Dear Lola,
Why does round pizza come in a square box? I’ve seen square pizza, so I know it exists. I’ve also seen circle boxes, so those exist as well. A quick search of Google left me with the impression this is cost related, but that seems like an easy answer to a complex question. I know your brilliant mind will be able to do better.
Sincerely,
Pizza Princess
Dear Pizza Princess,
First off, thank you for the pizza question. Italian sausage toppings are my favorite if you’re ever in the area and want to share with me! Second, in my experience The Google always goes after the easy answer because pondering the deeper meaning of society is very labor intensive.
I however, am up for a bit of a workout since I was recently fed.
Now let’s tackle the question you posed. Pizza is very possibly the most perfect food that has ever graced our faces. Ask anyone, they have all eaten and loved pizza. Perfectly chewy dough, slightly crisped on the bottom, with a tart sauce that is delicately balanced out by the creamiest cheese on Earth. One bite of it and you realize the obvious – pizza was invented in the heavens and gifted to us mere mortals.
The heavens never intended for us to have leftover pizza.
They also didn’t anticipate the world of the 21st century – takeout food on a Friday night after a rough week in the office. Therefore, it was up to the humans to devise a vessel to pack our pizza into for easy take away.
Since humans knew they would never be able to match the mystical powers of pizza’s perfect roundness, they decided to come up with the square box concept. Never would a box maker feel bitter disappointment that his creation could not live up to the pizza that inhabited it. This square box also had an added benefit of allowing terrible pizza makers to craft less than perfect pizza rounds that could still fit in the box – but that’s an issue for another day.
I hope this has answered your question because I am drooling over dreams of pizza and must be off before the keyboard is damaged.
♥Lola♥
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Haha! What a clever Lola! There is nothing more horrific than leftover pizza. That’s exactly what we are having for dinner tonight. It’s my daughters 5th birthday and she gets to choose what we eat for dinner. #pizza #globalblogging
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Your daughter picked the right birthday food, pizza never disappoints!!!
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I LOVE Lola! So much funny. Glad to have the #globalbloggin Linky back.
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Thank you for your support, we’re so excited to be back!
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Need to get yourself to marks and spencer they have square pizzas in square boxes! #globalblogging
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We don’t have Marks and Spencer’s but I did see a US company selling a square pizza in a square box in our grocery. I had to do research for Lola, that’s my cover story! 😂
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Ah Lola. More wisdom. Oddly a certain brand of gluten free pizza is rectangular, just to put a spanner in the works!! #globalblogging
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Gluten free, I’m quite sure the heavens didn’t think that far ahead!
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Haha, well done Lola, such an obvious answer! Well of course, there never should be any left over pizza. #globalblogging
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All leftover pizza should just be fed to the puppy closest to you!
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It all makes perfect sense! Why don’t humans provide such sensible answers to life’s questions?
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Oh yeah, #globalblogging
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We overthink everything until we need to give our brain a nap.
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At least the boxes aren’t triangular there’d only be room for half a pizza!
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That would be a terrible world indeed!!!
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So wise Lola, I need to look at the world more logically sometimes! #GlobalBlogging
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I frequently ask her to put things into perspective for me!
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Thank you Lola for your informative answers to this puzzling question. I think your point about less than perfect circles makes a lot of sense. I hope your keyboard has dried out by now. #globalblogging
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Lola knows humans are not perfect and that they need a little bit of leeway with their boxes. And her keyboard did dry out!
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Wise old Lola, thank you for your words of unparalleled wisdom. Love it! 😍#globalblogging
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Thank you!
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The square and the circle take up the same space on the shelf — and the square shape is easier to stack?
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That’s a fair point!
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A questions answering bull dog? I”m impressed. And pizza really is the best food ever.
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It is the best! Thanks for reading!
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Ah now I want pizza! LOL. Thanks for the info, I will use this as pub chat the next time I’m there! #GlobalBlogging
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Improving pub chats, one blog at a time. Lola is thrilled!
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Pizza for breakfast, lunch and supper – the best ever. So that’s why the boxes are square. Thanks for that logical explanation Lola, you are so clever.#globalblogging
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She’s said you know how to eat pizza right!
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Haha it is indeed a good question! Pizza’s always good, whatever shaped box it comes in! #globalblogging
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It definitely is!
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Hehe! I love your reasoning Lola. It must be down to making sure that every miss shaped round pizza will be able to find a box home, no matter how oddly shaped they end up. And believe me, I have seen some right corkers! Loving the #Globalblogging linky. xx
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Lola said oddly shaped pizzas should always be fed to your dog. The canine species is willing to sacrifice for us 😂
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Very amusing take on the round peg in the square hole, which always works better than the square peg in the round hole. Now I want pizza pegs. Let’s get a patent.
#globalblogging
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You patent it, Lola and I are ready to taste test anything you’ve got!
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Pizza! I love it, but I have a daughter who doesn’t. Sometimes I wonder if she really belongs to me! Cute post.
~Jess
#GlobalBlogging
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I just have to know, what about it doesn’t she like?! Is it the sauce? My nephew does not really like the sauce so we get him pizza without it and he loves it.
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you are very wise, of course google would never be so wise to answer the truth as you do. I love Pizza too! I always find it hard to choose which topping to select. #globalblogging
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We love Italian sausage!
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Hi Lola, Thanks for your wise words. And thank heavens for Pizza! #globalblogging
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Pizza is the best!
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Lola, your wisdom is rivaled only by that of my drooly St. Bernard who also is a staunch advocate for the elimination of left-over pizza.
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That’s a vet wise St. Bernard!
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I never thought to ask this question. Now i’m mulling it over – and Lola’s very thoughtful response:) Thanks so much for hosting #globalblogging Heather!
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She makes us ponder the weird!
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I have to admit I’ve never considered the shape of a pizza box before, and I’ve eaten a LOT of pizza. I’m more concerned with the contents and making sure the dip is included.
Thanks for hosting #globalblogging
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We do worry about the dip, it’s crucial!
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I’m just glad that it’s not a square pizza in a round box – but any pizza is a good pizza!
#globalblogging
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Even “bad” pizza is edible!
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This is something that I’ve never contemplated for the nearest I will ever get to pizza is cheese on toast. #globalblogging
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Haha! I think Lola’s hit the nail on the head there! Mere mortals could never live up to the glorious roundness of pizza!! #BlogCrush
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Dear Lola, hiya! Big fan! I have a question for you: why can’t we all be as perfect as u r!?! 🤩 love u! From an adoring fan
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Lola is so wise , I need her on speeddial as my life coach!! #globalblogging
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She says she works for cheese!
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Very wise. Very wise indeed.
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You had me at Pizza… ❤
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Pizza is fabulous!
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