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Aralaithiel · 03-03-2002, 06:09 PM

I know why the Americans compare sizes of things to bread boxes!!!! Before bread came in lovely decorated plasic bags, it came wrapped in paper from the bakery. Every house had a bread box in their kitchen to keep the bread fresh since we didn't have those plastic bags. Therefore, you could refer to the size of something by how it compared to a bread box, since everybody would have known what that was and how big it was (the bread box, that is!).
Woohoo!!! Feeling real smart for some reason right now! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

03-03-2002, 06:09 PM	#12
Aralaithiel Ghost Eldaran Queen Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A remote mountain in Valinor Posts: 353	I know why the Americans compare sizes of things to bread boxes!!!! Before bread came in lovely decorated plasic bags, it came wrapped in paper from the bakery. Every house had a bread box in their kitchen to keep the bread fresh since we didn't have those plastic bags. Therefore, you could refer to the size of something by how it compared to a bread box, since everybody would have known what that was and how big it was (the bread box, that is!). Woohoo!!! Feeling real smart for some reason right now! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ A lelyat, wen! (Quenya Elvish for "You go, girl!"