I've done a little research, and what I've discovered should make anyone think twice....
1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread
users.
2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread
consuming households score below
average on standardized
tests.
3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread
was baked in the home, the average life
expectancy was less
than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high;
many women died in
childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever, and
influenza ravaged
whole nations.
4. More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed
within 24 hours of eating
bread.
5. Bread is made from a substance called "dough."
It has been proven that as little as
one pound of dough
can be used to suffocate a mouse. The average American eats
more bread than that
in one month!
6. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread
exhibit a low incidence of cancer,
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
disease, and osteoporosis.
7. Bread has been proven to be addictive. Subjects
deprived of bread and given only
water to eat begged
for bread after as little as two days.
8. Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading
the user to "harder" items such as
butter, jelly, peanut
butter, and even cold cuts.
9. Bread has been proven to absorb water. Since the
human body is more than 90
percent water, it
follows that eating bread could lead to your body being taken
over by this absorptive
food product, turning you into a soggy, gooey
bread pudding person.
10. Newborn babies can choke on bread.
11. Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit!
That kind of heat
can kill an adult in less than one minute.
12. Most American bread eaters are utterly unable to distinguish
between significant
scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.
In light of these frightening statistics, we propose the following bread restrictions:
1. No sale of bread to minors.
2. A nationwide "Just Say No To Toast" campaign,
complete with celebrity
TV spots and bumper
stickers.
3. A 300 percent federal tax on all bread to pay
for all the societal ills we might
associate with bread.
4. No animal or human images, nor any primary colors
(which may appeal to children)
may be used to promote
bread usage.
5. The establishment of "Bread-free" zones around
schools.