Jonah: We have opened a box here which, I feel sure, Kathryn is already extending an editorial hand to slam shut. Before she does I’d like to note that back in England circa 1960 the common expression was (bowdlerized by de-alliteration): “best thing since dung came off the shovel.” I never really understood what it meant–why it was so wonderful that the stuff came off the shovel. Or how it came off. Or anything. But that’s what we used to say. And yes, we did already have sliced bread.
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Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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