The Supermarket Sausage Mystery (That My Oxbridge-Bound Kid Solved in Seconds)

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The other day in the supermarket, I spotted something bizarre: a 12-pack and an 8-pack of the exact same sausages, both priced identical. Naturally, you’d grab the 12-pack, right? Everyone else was doing just that. I kept wondering why on earth they’d cost the same, and felt a bit sorry for the 8-packs just sitting there going to waste.

But when I got home and mentioned it, my youngest—who is currently being encouraged to apply for Oxford and Cambridge next year—solved my sausage mystery in a matter of seconds. Am I just being a bit thick?

“ Sausages can be tricky “ 🤣🤣🤣

You can not apply for Oxford and Cambridge in the same UCAS cycle.

They have an agreement in place your child needs to choose one or the other.

Now let’s not confuse things by making things up. This is not a thing ( My husband used to be the meat products buyer for Sainsbury’s 😆. The sneaked in packet of chipolatas with the fetching reduced label is likely to be just before its sell by date. Guaranteed to confuse the op further

Not RTFT but are you actually being serious that you think this is a difficult issue to spot and that your "Oxbridge-bound" kid is somehow especially clever for seeing what the rest of us saw immediately? 😂

If you look at the two chipolata packets with a visible sell-by date (apart from the yellow-stickered packet), those dates are clearly earlier than the dates on the 12-pack of sausages……

Weight I assume, I always compare price per , kilogram, you have to look closely at the price labels when shopping as what can look like a bargain sometimes isn't. I am a thicko who did not go to uni but I understand how to shop sensibly. Another thing I look at is ingredients, how much water content, how many additives, the proportion of fat, is the fat saturated? . Maybe I should apply to study science!

oh dear me, never mind, one born every day in retail marketing cons

I prefer chipolatas.

Is this a wind up? There are always more chipolatas than thick sausages in a pack?

My dog can tell the difference, strange that he is not encouraged to apply to Oxbridge.

Blatant discrimination against the doggie cohort. I blame Meghan Markle

I think the questions in the Oxford/Cambridge entry exams might be a tiny bit more difficult that this....

I often see huge crowds in the reconstituted meat aisle excitedly grabbing sausages.

I know, right, all this while hey are accepting foxes to do a PhD in cunning in Foxbridge!

Written by chat gpt.

Given that you asked, yes you are being a bit think.

They are different products. One is 8 normal (fat) sausages and the other is 12 chipolata (thin) sausages. If the pack weight is the same the price makes perfect sense.

it doesn’t need the humble brag about the oxbridge bound son being smart enough to spot the difference.

Just read the label? Very simple.

This is a joke right, not exactly Oxbridge worthy is it 🤦🏽‍♀️

One pack are chipolatas the others are sausages. The chipolatas are thinner and will cook differently.

A bit dim of you. You read the price per 100g (probably one said per kilo the other per 100g to be obscure but the sum is easy since we only use base 10 now - one reason arithmetic is not as good among the young as in my day!). You also check the respective weights. It does not take an Oxbridge candidate to work that out (I went to Keele and Leicester). To the person whose DD went to DMU, that uni is very well rated.

But jokes are funny.

'Mystery solved!' was there a mystery?

however did we cope without the internet?

Is this a vote for what the OP's DS should read at Oxbridge?

I don't think you need to be Oxbridge material to work this one out. The average clued-up 10 year old could do it.

It isn't a mystery.