# rolls?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 6, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934 "2003-04-06T22:21:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![l7sq4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@l7sq4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l7sq4j)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934/1 "2003-04-06T22:21:24Z")

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Why do rolls come in 6 and 12packs?

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934/2 "2003-04-06T22:27:48Z")

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Why shouldn’t they? Would you prefer to buy them in packs of seven?

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**Author:** ![Cillasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Cillasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cillasi)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934/3 "2003-04-06T22:31:31Z")

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Maybe because they are traditionally sold/priced by the dozen?

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**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934/4 "2003-04-06T22:46:26Z")

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originally sold in thirteens - hence the saying “a baker’s dozen” as weights and measures became more accurate however, they were able to sell them in twelves.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934/5 "2003-04-06T23:12:19Z")

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Is there a question about hot dogs that you also wish to ask?

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**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934/6 "2003-04-06T23:39:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by gotpasswords \*  
> \*\*Why shouldn’t they? Would you prefer to buy them in packs of seven? \*\*

There was some talk a little while back about eggs being [packaged in sevens](http://www.britegg.co.uk/advertsection/press26.html) over here. It was supposed to encourage people to eat one a day. I haven’t seen them in the shops though.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934/7 "2003-04-07T03:45:48Z")

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_Nothing_ is too banal for Cecil. [Why do hot dogs come 10 to a pack while buns are 8 to a pack?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_350.html)

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolls/166934/8 "2003-04-07T06:58:31Z")

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How my mind turned the OP into a drug reference I’ll never know…

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