APAD: It's the greatest thing since sliced bread

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7grizzly
楼主 (文学峸)

Meaning:

What a great idea (often expressed in a somewhat sarcastic way)

 

Background:

 

In 1928, Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa produced the first

commercially viable bread slicing machine. It was first put into use by the

Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri who advertised the resulting product as

"the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped". It

is believed that this slogan provided the genesis of the "the greatest thing

since sliced bread" - which became a popular phrase around the middle of the

20th century.

 

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After decades of trying to invent, create, and prove myself smart with little

success, I started to doubt. Is it possible that all the greatest things before

and since sliced bread deliver us not? Labor-saving machines, e.g., turn out

abundance and make living more comfortable and yet comfort, above some level,

seems to hit diminishing returns.

 

An overdose can hurt, actually. When I was little, I dreamed to be a scientist,

the kind that don white coats, sit in the office, and have chauffeurs to drive

them around. (At the time, there were probably less than a dozen automobiles in

our little town.) Nowadays, everyone drives and people get sick more often from

a sedentary life style and maybe too much bread.

最西边的岛上
I often wondered that too: is the internet I helped build (

(in a very tiny way) good or bad or which one is more for the society?  I still don't know the answer today.  sigh ... 

移花接木
great4 like me with deviated sense of humor , I comprehended
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7grizzly
Internet is good! You've got my vote :-)
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7grizzly
Can't ask more than comprehension & maybe understanding :-)
唐宋韵
The workers on the beam in my article might eat sliced bread
唐宋韵
Another reader suggested they might eat French fries.
盈盈一笑间
It's the greatest thing since a cook robot !!!
唐宋韵
No, before a real robot cook... haha
盈盈一笑间
快了,快了,LOL
方外居士
My chiropractor: Human is not built for sedentary life style
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7grizzly
I dare not imagine having lunch with those guys :-)
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7grizzly
Once they retire, that's when they should be careful.
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7grizzly
You hate cooking that much, huh?
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7grizzly
Let me know if he/she needs someone to testify :-)
唐宋韵
How about with them in a restaurant?
方外居士
To testify he is wrong?
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7grizzly
testify:serve as evidence or proof of something's existing

or being the case

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7grizzly
Sure. Irish pub shepherd's pie. Anytime :-)
方外居士
Wah, obvously I was thinking in a Chinglish way!
方外居士
He already has enough evidence to prove. Thx on his behalf !
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7grizzly
NP. Sure he must have :-)
盈盈一笑间
LOL
卫宁
面包的一小步,厨房的一大步:))
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CBA7
AI is the greatest thing since sliced bread :)