# A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365 "2012-05-09T07:50:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/41 "2012-05-11T02:10:48Z")
Did those of you who remembered him as a boy remember him wearing a red hoodie? Because I think I mixed this skit up with a picture book that features a little boy taking a similar walk. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/42 "2012-05-11T02:17:33Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > It came right to me and made me smile. Same here! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/43 "2012-05-11T02:21:56Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > There is a version with a boy, where he gets distracted by seeing other things on the way to the store. I remember that too! Iā€™m OLD! ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/44 "2012-05-11T03:42:34Z")
What are you talking about? Everyone KNOWS itā€™s bread, milk and EGGS! šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/45 "2012-05-11T05:12:21Z")
> [@luv2draw](#): > > What are you talking about? Everyone KNOWS itā€™s bread, milk and EGGS! šŸ˜› and SQUICK! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_the_Wonder_Spirit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/46 "2012-05-11T05:12:50Z")
Abra! Cerrado! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/47 "2012-05-11T05:23:12Z")
> [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](#): > > Abra! > > Cerrado! ABIERTO! Cerrado! And yes, pretty much all the Spanish I know even now comes from Sesame Streetā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/48 "2012-05-11T05:29:40Z")
Eh? [Stick of butter?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Tango_in_Paris) Not really a _Sesame Street_ kind of reference . . . ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/49 "2012-05-11T07:33:59Z")
The poll should have asked for our ages. Some of us were \*Howdy Doody \*kids. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/50 "2012-05-11T07:45:49Z")
The poll should have asked for our ages. Some of us were \*Howdy Doody \*kids. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/51 "2012-05-11T12:27:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Eh? [Stick of butter?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Tango_in_Paris) Not really a _Sesame Street_ kind of reference . . . Not really a ā€œkeeping your breakfast downā€ kind of reference eitherā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/52 "2012-05-11T12:33:31Z")
Another vote for ā€œThouā€. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/53 "2012-05-12T02:02:30Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Did those of you who remembered him as a boy remember him wearing a red hoodie? Because I think I mixed this skit up with a picture book that features a little boy taking a similar walk. [The Snowy Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEmBTYc7Ivo) by Ezra Jack Keats. One of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/54 "2012-05-13T01:48:51Z")
A loaf of bread, a quart of milk, a dozen eggs, and a paper of pins. The child gets to the store and asks for a loaf of pins, a quart of eggs, a dozen milk, and a paper of bread. The storekeeper gives the correct items, the child knows he messed up asking for them, and they discuss how the storekeeper knew what was meant. I thought it was from a teaching story about how quantities of things are labelled differently. I remember it from an early reading book. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365/55 "2012-05-13T10:33:48Z")
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Breadā€“and Thou Beside me singing in the Wildernessā€“ Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! Iā€™m afraid stick of butter makes me think of **Last Tango in Paris**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-loaf-of-bread-a-container-of-milk-and/621365.md?page=2)