her back in? How
do you get a few weird looks? The keycat blocks
they're coming in a row of nine. You're kidding again.
It is the uneven numbers, sober that the little ones four?

(02:22):
But the big block nine now and when you mean
the little ones, you mean that what the two barth
the little you know, the little yeah, the little original one? Yeah? Yeah, gotcha?
All right, the good reporting, Thank you very much, Christian.
I got this message after the show. Yet, oh bloody
ell midnight. Gosh, it really created a talking point. Someone
couldn't sleep turning. Oh my, going have to get my

(02:46):
phone right now. Christian has someone who's worked at Baker's
Delight for many years. Maybe they're baking overnight. Ah true,
making all the good stuff. I thought i'd put yesterday's
discussion read how many slices to a loaf? To the
test encountered a few other loaves I slice you yesterday.
Our most popular loaf, the high fiber white loaf, has
eighteen slices for toads. That is great, twenty for sandwich.

(03:11):
Oh yes, a continental pasta dura loaf has twenty two
for toasts, a vienna twenty five for sandwich and Christian,
do not feel silly about holding up your thumb and
forefinger to show how wide you'd like your sluice. Everyone

(03:31):
does this, including us, as we tried to explain to
the customer how wide it's going to be. Vicky, thank
you for your midnight message. I feel seen. In validates there,
I feel so seen. And then just after the show yesterday,
I got this email from Scott. Scott Hudson. Now, if
you send me an email for sure, I'm scrolling all

(03:54):
the way down. First of all, to see your job title.
It's just a little thrill. I get Scott is an
MD managing director. This guy is a leader of humans.
Busy man and listen to this. This sounds like a
leader sometimes emerge the one we need. Christian, I was
listening to the discussion on bread loaves during about them

(04:15):
being uneven, and feel like it might fall to me
to present the case for having an odd number of
slices of bread in a loaf. Consider these three arguments.
You're on one. The club sandwich is making a cluss.
But when you go to a hotel, it's the only

(04:36):
time you have a club sandwich. If there's room service,
you treat yourself. I'm going club sandwich. It's never on
any other like menu. Why not? Don't you feel like
this is the stars to it. They don't have a
sandwich with two slices. They haven't chuck an old chicky
third in the middle. Yes, a good club sandwich is

(04:58):
the best, isn't it? Christian? The club sandwich the unquestionable
hero of hotel dining menus the world over. The m
d's rights. Whilst there may be some slight ingredient variations
chicken versus turkey. It's only chicken. The defining requirement of
the club sandwich is three slices of bread uneven. What

(05:19):
about chrishan. Now this is the second one, the out
the door on the run breakfast. You're running late. You
quickly put a slice of bread and the toaster, add
your spread of choice and run out the door and
eat on the go. You've only really got time to
do this with one single slice. Two doubles the time.
It's a good point two from two. He's batting high
at the moment. And his third one. The Sneaky Sani

(05:40):
copyright there's a copyright simple here. The Sneaky Sani copyright
Huddo Ink is a thing of joy, best enjoyed on
a Sunday evening after a roast of some kind. The
Sneaky Sonan A siki sonani is one slice of bread,
plenty of butter, and some of the left over meat

(06:01):
in half just the other day, with some leftover spag bowl.
You don't put it in a sandwich or two bits.
You just do it in one. You fold it in.
It's the poor Man's Council copyright O'Connell Inc. These are
my arguments, closing on once for having an odd number
of slices of bread arrested. My case strong stuff. It's
a very good case. Do you know what I appeal

(06:23):
to any chefs right now that work in pubs. Please
put the club sandwich on a menu. Please do this.
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