Things that deserve a 'Hmmm.....'

 

Grocery store chain has in their weekly ad circular a 'Bonus Buy' of sweet corn on  the cob.  6 ears for $4.  Eight dollars a dozen.  More than twice what every other store in our area is charging... and that's a 'Bonus Buy'?

Hmmmmm......

This brings to mind the concept of 'Crap Meter', which I usually explained to my students.  It goes like this;  One makes a measurement of say 23 volts at the battery of a typical vehicle.  At the point your 'Crap Meter' should peg out and go BING in your head, because the only way to measure 23 volts on a 12 volt battery is if it's the process of exploding.  Obviously the meter is malfunctioning, or something incredibly bad is happening.  

What happens is the brain is taking what it see's, hears, or touches and compares it to the stored memory of certain events or known facts.  Then, judgement is made.  Does that observation fall within acceptable, or even possible, parameters. If not, the rest of the brain is notified that something is off.  The measurement is 'Crap'.

What I think is happening with this Giant sales flier is someone in the process has a non-functioning Crap Meter... OR.... they are counting on their customers to have non-functioning Crap Meters.  Either one is a fair bet.

Either way, it's crappy.