Poll: How many sandwiches ? (now with a poll!)

How many sandwiches?

  • 1 Sandwich

    Votes: 229 53.0%

  • 2 Sandwiches

    Votes: 144 33.3%

  • We should be banned for letting this go on so long

    Votes: 59 13.7%
  • Total voters
    432
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The thread seems to have wandered off into a discussion as to what constitutes a sandwich.

As we have already ascertained, a sandwich consists of two slices of bread which contain a filling. The quantities of the constituent parts are irrelevant.

The original question was:

A man is making his lunch before he goes to work. He gets out two slices of bread, butters them both and sticks a filling in between. He then cuts the thing in half. How many sandwiches are there?
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The man makes one sandwich (two slices of bread with a filling) and then cuts it in half. He doesn't make two sandwiches - he makes one sandwich and cuts it in half to make two halves of a sandwich.

Had he cut the slices of bread in two and then spread and filled them, he would have made two sandwiches.

Stan :)

PS: The man is obviously profligate as he butters both slices of bread :p .
 
Dictionary definition is "Two or more slices of bread with a filling". Therefore one sandwich has to comprise of two slices of bread and not two half’s of a slice.

So in conclusion the answer is 1.



My work is done hear.
 
Rich_L said:
So two identical pairs of objects are both 1 sandwich and 2 sandwiches depending on preparation.

And if you were unaware of the method of preparation....do you take an average? 1.5 sandwiches? :p
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I really don't think there is a definitive answer as the same half a sarnie will be seen as a whole sarnie depending on the circumstances

If I got 2 slices of bread , buttered them both ( cos I'm a piggy :p ) put a slice of ham on one side , placed the other slice of bread on top and cut it in half .. I would deem I had one sarnie on my plate

If however someone else had made the sarnie and then offered me one triangle , I would say that person gave me a sanrnie .. I wouldn't describe it as half a sarnie

There really is no right or wrong answer
 
2 sandwiches!

If you cut something like a human in half you won't get 2 identical halves. If you do it will become plural.

Another example, if you make 2 sandwhiches seperate and put them together, does it make one sandwich? No. Its still exactly the same thing.
 
I've been to see a Medium who has been contacting the Earl Of Sandwich for some answers.
She asked him "When you invented your sandwich which was 2 slices of bread with a filling, how big were the slices of bread and would they be less of a sandwich if they were smaller?".
His reply was "How should I know, I was No swearing at the time".

Sorry I can't be more helpful.
 
Bigstan said:
The thread seems to have wandered off into a discussion as to what constitutes a sandwich.

As we have already ascertained, a sandwich consists of two slices of bread which contain a filling. The quantities of the constituent parts are irrelevant.

The man makes one sandwich (two slices of bread with a filling) and then cuts it in half. He doesn't make two sandwiches - he makes one sandwich and cuts it in half to make two halves of a sandwich.

Had he cut the slices of bread in two and then spread and filled them, he would have made two sandwiches.
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Spot on but this was already pointed out around page 10 two days ago.
 
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