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?

Some sage advice needed perhaps?

When the robots rise up at the top of their list of grievances will be "Being blamed for shite the humans wrote"

I would’ve spotted which of the two was the better value because I bother to look at the weight and work it out. And I only went to Leeds University.

Mind you, I did get a first. So I’m fucking clever, so maybe that’s why.

They do say kids get their intelligence from their mothers… maybe not in this case.

Indeed 🤭

This is wild. Wild.

I showed the pic to my carer, he got it straight away, he went to Wolverhampton.

As are some of the sausages.

I did the entrance exam for Oxford…the very first question was:

Why are there more chipolatas in a pack compared to an equivalently priced pack of regular sausage?”

Unfortunately this question had me totally bamboozled, I flunked the exam and ended up at Durham! Where were you when I needed you OP!

Jesus, you could have just started a thread about how proud you are that your son being encouraged to apply to Oxbridge without this transparent nonsense.

And you don't even have to work it out. The supermarket always has £x.x per kg to fulfil obligations to trade fairly for those unable to comprehend weight 😂

In fairness, the words 'chipolata' and 'sausage' both have the letter 'a' in them, which makes them easy to confuse if you only have a normal IQ.

Plus, 'bigger' and 'smaller' are quite complex concepts. Will your child be studying philosophy, OP?

I managed to work it out, despite the fact that Oxbridge wouldn't have me. Their loss.

Actually wheezed at this. 😂

This is how Brexit happened.

I’m getting Father Ted vibes.

Maybe someone smarter than I am (like the OP's child) can figure out if the picture is taken from elsewhere but, assuming it is hers, she must have been so troubled by this issue that she felt the need to take a picture - this seems really odd.

I don’t think the others were ‘grabbing’ the 12 packs because they were 12 packs. The chipolatas clearly had yellow stickers on them 🤦‍♀️

I’d have thought they need more than just reading skills to get into Oxbrdige 🙄

"Am I just being a bit thick?"

Yep, sorry. Never mind, your offspring is Oxbridge-bound (did they take a year out/get an unconditional offer, then?) although if I were being brutal ... you don't really need to have gone to Oxford (or nearly about to go to Oxford) to work this one out ...