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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by cordelli

A 2 x 4 is a totally different thing, referring to the prefinished size of the wood.
And a 'footlong' sub is referring to the pre-finished size of the bun. Same semantics.

And there was a time when a 2x4 was the dimension of the finished product... that standard was tossed out the window thirty years+ ago.
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