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The story of the not-so-humble bread. Told by Wellread Bread.
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BREADWINNER
MEET
WELLREAD
BREAD…
• I was made in a small factory outside Bangalore, India.
• My shelf life consisted of hanging about till this kind lady bought
me from there, to star me in my own story.
• I got sold by a cashier who hummed ‘O Fortuna’, thinking it was a
Malayalam* song.
• I retail at about Rs. 53. Which is roughly a dollar.
• Lest you think me unimportant, here’s the story of how grand I am!
*Malayalam: besides being a palindrome, one of 4 languages spoken
in the South of India.
BREAD HAS SUCH HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE!
THAT’S MY ANCESTOR, AT THE LAST SUPPER
JUVENAL COINED PANEM ET CIRCENSES IN THE
FIRST CENTURY – A FAMILY MEMBER WAS PRESENT!
IT EVEN FOUND ITS WAY INTO YOUR
LITERATURE – LIKE IN AN ASTERIX COMIC HERE
IN THE 11TH CENTURY, THE ASSIZES OF BREAD &
ALE BROUGHT ABOUT THE FOOD WEIGHING
SYSTEM
AND SUCH CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE!
ANCIENT CELTS ROLLED BREAD DOWNHILL TO
CELEBRATE SPRING
IN INDIA, IT TAKES PRIME POSITION AT HUMAN NEEDS LIST – ROTI,
KAPDA AUR MAKAN, I.E., BREAD, GARMENTS, A ROOF OVERHEAD
THAT’S ME HANGING AROUND WITH MY INDIAN COUSIN, RAJ THE ROTI
AND MUCH, MUCH LINGUISTIC SIGNIFICANCE!
IN COCKNEY SLANG, BREAD MEANS MONEY
ANCIENT CELTS ROLLED BREAD DOWNHILL TO
CELEBRATE SPRING
=
A BREADWINNER IS THE PERSON WHO BRINGS
HOME THE MONEY
BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER
KNOWING WHICH SIDE BREAD IS BUTTERED
BREAD FALLS BUTTERED SIDE UP
CASTING BREAD UPON THE WATERS
SO, NOT ALL OF US ARE WELLREAD AS I AM. MY COUSIN THEODORA
DENSELOAF FOR INSTANCE LIVES UP TO HER NAME
BUT THOSE LIKE ME, WHO KNOW THE ABOUT RICH BREAD HERITAGE,
WISH YOU HUMANS WOULD VALUE US MORE
THE BREAD & BUTTER LETTER