and I just found this somewhere else........

"The meal was popularized in the United States by Edward Bernays in the 1920s and 1930s. In order to promote sales of bacon,"

Posted By: shoddy on April 18th 2007 at 11:49:04

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Das große britische Frühstück (General Chat) - slater, Apr 18, 11:10:18
- rubbish (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Apr 18, 11:45:00
  - Possibly. But written down rubbish nonetheless (n/m) (General Chat) - slater, Apr 18, 11:47:29
  - great link (General Chat) - shoddy, Apr 18, 11:47:26
    - Black pudding is the king of the fried breakfast foods (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 18, 11:54:21
      - White pudding knocks black pudding into a cocked hat (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 18, 13:23:36
      - I thought the wee touch of haggis on the Full Scottishes when we were in Enbra (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 18, 11:57:37
        
        Square sausage mings though (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 18, 11:59:19
        
        No way, it's FANTASTIC (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 18, 12:01:26
        
        Hent had a square sausage this side of the atlantic, only in Texas. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 18, 12:00:12
        
        Odd - it's considered Scottish (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 18, 12:00:27
      - Incorrect... (General Chat) - Fucan Noowan, Apr 18, 11:57:24
        
        Most of those are too dry (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 18, 11:59:29
        
        fuck off you bastard american wank twongo (General Chat) - Dave in France, Apr 18, 11:59:26
        
        Hear hea. That was not bullying, that was basic correctional life guidance (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 18, 12:02:02
        
        Fried bread... (General Chat) - Brom, Apr 18, 12:00:51
        
        you're fucking Bacon Sarney from One Trains (General Chat) - Brandonio, Apr 18, 14:13:18
        
        Well, yes, you are correct of course. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 18, 11:59:17
        
        I love crispy American bacon... (General Chat) - Brom, Apr 18, 12:01:41
        
        People who prefer "crispy" bacon are the same as people who prefer their steak "well-done" (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 18, 12:06:43
        
        Don't like steak well done, medium for me... (General Chat) - Brom, Apr 18, 12:14:14
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 18, 12:16:02
        
        And who use ketchup, the sauce of the Devil (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 18, 12:08:16
        
        ^^^^the sauce of all evil (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 18, 12:08:34
    - Poor piggies (General Chat) - slater, Apr 18, 11:49:15
      - Fuck the piggies. Bacon's well nice. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 18, 11:53:50
        
        Knicker bacon? (General Chat) - slater, Apr 18, 11:56:28
        
        Tsk (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 18, 12:05:25
        
        Poor (n/m) (General Chat) - Fucan Noowan, Apr 18, 11:57:42
        
        Too late for the disambiguation, you piggy-fiddler (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 18, 11:55:08
        
        AB is Selywn? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fucan Noowan, Apr 18, 11:57:58
        
        don't roll in the mud with the pig-fiddler, he loves it (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Apr 18, 11:56:41
    - and I just found this somewhere else........ (General Chat) - shoddy, Apr 18, 11:49:04
      - Okay, okay just give me your address (General Chat) - slater, Apr 18, 11:52:38
      - Bernays was Austrian (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Apr 18, 11:52:29
- Bank Of England was founded by a Scotsman (General Chat) - Brandonio, Apr 18, 11:13:02
  - No, no (General Chat) - slater, Apr 18, 11:20:24
    - QI says it's the Scots what done the Bank of England (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 18, 13:21:47
- What, they were trying to promote sales of (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 18, 11:11:31

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