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J Strobridge
eset08 at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK
Wed Mar 17 06:16:55 EST 1999
Stephen Swann writes:
> J Strobridge writes:
> > > WMBR used to do a morning wakeup show called Breakfast of Champions,
> >
> > that's the title of a Science Fiction book - one of Vonnegut's I think?
> > I wonder which came first?
> > Just curious
> > jill
>
> There's probably no connection. "Breakfast of Champions" was
> originally the ad slogan of Wheaties breakfast cereal, but it then
> became (in US pop culture anyway) a joking byword for having something
> noxious for breakfast: anything from "cold pizza and beer", to
ah! Witty-Bix
thanks everyone!
cheers
jill
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