Serving Sizes That Lie

You know what I'm talking about.

20 oz. Coca-Cola. Servings per bottle: 2.5. What?
One package of (2) Pop-Tarts. Serving size: 1 pop-tart. Lies!

Regular bag of Doritos. Serving size: about 12 chips. Who stops after 12 chips? For me it should be like "1 whole god-damn bag."

*sings* And I'm proud to be an American...

...where at least I know I can eat the whole god-damn bag of Doritos?

I eat a large bag of doritos at a time, those regular ones only whet my appetite.

1/2-cup of ice cream.

A half-cup? From a pint-sized container? They do realize they make special things that allow you to hold the pint in your hand so your hand doesn't freeze, right?

A half-cup of ice cream is, like, six bites.

Sliced bread. Serving size: one slice of bread. So what the fuck goes on the other side of my sandwich?

"Does THAT look like THAT?"

-TM

Don't you know you're only supposed to eat toast? Geez.

... and I won't forget the cows, pigs and legumes that died
to give us beef-bacon-cheddarcheese-bean burritos.

No kidding.

with one tablespoon of butter or one tablespoon of jam?

my weakness is bacon. however much is in front of me is what I consider "a serving". they usually list it on the package as one or two slices. who eats just one slice of bacon with their breakfast? it'll rot before I can finish the package...

The great thing with sodas is, they change the serving size depending on the container size! For example, a 12 oz. can will be "one serving," but then the serving size of the same beverage will be 8 oz. if you're drinking it from a 20 oz. bottle.

And I'd proudly sit down next to you
and consume them all today....

Other things: Peanut butter (I think it is like 1 Tbsp per serving, about enough to cover 25% of a piece of bread). A lot of frozen foods. Pretty much anything in a can (canned soup, etc.): Apparently I eat enough for 2.5 people at every meal, according to those cans.

On the other hand, I have seen packaged lunchmeat that said that the whole freakin' package was one serving. That would feed me for a week! A sandwich made with that much meat would be bigger than I am.

cause there ain't no doubt I love trans-fat.
God bless the USA!

sobe....one bottle is 2.5 servings? if i could, i'd drink like 8 of those every day....

yeah. why else would a toaster have two slots?

edit: because I spelled it "taoster" whereas I believe the correct term is "taoist".

[Edited on Dec 11, 2005 by ninetysevencents]

I eat one at a time *shrugs*
...
Well they are full of sugar!

They make my toofisus hurt.

[Edited on Dec 10, 2005 by SirPsychoSexy]

You people are keen.

Nope. Dry.

With a whole chicken.

Servings per bird: 1

- you've been served

Make that four of 'em. And a Coke.