On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:23:11 GMT, Wayland >
wrote:

>So
>while sliced bread is a nice convenience I don't quite see how it's
>the "greatest thing since sliced bread."
>
>Wayland
> ...what do you think?

I think "the greatest thing since sliced bread" is actually meant as a
bit of sarcasm. In other words, not so great at that.

In the 1950's and 60's we said "the greatest thing since canned beer."

Brian Wickham