authentic seed overload

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/13/2008 10:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>In our kitchen this morning I discovered a package of hors-d'oeuvre
>type crackers whose label boasted "Authentic Seed Overload."
>
>   After remonstrating with my wife for bringing such an evidently
> unstable and hazardous product into our home, I discovered - to my
> chagrin - that the phrase was equivalent to what used to be called
> "Real Sesame Seed Topping!"
>
>   Surely this is a novel, and misleading, use of "overload."

"Open authentic seed overload?"  Doesn't work for me.

Joel

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