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

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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