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"
>
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