I was thinking of taking the thread to the next level, but I am not sure you all either deserve or will appreciate it if I do.

1.5 strips

http://boingboing.net/2014/09/02/arb...-mountain.html

No not 1.5 strips, it has 3 half-strips of bacon.

I'm an honourary member of Bud's Navy.

That adds up to 1.5!

Bah, 1.5 infers that one of the strips is whole while it is clearly not.

We neither deserve nor appreciate your gestures.

Anyone who's almost drown in seamen gets that distinction!

All inferences are sourced at you.

We have each made our arguement, we need an impartial judge!

Quick, what would Wade do!?




Wade, is 1.5 strips of Bacon the same as 3 half-strips of bacon?



I shall abide by your most wise judgement in this matter.

Is the Meat Mountain just something that someone came up with or is it an actual menu item that I can order at Arby's?

It is a "secret" sandwich available at many to most Arby's stores. The concept is that it has every meat that they have on it.

The story goes that several people saw a new poster in the store with a picture of this pile of meat and asked cashiers if it was possible to get that sandwich. Supposedly these cashiers obliged these requests, presumably with "add ham" or "double meat" buttons on the registers.

From there, things went viral as people tweeted and instagrammed these gluttonous creations.



Investigation has basically revealed that the whole thing was a set-up by Arby's. Essentially, they did make meat pile posters and then they tasked some employees with requesting them and posting about it to social media.
The speed by which they got the "meat mountain" button installed indicates confirmation of this to me.

So is it a thing? Yes. Did it gain popularity by going viral? Yes, but it was scripted.

Is 1.5 strips of bacon the same as 3 half strips of bacon? No way.

No

filler

And thus judgement was passed!

1.5 strips of bacon is not the same as 3 half-strips of bacon!

I spurn thee. I spurn thee all. I turn my back on thou and thine. Heretics. You're all heretics!