Re: Just to mudddy the waters a trifle ...
> Incidentally that is why small/inexpensive things were sold by the dozen
And thus the reason why in the UK eggs are sold in multiples of 6 all the way up to the 12x12 wholesale trays.
Although I think I heard somewhere that the Brussels overlords wanted to start forcing UK farmers to print the weight on each box, as the concept of selling things by unit quantity was beyond the comprehension of the bureaucrats.