What was the best thing before sliced bread?

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   Goody5posted 11 years ago

   What was the best thing before sliced bread?

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   JThomp42posted 11 years ago

   Unsliced bread..........................................................

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   Bill Yovinoposted 11 years ago

   When sliced bread was first sold in 1928, it was advertised as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".  So the best thing before sliced bread would have been wrapped bread.

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   John Sarkisposted 11 years ago

   Lobster - before/after - nothing will ever taste as good as lobster does!

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   Georgie Loweryposted 11 years ago

   The wheel. Or chocolate. Or bacon. I like bacon.

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   Lisa HWposted 11 years ago

   I don't know, but I just discovered frozen, microwave, grilled-cheese sandwiches (lol) - which just may be the latest, best, thing since sliced bread or microwave ovens, for that matter.   

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      Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Where did you find those - I want some!

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   T.T.posted 11 years ago

   Corn bread, because you don't have to slice it at all

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   SmartAndFunposted 11 years ago

   Bacon is a close second but I'm gonna hafta go with air conditioning.

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   Sharyn's Slantposted 11 years ago

   The next best thing is definitely toilet paper!

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      Georgie Loweryposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Ha! You win!

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      SmartAndFunposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yup, we got the winner right here. LOL

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    Tammy Lposted 11 years ago

    Let's see.  The best thing before sliced bread would definitely have to be the bread slicer.  Of course, maxi pads and Midol have to rank in the top five.

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    Foodstuffposted 11 years ago

    Real bread!!! Sliced bread in this expression is synonymous with industrial "bread" - which is an apology for this staff of life. Thank goodness for the growing movement back to real artisanal bread.

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    NicoleMessengerposted 11 years ago

    hummmm.. I would think it must be sliced cheese??? 

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    Express10posted 11 years ago

    There are a lot of good answers but I say it would be the wheel

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    Victoria Lynnposted 11 years ago

    Great answers, but I would ask what is so great about sliced bread? I agree with the ones who indicated that wrapped or unsliced or REAL bread was better! :-) I love the answers on here. Very funny.

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       Sherry Hewinsposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Fresh bread is great, but you have to admit, sliced bread is very convenient.

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       Foodstuffposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Sherry Hewins, What's wrong with a knife?

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    Sherry Hewinsposted 11 years ago

    I'm kind of thinking of inventions that were made shortly before sliced bread. Steam engines made the industrial revolution possible and gave us the railroad, so that was a relatively recent invention that really changed things. Cars and refrigerators had already been invented, but became popular about the same time sliced bread was invented.

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    Ericdierkerposted 11 years ago

    Hands down, Momma's preserves that went on the bread.

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    Brandon E Newmanposted 11 years ago

    Beauty, love, music, unsliced bread, beer, wine, blue jeans, the thrill of the hunt, the bliss of ignorance, the taste of a first kiss, hummus, maple syrup, bacon,and hydrogen-filled zeppelins. Nothing else is better than sliced bread.(IMHO)

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    lesliebyarsposted 11 years ago

    I would havevto say the air conditioner but that is a great question t ponder.

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    flacoinohioposted 11 years ago

    Fire!  We need to bake or cook the bread don't we?

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    Eric Calderwoodposted 11 years ago

    The breadbox. Or maybe not.
    The sandbox? Indoor plumbing? The coil spring mattress?

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    bac2basicsposted 11 years ago

    On a serious note possibly penicillin and vaccines to eradicate many of the serious illnesses like mumps and measels that were in the not too distant past killers of children and adults alike, Marie stopes, the ability to make fire, and lots of other stuff.
    On a silly note -unsliced fresh out of the oven bread, OMG - chocolate, soft toilet paper, believe it or not I remember the days when we had cut up newspaper on a string in the downstairs loo and Black prince toilet rolls in the bathroom, it was like greasproof paper and had to be crunched up to be anywhere near effective, I kid you not. Wellington boots and cling film, how did we ever manage without cling film?

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    Handicapped Chefposted 11 years ago

    soap water and the toilet. thats what I think..

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    thecatgalleryposted 11 years ago

    Unsliced European bread..............................!

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    Laramy74posted 11 years ago

    the best thing was having all kids in the house go to school and having peace and quiet throughout America

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