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The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?
Hatunen wrote: > On 4 Aug 2006 16:00:59 +0200, Wayland > > wrote: > > >So the Super Wal-Mart near me has "Value Added" French Bread with > >garlic Parmesan, rosemary herb, "everything" topping, and a couple > >others. When my roommate or myself buys loaves of these bread we try > >to inspect as much as possible to check for air bubbles. (Because I'm > >not fond of gaping holes in my sandwich.) Sometimes we have to resort > >to buying unsliced bread rather than sliced bread either because the > >sliced all has air bubbles or there's just no sliced available. > > > >So it's a little annoying to have to slice bread in the morning, but > >it's not too bad. Plus it actually gives you more control over your > >sandwich. It allows you to increase the ingredients to bread ratio > >without absolutely piling on the what you want in the sandwich. So > >while sliced bread is a nice convenience I don't quite see how it's > >the "greatest thing since sliced bread." > > > > ...what do you think? > > If you had a large family to make lunch sandwiches for before > packing them off to work and school you might think idfferently. > When I was a small child un-sliced bread was the norm. We got our > bread at a bakery in our Finnish neighborhood and when they > bought a bread slicing machine it was considred a clear boon. > > Nevertheless, I believe the phrase was originally intended to be > ironic. "Fortified with irony" > > ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* > * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * > * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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