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[fredhen]

They're crackers! b?n?o?s

[Wharton]

bananas

[cupid04]

bonbons

[decmangan]

Bananas?

[cupid04]

Wharton for best answer, lol!

[cupid04]

Not my fault, Mr. c said it was bonbons. Last time I listen to him. Lol!
Sorry!

[fredhen]

Sorry, guys, I'm confused. If the answer is bananas, then 'rOll top desks' is the wrong answer to: Office furniture that heads the list?

[Mamyalynne]

Mr C and Cupid are right.

[Mamyalynne]

The Oxford English Dictionary records the use of cracker bonbons and the pulling of crackers from the early 1840s.[4] Tradition tells of how Tom Smith of London invented crackers in 1847.[5][6] He created the crackers as a development of his bon-bon sweets, which he sold in a twist of paper (the origins of the traditional sweet-wrapper). As sales of bon-bons slumped, Smith began to come up with new promotional ideas. His first tactic was to insert "love messages" into the wrappers of the sweets (cf. fortune cookies).[7]

[Mamyalynne]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_cracker

[Wharton]

....and I'm the one who's bananas, sorry fredhen :-(

[fredhen]

Thanks, everyone.