Comments on: Best thing since sliced bread

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:45:34 +0000

I’m going with chocolate!

By: forkboy1965

forkboy1965 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:37:44 +0000

Liam, you’re assuming they even have culture. Without bacon I’m not certain they could claim to have such.

By: Liam

Liam — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:30:48 +0000

Have we considered the geo-specific nature of the phrase itself? What about cultures where the ham sandwich is not standard fare … what does those cultures use to convey similar meaning?

By: LaLa

LaLa — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:53:42 +0000

I have often pondered the sliced bread saying… And realized there are a million things that are better. Sure, fire, bacon…. The wheel? Internet?cars/boats/trains/planes? Television? Telephones? Gunpowder? Radio? The list is endless!!! Sliced bread is pretty low on my list.

By: forkboy1965

forkboy1965 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:10:29 +0000

I think Maire may be on to something, but wouldn’t that mean bacon had to come before fire, so bacon would be the next best thing?

By: Maire

Maire — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:29:20 +0000

Fire…I am not even sure sliced bread beats fire. I think fire may be the greatest invention of all time. Imagine how nasty bacon would taste without fire.

By: Forkboy1965

Forkboy1965 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:20:21 +0000

I think the answer would simply be “bread,” wouldn’t it? Otherwise I’m going with codpiece.