When our friend Michelle (one of three people we know outside of work) came over to visit, we decided to order pizza. Michelle, who has actually lived here, picked a place and it was great.

A coupla weeks ago, we wanted pizza again but couldn’t remember the name of the place. I took a stab that it was Chanello’s Pizza. We ordered an extra large pie — always good to have leftovers.

Well, if the thing they brought was an "extra large," someone’s been lying to his girlfriend. (Waiting a moment for that comment to sink in.)

This thing was like 14 inches. We confirmed with the delivery guy — this was Chanello’s idea of "extra large."

This thing was the size of a medium pie in New York … at best. (It was also pretty grim pizza.) This got me worried that 14 inches was considered large for pizza around here. So let me be clear: A large pizza is at least 18 inches in diameter. Got it? It’s really not that hard.

So a note to anyone dating or married to a guy working for Chanello’s: What he calls "large," the rest of us call "medium."

Next time we ordered from Cozzoli’s. We asked for a large pie — not extra large, just large. Lo and behold, what arrived was a proper 18-inch pie. And it was good. There’s hope.