There's a tradition of rhyming slang in Britain, some expressions can be very amusing others quite puzzling. See how long it takes to click what "brown bread" is slang for. The verse is a comment on our times and how twitter, facebook and the internet are replacing human communities technology is replacing human skills, and junk food is replacing the stuff we grew up on.
"R" dad wur a grand baker,
Famed for his Brown Bread
When folk told him to modernise
This is what he said.
"Me father an’ ‘is father
An’ ‘is father’s father too
Baked brown bread in t’traditional way
And its good enough for you"
You can take your modernisation
And stand it on its head
Folk’ll come from miles around
For my famous Brown Bread
Other bakers made a fortune
And drove in fancy cars
But our dad baked his brown bread
and hadn’t a penny to scratch his arse
But times they are a changing
We sell junk food here instead
and we all have loadsa money
now our Dad's brown bread.
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