We’re all familiar with Jared and how he used to wear whale-sized pants. They also cram down our throats how Subway is so much healther than fast food, with such gems as below.

But here’s the real skinny (in three lovely varieties).

Pizza

Subway has added pizza to their menu. The side of their cups proudly compare your subway sandwich to the Big Mac (540 calories). The most basic pizza starts at around 750 calories and up (which cannot be found on their site, but luckily is required on NYC menus).

That’s 200 calories more than a big mac. I could eat a Cheeseburger (300) + Large Fries (500) for about the same as the “healthy” subway food. Sure people realize that pizza is unhealthy, but by promoting health in their commercials and stores, people will by association, assume Subway’s pizzas are healthier.

The $5 footlong

Subway now offers a footlong sandwich for $5. In New York, some 6 inch sandwiches actually cost more than the $5 footlong. It’s fiscally responsible to eat more.

Chips + drink

Every time you buy subway, no matter what you get, you’re offered a chips and drink combo. They also just recently decided to bump up the size of a subway cup from huge to ginormous.

The news of the new iPhone is exciting, with probably the only drawback being the required 2-year contract (which we’re all so desensitized to, it barely matters).

However, one place it may matter are iPod sales. The new iPhone pricing is now within the realm of iPods. Apple has sold over 140 million iPods, and although sales are decreasing, they are still selling well. In order to avoid cannibalizing their iPod sales, the 2-year contract was introduced.

Even if you don’t want the phone part of the iPhone, you would still get a portable player of videos, music, internet and now real GPS and applications (such as games, location aware stuff, etc). It’s quite a package. So why would you buy just an iPod instead? A pesky 2-year contract with AT&T is probably enough of a barrier.

In fact, the new iPhone is such a great package that I predict a huge burst in “non-contract iPhone 3Gs” being sold online at places like eBay and Craigslist. It’s pretty simple to get out of mobile phone contracts. You can find guides all over the internet on what to say. Awhile ago, I used the excuse that I was moving to Maine (where Verizon service was limited). If they can’t provide their service, they have to let you out (with no penalty to me). I’m not sure if that still works, but some simple google searches reveal many other methods.

So the question may be, how many times can you pull that on AT&T? Well there is nothing that says you can’t open multiple contracts at the same time, so buy 5 phones (for your family) and then use a contract breaking excuse. Then sell them on eBay for $100 over the buy price (brand new, never used!) and make a $500 profit. Repeat.

I think the iPhone is iconic enough that people can recognize when you’re holding it upside-down.

It is especially funny when it’s a product placement in a television show. After seeing Minnie Driver hold the iPhone upside-down at least 3 times within the last 2 episodes of “The Riches”, I figured I’d post it. Or am I just wayyy too into technology?