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

[Desmo]

Cut a lump of cheese in 2. 2 lumps of cheese.
Cut a piece of paper in 2. 2 pieces of paper.
Cut a piece of wood in 2. 2 pieces of wood.

Some things can be cut in half and still be classed as what they originally were, despite being smaller. It's simple. Cutting a sandwich in half does not make either piece any less a sandwch.

 

[Stretch]

So what if you cut a piece of bread in half and then make each half into a sandwich, would you agree that you then had two sandwiches?

Mate we're way, way, way beyond that argument.

It's still only one sandwich though *ducks and hides*

EDIT:

Cut a lump of cheese in 2. 2 lumps of cheese.
Cut a piece of paper in 2. 2 pieces of paper.
Cut a piece of wood in 2. 2 pieces of wood.

Cut a sandwich in 2. 2 pieces of sandwich.

Yes that's two pieces of sandwich, not two sandwiches

 

[Whitewater]

<SNIP> ... It's still only one sandwich though *ducks and hides*

No need to duck and hide, you are quite correct

 

[Stretch]

No need to duck and hide, you are quite correct

Lol, year but some of the debate in this thread seems to be getting a bit technical, and I don't want to be drawn in to a long debate about the inner workings of the sandwich. Sorry life's to short.

 

[solitude]

Whitewater's statement that Stretch is correct, is incorrect

 

[Whitewater]

Lol, year but some of the debate in this thread seems to be getting a bit technical, and I don't want to be drawn in to a long debate about the inner workings of the sandwich. Sorry life's to short.

Me neither, it's quite a simple problem

 

[Whitewater]

Whitewater's statement that Stretch is correct, is incorrect

Your statement that I am incorrectly agreeing with the correct statement made by Stretch is in fact incorrect

 

[solitude]

 

[basmic]

Isn't this sandwich past it's sell-by date? I think this thread is due one of these, TBH:

 

[MikeHunt79]

2 bits of bread with filling in = 1 sandwich

if you bite or cut a chunk off, it doesn't suddenly become 2 sandwiches...

 

[Whitewater]

Isn't this sandwich past it's sell-by date? I think this thread is due one of these, TBH:

The votes are overwhelmingly in favour of the correct answer, I think a lock is in order too TBH.

 

[MR_Punk]

Isn't this sandwich past it's sell-by date? I think this thread is due one of these, TBH:

how dare you! this has been one of the most entertaining threads in ages.

I agree its all the same though!

 

[solitude]

erm if the chunk you bit off has two slices of bread and filling then by your own definition it's a sandwich, so yes you have two sandwiches


I'm not playing anymore though

 

[solitude]

i'm correct, quick lock the thread

 

[Mr_L]

cut a cake in half - Half a cake (not 2 cakes)
cut an acre in half - half an acre (NOT 2 acres)
cut a tree in half - half a tree (nope not 2 tree)
cut a car in half - half a car (nor 2 cars - tho it would be nice)
cut a phone in half - half a phone (ditto)
cut a pen in half - half a pen (and nope not 2 pens)

Cut some string in half. 2 pieces of string.
Split a drink over 2 glasses. 2 drinks.
Split a sandwich in two. 2 sandwiches.
Split a raft into 2. 2 rafts.
Split an island into 2. 2 islands.
Cut some wire into 2. 2 wires.
Cut some pipes into 2. 2 pipes.

Both of these statements are true but look at the question again...

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?

The man has halfed the sandwich meaning there are two halfs. If the question was 'The man sliced the sandwich in two, how many sandwiches are there?' then the second piece of logic would come into play.

Regaurding this question, there are two halfs of one sandwich.

Can we please stop now because I couldn't get to sleep last night for thinking about sandwiches!!!

 

[Desmo]

OK, I've just popped an email off to the BSA. Yep, that's right, the British Sandwich Association

Just wondered what they thought about this

 

[Belmit]

OK, I've just popped an email off to the BSA. Yep, that's right, the British Sandwich Association

And thus the thread has been plucked from the jaws of closure!
[Waits with baited breath]

 

[Stan_Lite]

OK, I've just popped an email off to the BSA. Yep, that's right, the British Sandwich Association

Just wondered what they thought about this

I thought you were in wind-up mode but I just checked - there is actually a British Sandwich Association

Stan

 

[SourChipmunk]

Nobody has mentioned this yet:

Cut a worm in half = two worms.


I'm waiting for my wife, who has been keeping up with this thread, to play a practical joke on me. Heading up north for a week, she'll ask me "How many sandwiches do you want?" I'll answer "Twenty-five should hold me." When I get there, I'll open my cooler to find one sandwich sliced into 25 squares.

 

[Otacon]

Nobody has mentioned this yet:

Cut a worm in half = two worms.

'fraid they have dude