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"'''On the Origin of Melba Toast'''" is a short poem by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | [[File:On_the_Origin_of_Melba_Toast_(twitter).png|thumb|"On the Origin of Melba Toast" (social media post screenshot). Left: Viktor Vasnetsov's 1883 ''The Feast''. Right: Melba toast.]]"'''On the Origin of Melba Toast'''" is a short poem by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ Post] @ Twitter | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1374341006691348481 Post] @ Twitter | ||
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[[Category:Poems by Karl Jones (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Poems by Karl Jones (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:49, 23 March 2021
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"On the Origin of Melba Toast" is a short poem by Karl Jones.
On the Origin of Melba Toast
I'll bet it goes way back to the Cro-Magnon era:
"Shit, you burned the toast in the campfire—!"
Over millions of years, evolutionary pressures resulted in less-burned toast, and eventually the well-toasted Melba Toast we enjoy today.
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