# Any idea why they do this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-why-they-do-this/138256>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 22, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-why-they-do-this/138256 "2002-11-22T22:58:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-why-they-do-this/138256/21 "2002-11-24T07:45:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Eggerhaus \*  
> **…to get home and open up the 4 pound bag of pistachio nuts I’d just bought…**

FOUR POUNDS OF PISTACHIO’S? That’s one hell of a lot of nuts…how were your fingernails afterwards? 😃

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-why-they-do-this/138256/22 "2002-11-24T15:18:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Skeezix \*  
> \*\*[sub]And I still maintain that if you need the card to get in, you shouldn’t need to dig it out again to check out. Unless maybe you’ve got blue fur, yellow eyes, and a pointy tail.[/sub] \*\*

Ah, but it’s possible the different types of card yield different benefits, such as discounts and the like.

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