{"id":17645,"date":"2013-02-24T18:14:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T23:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17645"},"modified":"2013-02-24T18:14:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T23:14:55","slug":"dont-mess-with-my-pizza-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17645","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Mess With My Pizza Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the New York Post<\/a> posted an article about some of the consequences of Mayor Bloomberg<\/a>‘s ban on serving or selling sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces<\/a>. That ban means that when you call your local pizzeria for a delivery, that delivery cannot include the standard 2-liter bottle<\/a> of Coke (which you can legally buy in the grocery store).<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Typically, a pizzeria charges $3 for a 2-liter bottle of Coke. But under the ban, customers would have to buy six 12-ounce cans at a total cost of $7.50 to get an equivalent amount of soda<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is some serious food for thought in the fact that you can no longer get a 2-liter bottle of soda with your pizza<\/a>. First of all, how many people are going to eat the pizza? If the entire pizza is going to be eaten by only one person, the large bottle of soda is the least of his worries. If the pizza is going to be shared, can we also assume that the soda is going to be shared? Therefore, how can the city know that any one person eating the pizza and drinking the soda will actually get more than 16 ounces of the soda? Therefore, the law probably should not apply.<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

Families will get pinched at kid-friendly party places, which will have to chuck their plastic pitchers because most hold 60 ounces \u2014 even though such containers are clearly intended for more than one person.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Changes will be made at the Frames<\/a> bowling alley<\/a> in Times Square<\/a>, where 26-ounce pitchers are served at kids\u2019 parties, said manager Ayman Kamel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to try to get creative,\u201d he said, noting drinks with 100 percent juice are exempt from the ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re figuring out a way to have freshly squeezed juice for the birthday parties. We might have to raise the price about a dollar or so.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

At this risk of totally skewing the issue, what happens to bars that provide pitchers of beer to tables of patrons? Is beer subject to the same restrictions as soda? Does beer have sugar? Do the carbs in beer count as sugar? Has anyone ever been arrested for driving under the influence of Coca-Cola<\/a>?<\/p>\n

This ban is an exercise in stupidity and unintended consequences and needs to be repealed.<\/p>\n

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