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(COOLLIST) Japanese Bed Made From Stale Bread Dubbed Crouton

Well... a quick, Steven-Wrightian ponderance was enough to bring out
several (CL) denizens.  I originally asked why croutons come in sealed
bags commonly called fresh packs.  To quote a few messages:

>>>>> "Zach" == Zach D <zachd@hub.ofthe.net> writes:

    Zach> Honestly - marketing tool. 'stay fresh pouch'.  If you were
    Zach> selling rocks, they would probably sell better in 'stay
    Zach> fresh pouches'

>>>>> "Poyo" == Poyo  <Roy> writes:

    Poyo> ok, I must be missing something since it's 4:45 here, but-
    Poyo> so they can stay fresh?

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com> writes:

    Jim> So they don't get soggy with absorbed moisture from the air.

>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Enochs <jhe@earthlink.net> writes:

    Joe> Due to the fact that it takes an average of 10 months to use
    Joe> all those croutons the packaging helps keep the bugs out...

Hmmm, a good and valid collection of answers.  BTW, my favorite
crouton currently is the Pepperage Farm Caesar Fat-Free... not too
hard, but flavorful.  It goes quite well with a zesty vinaigrette.

BTW, another thing... I was trying out my new word processor (Lotus
Word Pro 96), and it has a very cool UI feature... it spell checks the
document in the background such that if the cursor is in a word it
doesn't recognize, it will highlight a button at the bottom of the
window giving suggestions for the correct spelling.  You also can tell
it that the word is correct from the same menu.

Well, gotta get back to the assembly coding... Thumb mode on a ARM7
processor is NOT designed for human production or consumption; that's
why I'm writing a simple (non-optimized) compiler for it :)

-- 
Ben Combee, Software Developer (Will write assembly code for food)
Motorola > MIMS > MSPG > CTSD > Advanced ICs > Austin Design Center
E-mail: combee@sso-austin.sps.mot.com   Phone: (512) 891-7141
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