Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'
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Croissant redesign

 One big question mark ?
 
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At the risk of redundacy, a brief history: bakers contribution to the world as we know it. During the Seige of Vienna in 1683, who was it that was up working in the wee hours of the morning? Yup. And who heard strange sounds underneath the city at those hours? Right again. And who alerted the proper authorities that the Turks were tunneling underneath the city in preparation for an attack, thus staving off certain defeat and in fact turned it into victory?That's right. How was that victory commemorated? They left it the bakers, they shaped their dough into the shape of the symbol of the Turkish flag, the crescent, or croissant in french. Now that's ancient history, with just a little effort, a question mark could be formed with the dough, causing people to wonder. "What the hell does that mean"?
—ty6, Aug 30 2002

Baked ;) http://www.kraftfoo...akfasttreats&wf=942
(But only if you turn them over and bite the bottom off.) [DrCurry, Aug 30 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]

The Dot http://www.halfbake...ins_20for_20Meteors
Use Munchkins! [egbert, Oct 04 2004]

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       Then it'd be a point d'interrogation, not a croissant. (Quickly abbreviated to a pwu, I would imagine.)
—DrCurry, Aug 30 2002
   

       And suddenly I feel so proud to call myself a baker.
—RayfordSteele, Aug 30 2002
   

       I quite like this at the moment...
—RobertKidney, Aug 31 2002
   

       Huh??
—PeterSilly, Sep 02 2002
   

       Am I missing the point here, or is this idea solely to make croissants ?-shaped?
—NickTheGreat, Sep 02 2002
   

       I could probably live without a question mark shaped croissant, besides, the dot presents a near insurmountable problem, what would a Bakerery do, sell just the dots, or put the dot in the bag with the point d'interrogation? Nah, it's just an interesting little aside about the origin of the croissant, it's a true story, you can look it up.
—ty6, Sep 02 2002
   

       Hey you could make the dots from marzipan or something glutenous and and then stick it to to the ?-. =+)
—jumblebox, Sep 02 2002
   

       Do you want to dehistorize the pastry? What kind of purpose will the new shape serve?   

       Question mark--quite similar in shape to a sickle.
—1kester, Nov 22 2002
   

       /the dot presents a near insurmountable problem/   

       Not at all. Munchkins! (link).
—egbert, Nov 22 2002
   
      
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