Comments on: Lunchtime Quiz: Quirky Sizes

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:27:00 +0000

I second Vermonter in my surprise to see a hometown chain, Isaac’s Deli, among the more common chains. It’s only in and around Lancaster county, PA and doesn’t seem to be branching out any time soon. Kudos for recognizing the little people Mentalfloss!

By: Vermonter

Vermonter — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:26:00 +0000

I was amazed and quite pleasantly surprised to see Capitol Grounds in here! How strange to see a little coffee shop from my hometown among all the corporate chains. Good one, Mental Floss!

But… if you happen to be in Montpelier VT, skip Capitol Grounds and go one block over the river to the Langdon Street Cafe. The food is better, the drinks are more original, and there are far fewer yuppy snobs to glare at you if you dare to be wearing anything that isn’t a suit and tie.

By: Ewen

Ewen — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:07:00 +0000

I kind of find “quirky” size names annoying, to the point where I purposely order by conventional sizes (Small, Medium, Large) at Starbucks. To their credit, the folks there never miss a beat and convert it into Starbucks-ese without any difficulty or complaints.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:29:00 +0000

I knew the answer to Pizza Hut’s question had to be panormous! It’s just so like them to make words like that.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:24:00 +0000

Outside of Coeur d’Alene, ID there’s a restuarant called the Wolf Lodge Inn. Their steaks come in Lil Dude (16 oz), Cowgirl (20 oz), Cowboy (32 oz), and Ranher (42 oz). You can also order a Sweetheart which is like 34 oz or so to share with your honey. They cook over open flame in the restaurant–in the dining room. Those crazy Idahoans!

By: Ms Constantine

Ms Constantine — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:12:00 +0000

I’m in NZ and I don’t go to Starbucks or Pizza Hut, BK doesn’t use sizing like that here either. So I completely failed. Only one I got right was number 9, Capitol Grounds, I got it by guessing and common sense.

By: Decca

Decca — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:27:00 +0000

A coffee place I went to once named their sizes after the owners of the shop. A small was an “Alice” a medium a “Michael” and a large was “Vincent.”

By: sd

sd — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:54:00 +0000

yay! my first mental floss 100! i am too excited.

By: D

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:14:00 +0000

I’d love to hear someone order a Sissyburger at Merv’s! pretty funny…

By: Jason!

Jason! — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:44:00 +0000

80% for me… yay!

A local BBQ joint in my hometown serves a hamburger they call the Mervburger. It comes in four sizes:

Kiddy: quarter lb
Sissy: third of a lb
Merv Jr.: half lb
Merv: three quarter lb

http://www.mervburger.com