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Default The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?

Brian Wickham > had it:

> 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.


Not in the UK it isn't. It carries no sarcasm here.

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