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.

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