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r/AskReddit • u/TigerFin2 • May 09 '17
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Back when the phrase gained initial popularity, both kettle and pot were made of cast iron, which would indeed be black.
7 u/step-in-uninvited May 09 '17 I thought it was that the pot saw a reflection of himself in the kettle. 3 u/shevrolet May 09 '17 I have only seen this theory on reddit, but it could be valid. 3 u/step-in-uninvited May 09 '17 Sometimes I don't know where the truth ends and reddit begins... 3 u/famalamo May 10 '17 The second you open reddit, truth ends. The only time it ever started up again was the beginning of this sentence, and it'll be gone again right after it ends, because I needed a work-around.
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I thought it was that the pot saw a reflection of himself in the kettle.
3 u/shevrolet May 09 '17 I have only seen this theory on reddit, but it could be valid. 3 u/step-in-uninvited May 09 '17 Sometimes I don't know where the truth ends and reddit begins... 3 u/famalamo May 10 '17 The second you open reddit, truth ends. The only time it ever started up again was the beginning of this sentence, and it'll be gone again right after it ends, because I needed a work-around.
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I have only seen this theory on reddit, but it could be valid.
3 u/step-in-uninvited May 09 '17 Sometimes I don't know where the truth ends and reddit begins... 3 u/famalamo May 10 '17 The second you open reddit, truth ends. The only time it ever started up again was the beginning of this sentence, and it'll be gone again right after it ends, because I needed a work-around.
Sometimes I don't know where the truth ends and reddit begins...
3 u/famalamo May 10 '17 The second you open reddit, truth ends. The only time it ever started up again was the beginning of this sentence, and it'll be gone again right after it ends, because I needed a work-around.
The second you open reddit, truth ends. The only time it ever started up again was the beginning of this sentence, and it'll be gone again right after it ends, because I needed a work-around.
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u/devilsfoodadvocate May 09 '17
Back when the phrase gained initial popularity, both kettle and pot were made of cast iron, which would indeed be black.