Nearly 30,000 Sign Petition For Hot Dogs, Buns To Match Numbers

ACROSS AMERICA — It’s one of life’s greatest mismatches: hot dogs and buns.

Many have wondered over the years why packs of hot dogs and packs of hot dog buns rarely have the same number when sold at the same store. Now, one of the nation’s leading ketchup makers is demanding a change.

Heinz has initiated a Change.org petition titled the “Heinz Hot Dog Pact.”

“We’re calling on big bun and big wiener companies to find the answer to this hot dog packaging mismatch, once and for all,” the company-initiated petition states, also asking why hot dogs usually come in packs of 10, while buns often come in packs of eight.

The petition garnered nearly 30,000 signatures as of July 20, getting support from those frustrated over the hot dogs and buns mismatch all over the country.

“We all have a responsibility to right the wrongs in the world,” one supporter, perhaps sarcastically, wrote on the petition page.

This one is “for George Banks,” quipped another.

Ah, yes. George Banks. The main character in the “Father of the Bride” movie series, played by Steve Martin.

One of the movie’s iconic scenes shows Banks in a grocery store, removing hot dog buns from a package, so it would match the number of hot dogs in a pack the store was also selling.

The character gets arrested, while declaring he’s “not going to pay” for buns he has no use for.

About 30 years after the film’s release, the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" has presented a potential solution, albeit one that would only be cost-effective for competitive eaters.

Colbert found that buying four packs of hot dogs, and five packs of buns, would come to 40 of each.

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