Julia Altshuler wrote:
>
> There's a bakery we sometimes go to when we drive into town. They have
> a big sign in their window saying "Best Bagels In Town."

I don't think it would do much for their sales of the sign was honest and
said "Horrible Fresh Bagels" :-)


> I always
> laugh. The bagels are HORRIBLE here so saying you have the best isn't
> saying much. They make spectacular croissants so we get those.

I would rather have a mediocre croissant than a good bagel.

>
> Then the folks around here think they're eating bagels, but they're
> really a sort of doughnut shaped bread. Not bad, but not the real deal.
> A true bagel is hard, not stale hard, more dense chewy hard. (Uh-oh.
> I can just see it. The cucumber thread is going to show up here.)
>
> Y'all are either too dense to notice or groaning silently. No one
> mentioned that I changed the subject line and then said "Here's to bagels!"?

Must be dense. I noticed the subject line and read the "Here's to bagels!"
but must have missed the significance.
>
> --Lia