Coolest Thing Since Sliced Bread

Factual Questions
1

I know this was asked before somewhere but I just can’t find it. What was the coolest thing before sliced bread? When was sliced bread founded? Has ther been any more “coolest things” since we have discovered the luxury of having pre-sliced bread?

2

“What was the coolest thing before sliced bread?”

It would have to have been the bread slicer. :smiley:

:::ducks and runs:::

3

The coolest thing before sliced bread was, of course, the cat’s meow :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Cartooniverse

4

Well, to our cave-man ancestors, it would have to be the fire which cooked the bread. Heck, no one ever had a sandwich until a few centuries ago.

And, to quote the great philosopher George Carlin, why is sliced bread the greatest thing we’ve ever done? All of our human achievements and the best thing we’ve got is sliced bread?

5

Pants with pockets.

6

Fuzzy wallpaper gets my vote… or maybe wall-to-wall shag carpeting…
wolf189

7

Shameless reference to my thread

Juice bottles with no air in them

8

Boy, has this been asked before.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32413

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32441

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=9813

Here’s my post from the first of the threads listed above:

Regarding sliced bread, you might be interested to know that in American Heritage Magazine’s first Overrated/Underrated issue (May-June 1998), SB was considered “The Most Overrated Invention” by technology expert Edward Tenner. Two negatives he noted: “… in the long run it helped put family bakeries out of business and promoted balloon bread.”

Far, far more interesting was the choice for “Underrated”: the Brunswick Mineralite bowling ball! Quoting Tenner:

“… introduced in 1914 and made until around 1980. One of the most durable consumer goods ever manufactured, it sold in the millions with a lifetime warranty, yet only a handful were ever returned as defective. By replacing the easily deformed lignum vitae ball, it helped make bowling America’s most popular participant sport.”

9

I have a marvelous cartoon on this!

People are running through the streets cheering, and waving banners.

The caption is “The day they invented sliced bread”

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Prior to the complete evolution of felines that eventually produced the cat’s meow, it was the bee’s knees.