Kirby Posted August 14, 2019 Share #1 Posted August 14, 2019 I was just getting lunch in the cafeteria and saw someone get a container of soup. They have saltines by the soup to take with you soup. Do you think there is a limit on the number of saltines you can take with your soup? How many would you take (there is both a small size soup and larger, if that matters). I'm not sure what the appropriate limit is, but pretty sure this guy exceeded it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 14, 2019 Share #2 Posted August 14, 2019 Some people will take anything that is free. I say two crackers so one pack for a small soup. Four to 6 crackers for a large depending the size--- so no more than 3 packs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #3 Posted August 14, 2019 No sign, no limit. There is always "that guy". I might take two packs (of two crackers each like Wendy's?) for the small soup, and 4 packs for the large. FWIW, I'm not big into saltines for soup. While I'm on the soup box, WTH are Wendy's crackers always stale??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #4 Posted August 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, Airehead said: Some people will take anything that is free. I say two crackers so one pack for a small soup. Four to 6 crackers for a large depending the size--- so no more than 3 packs. You're wrong. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #5 Posted August 14, 2019 2 packets is reasonable. 20 packets is a meal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maddmaxx ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Popular Post Share #6 Posted August 14, 2019 What ever you are going to eat. If you're taking them home you're a thief. Don't laugh. We had people at work taking toilet paper home from the storage bin in the rest room. There are people who never saw a free item they couldn't abuse. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #7 Posted August 14, 2019 3 packages...probably not more depending on the soup. Although I will say on days when I get a chicken breast and jojo potatoes (I usually get 4 to 6 max cos of their size) I need 1 packet of ketchup per jojo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #8 Posted August 14, 2019 19 minutes ago, Kirby said: I was just getting lunch in the cafeteria and saw someone get a container of soup. They have saltines by the soup to take with you soup. Do you think there is a limit on the number of saltines you can take with your soup? How many would you take (there is both a small size soup and larger, if that matters). I'm not sure what the appropriate limit is, but pretty sure this guy exceeded it. I'd exceed it if the soup was large. Depending a lot on the soup, I really enjoy crumbling them up and dropping them in the bowl. Then repeating until I've had a soup and a loaf of "bread". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #9 Posted August 14, 2019 If it cakes and gums to the roof of your mouth -- it's probably too much. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #10 Posted August 14, 2019 On the other hand, there are just idiots that take a handful of everything, salt, pepper, mustard packets........and then waste much of it by leaving unused in the trash. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 14, 2019 Share #11 Posted August 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: I'd exceed it if the soup was large. Depending a lot on the soup, I really enjoy crumbling them up and dropping them in the bowl. Then repeating until I've had a soup and a loaf of "bread". Yea, if I am eating tomato soup I like a lot of crackers in it. I crumble them up as well. Saltines are good, but ritz or club crackers are way better. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #12 Posted August 14, 2019 Just now, Parr8hed said: Saltines are good, but ritz or club crackers are way better. Ain't nobody giving those away free! What about oyster crackers? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 14, 2019 Share #13 Posted August 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Ain't nobody giving those away free! What about oyster crackers? They will do in a pinch. But I put them way down on the cracker scale. Below saltines for sure. Unless they are extra buttery for some reason. That would boost them up a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #14 Posted August 14, 2019 Two packs with small soup, up to 4 packs with large soup. Back in the day, a bar in College Station Texas called the Dixie Chicken had a small sandwich counter in the back. They also had a cracker barrel and you could just reach in and grab a handful of crackers to have with your beer or sandwich, or whatever. I guess the health department considered this unsanitary, so they switched to sleeves of saltine crackers. It was not uncommon to get a pitcher of Lonestar beer and a sleeve of crackers and find a table to play some dominoes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #15 Posted August 14, 2019 I'd also take some extra packets if I was headed back to the office. Saltines and sliced pickles are a true joy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted August 14, 2019 Share #16 Posted August 14, 2019 Two packs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #17 Posted August 14, 2019 There may be a reason this jerk needed so many crackers. Maybe he is a bit off his rocker and thinks he is a animal, like maybe a parrot. Was he mumbling "Polly want a cracker" or anything like that? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted August 14, 2019 Share #18 Posted August 14, 2019 31 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: What ever you are going to eat. If you're taking them home you're a thief. Don't laugh. We had people at work taking toilet paper home from the storage bin in the rest room. There are people who never saw a free item they couldn't abuse. You are describing my ex MIL AND FIL. Scoring ketchup packets was the ultimate in sticking it to the man. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted August 14, 2019 Share #19 Posted August 14, 2019 Who ever decided it was saltines that go with with soup? Why not Oreos? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted August 14, 2019 Share #20 Posted August 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Parr8hed said: They will do in a pinch. But I put them way down on the cracker scale. Below saltines for sure. Unless they are extra buttery for some reason. That would boost them up a little. ... with these five simple sentences, you have marked yourself as a cracker philistine. Oyster crackers are the best crackers for this purpose, because they are small enough to not require crumbling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #21 Posted August 14, 2019 3 hours ago, 12string said: Who ever decided it was saltines that go with with soup? Why not Oreos? I have some oreos for that. Osomaxx sent them from China. One flavor is hot wings (they are not quite awful) and the other flavor is wasabi and it is probably too bad to even dip in soup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #22 Posted August 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Osomaxx Isn't that an osteoporosis medicine? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted August 14, 2019 Share #23 Posted August 14, 2019 InMy husband just said ten. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 14, 2019 Share #24 Posted August 14, 2019 Just now, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Isn't that an osteoporosis medicine? I think it is the largest size of bear in Spain or Mexico. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted August 14, 2019 Share #25 Posted August 14, 2019 A few. Usually three. Slightly related, I feel so blessed when I open a sleeve of saltines and two edges are toasty brown. It’s a moment of divine sanction. One toasty brown edge is nice, as well. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted August 14, 2019 Share #26 Posted August 14, 2019 ... simple pleasures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #27 Posted August 15, 2019 3 hours ago, jsharr said: I think it is the largest size of bear in Spain or Mexico. @RalphWaldoMooseworth Oso is bear in spanish. that did not deserve a meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 15, 2019 Share #28 Posted August 15, 2019 What kind of moran thinks that two saltines could possibly be enough? 6 packs, then call the cops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #29 Posted August 15, 2019 41 minutes ago, jsharr said: @RalphWaldoMooseworth Oso is bear in spanish. that did not deserve a meh No, it didn’t! That was a mistake, son. I say I stand corrected! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 15, 2019 Share #30 Posted August 15, 2019 I think saltines are an excellent cracker. I grew up on saltines and tomato soup, and saltines with peanut butter or just butter, or saltines and jelly. You haters should reconsider your stance for the nostalgic value at least. Now I want saltines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 15, 2019 Share #31 Posted August 15, 2019 Ritz, now there is another cracker with staying power. Not quite as versatile as the saltine, but you just can't make a mock apple pie out of saltines, you know. Did anybody ever make that mock apple pie, btw? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #32 Posted August 15, 2019 12 minutes ago, Have a Nice Day said: I think saltines are an excellent cracker. I grew up on saltines and tomato soup, and saltines with peanut butter or just butter, or saltines and jelly. You haters should reconsider your stance for the nostalgic value at least. Now I want saltines. Saltines and hot sauce is another option 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 15, 2019 Share #33 Posted August 15, 2019 As many as you want, long as you put them in the soup. Slightly related, All you can eat offers, do you eat all you can ? Back in the 70's I knew couple big ol boys from New Hampshire. They went to an all can eat clams & beer thing. Several dozen clams & a few pitchers of beer into it the owner offered their money back if they would leave now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 15, 2019 Share #34 Posted August 15, 2019 16 minutes ago, jsharr said: Saltines and hot sauce is another option ? ??? !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheep_herder ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Popular Post Share #35 Posted August 15, 2019 Saltines and cheese 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #36 Posted August 15, 2019 6 hours ago, jsharr said: Saltines and hot sauce is another option That seems just as wrong as chili withoot beans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #37 Posted August 15, 2019 7 hours ago, Have a Nice Day said: I think saltines are an excellent cracker. I grew up on saltines and tomato soup, and saltines with peanut butter or just butter, or saltines and jelly. You haters should reconsider your stance for the nostalgic value at least. Now I want saltines. Saltines are the ultimate budget comfort snack. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #38 Posted August 15, 2019 5 hours ago, sheep_herder said: Saltines and cheese Yep. I would buy some sliced cheese from the sandwich counter at the Chicken! I bet you did the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #39 Posted August 15, 2019 4 hours ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: That seems just as wrong as chili withoot beans! Just try it. A dash of Tabasco or cholula on a saltine is nice with a cold beer or a margarita. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted August 15, 2019 Share #40 Posted August 15, 2019 16 hours ago, maddmaxx said: the other flavor is wasabi and it is probably too bad to even dip in soup. I have some wasabi Twix candy bars in a drawer from Tokyo, too bad to be eaten even by people at work who like free food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted August 15, 2019 Share #41 Posted August 15, 2019 None for the soup, but could I get a side of peanut butter for the crackers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #42 Posted August 15, 2019 6 hours ago, sheep_herder said: Saltines and cheese Or peanut butter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #43 Posted August 15, 2019 6 hours ago, sheep_herder said: Saltines and cheese Or Saltines and an oyster with equal parts horseradish & ketsup,; a drop of worcestershire sauce and a drop or two of hot sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #44 Posted August 15, 2019 We take saltines and sardines on camping trips. Smear the sardines on the saltines, and it is an easy & quick snack. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #45 Posted August 15, 2019 I have not purchased saltines in years...they go stale before I can eat them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share #46 Posted August 15, 2019 Whenever I would travel with my parents, they'd have saltines and peanut butter as a snack in the hotel room (usually to go with a whisky sour). But there was always a debate on whether you put the peanut butter on the salty side or the flat side. My Dad was the sole person who'd put the peanut butter on the flat side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #47 Posted August 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Prophet Zacharia said: I have some wasabi Twix candy bars in a drawer from Tokyo, too bad to be eaten even by people at work who like free food. I'll bet that is snot true here! I for one would snarf it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #48 Posted August 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, Kirby said: Whenever I would travel with my parents, they'd have saltines and peanut butter as a snack in the hotel room (usually to go with a whisky sour). But there was always a debate on whether you put the peanut butter on the salty side or the flat side. My Dad was the sole person who'd put the peanut butter on the flat side I've never considered putting it on the salty side. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 15, 2019 Share #49 Posted August 15, 2019 35 minutes ago, Kirby said: Whenever I would travel with my parents, they'd have saltines and peanut butter as a snack in the hotel room (usually to go with a whisky sour). But there was always a debate on whether you put the peanut butter on the salty side or the flat side. My Dad was the sole person who'd put the peanut butter on the flat side Salty side is always free and facing down in my family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 15, 2019 Share #50 Posted August 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Tizeye said: None for the soup, but could I get a side of peanut butter for the crackers. Not if you are in line behind @Parr8hed! He will take it all to go with all the crackers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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