*gasp!* Revelation, I know!With all the needless hub-bub about bowling recently, I thought I would address this since no one else seems to be. Just think about your answers to the following questions, and maybe you'll figure out what I'm getting at here:Do your Sims play on the waterslides everyday? (Backyard Stuff)Do your Sims make and then eat ice cream everyday? (Cool Kitchen)Do your Sims make popcorn and watch a movie everyday? (Movie Hangout)Do your Sims put on/watch a puppet show everyday? (Kid's Room)Do your Sims celebrate Halloween (costume party or whatever) everyday? (Spooky Stuff)Do your Sims throw grand parties everyday with buffets? (Luxury Party)Do your Sims use the hot-tub everyday? (Perfect Patio)Do your Sims always hire/use the Butler? (Vintage Glamour)Do your Sims use the wishing well everyday? (Romantic Garden)Will your Sims go bowling everyday? (Bowling Night)They'll only do that stuff sometimes, right? Maybe for special occassions. Maybe to spice up the day-to-day routine. And maybe they only get a Butler when they get rich enough for one, right?Doesn't that put a perspective on the whole thing here? They're side activities. The spices of a meal, not the meat n potatos. So why, oh why, do people talk like they're disappointed they won't be able to enjoy bowling 24/7 when we all know even with the best bowling, in whatever pack you'd prefer, it still wouldn't be used every single day, or even all the time.Let's expand this further:Do your Sims eat at a restaurant everyday? (Dine Out)Do your Sims go to the spa every day? (Spa Day)Do your Sims all get turned into vampires? (Vampires)Do your Sims go to Granite Falls every weekend? (Outdoor Retreat - and I say every weekend here because it's a vacation spot, lol.)See? Even GPs don't get used all the time. How about EPs?Do your Sims always have an active career? (GTW)Do your Sims all live in the big city? (City Living)Do your Sims all join/lead clubs? (GT)Are you starting to get it yet? Each pack, regardless of size or value, provides aspects to the game. Now let's say, for the sake of covering discussion, that you want to compare the larger packs to the SPs with just a small addition, like how some people keep thinking bowling should just be one object in CL instead of the 40 in the pack.Do your Sims play basketball everyday? (CL)Do your Sims play fooseball everyday? (GT)Do your Sims use that scientist randomizer ray thing everyday? (GTW)...Just some food for thought here. Whether you like bowling or not, it's still something your Sims would only use every now and then, when you happen to be at whatever venue it's at, or if you put it in your home and happen to throw a party or something. It's not that big of a deal either way.And yes, as I mentioned, there are 40+ items in the pack. Not 1.