How Many Holes Does Penne Pasta Have?πŸ΄πŸ€”

Mary_Scope
Mary_Scope Posts: 6,234 Scope online community team

I was listening to an episode of The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby on the weekend and they had a debate whether penne pasta had one hole or two.

I asked my best friend and she said it's two because there's an entrance and exit. I said one because it's one continuous tunnelπŸ˜…

What do you think?

iA top-down close-up photograph of a pile of dry, golden-yellow penne rigate pasta, highlighting the ridged outer textures, hollow tubular shapes, and angled open end

How Many Holes Does Penne Pasta Have?πŸ΄πŸ€” 14 votes

One
64%
SaraC_ScopeOverlyAnxiousRachel_ScopeSmellyBinAnhedonia2Bluebell21ChrisR777justj74Dynamisante 9 votes
Two
35%
Kimi87kreacherKiki23Carl_ScopeCarNineSix 5 votes

Comments

  • CarNineSix
    CarNineSix Community Member Posts: 130 Empowering
    Two

    Got to be two, one each end.

  • SmellyBin
    SmellyBin Community Member Posts: 761 Pioneering
    One

    Whoahahaha, great poll! I love silliness

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 2,171 Championing
    One

    Polo Mints - The mint with the hole (singular). I rest my case!

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 9,160 Championing
    Two

    Two ends and two holes, the answer has to be 2 ✌️

  • CarNineSix
    CarNineSix Community Member Posts: 130 Empowering
    Two

    . . . . . been thinking, yes two holes one each end BUT is there a third . . . . . the one that goes all the way through?

    And another question, are Penne Pasta left or right handed?

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community Member Posts: 6,491 Championing
    One

    It's one… The thin walls of pasta just confuse our eye because we can see both ends at the same time. If you have a plank of wood, and you drill one hole right though it, that's only one hole.

    Perhaps there's also an element of language as well though… I'd call the circles at each end an 'opening', or an 'orifice' if feeling very posh… So one hole with two openings. 😁

  • rubin16
    rubin16 Scope Member Posts: 1,620 Championing

    This forum is really scrapping the barrel now, is life so sad nowadays that we have to debate on whether pasta has 1 or 2 holes.

    sadlife.

  • Anhedonia2
    Anhedonia2 Community Member Posts: 456 Empowering
    One

    I'm very much looking forward to the topic of seriousness you create for discussion with your extremely exciting and unsadlife ☺️ unless it's designed just to bring other people down, because that would be very sad indeed!

    With my #sadlife I very much enjoy being silly and will fight anyone who thinks pasta has two holes! πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³

  • Carl_Scope
    Carl_Scope Posts: 333 Scope online community team
    Two

    1 hole

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    1 tunnel

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    The tunnel has a hole at either end, like the penne, making it 2 holes!

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,417 Scope online community team
    One

    We all have different interests @rubin16. It doesn't make anyone sad to have a bit of fun discussing things like this.

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,417 Scope online community team
    One

    Ok I'm liking the comparison to a polo @ChrisR777 and a plank of wood @OverlyAnxious. It's got to be 1, there's no other answer!

    @Carl_Scope, a tunnel has one hole. It begs the question though, is a 'hole' in the ground an actual hole? Or is it a pit? Or something else?

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 6,234 Scope online community team
    edited October 13

    How long does a hole have to be to become a tunnel?πŸ€”

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 6,234 Scope online community team

    I also love the opinions and how close this poll has got!πŸ˜‚

  • SmellyBin
    SmellyBin Community Member Posts: 761 Pioneering
    One

    Laughing so hard, I'm almost crying #notsad

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 2,171 Championing
    edited October 13
    One

    Ok, the subject hardly sets the heather on fire, but is it any more sad than wondering about the non existent cornucopia on Fruit of the Loom clothing?

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,456 Championing

    I'm going to be controversial for once and say NONE!

    There are NO holes in a tube of pasta: it has two ends. Imagine the Channel Tunnel or your hosepipe with a hole in it, dear oh dear ☺️

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,417 Scope online community team
    One

    Oh @WhatThe you've opened a real can of worms there!

    So what is a hole? Do we agree that a polo mint has a hole? At what point does a hole become a tunnel? How do we determine the difference between 'ends' and holes? I really need some answers so I can sleep tonight πŸ˜‚

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 6,234 Scope online community team

    You have raised an excellent point @WhatThe!!! A lot to think about…

  • CarNineSix
    CarNineSix Community Member Posts: 130 Empowering
    Two

    What if it is only half a hole, does that mean you need two half holes to make a whole hole?

    Not naming anyone here, but if it is pasta would you scrape it off a barrel or would it be a sauce pan?

  • Carl_Scope
    Carl_Scope Posts: 333 Scope online community team
    Two

    This is a very good point. I'd like to change my vote from 'two' to 'zero'!