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

[Cookie-Monster]

After having this discussion in the office between 5 of us we came to the following conclusion:

Degsy: 1 sandwich.
Xkimo: 2 halves of the original whole that both qualify as individual sandwiches in their own right
Caslad: 2 sarnies ayyyyyyye
Gilly: 2 sarnies tha nus
Jon: 2 sarnies

So there we have it ladies and gents

So Gilly's workmates arent the brightest kids in class either then?

 

[Gilly]

So Gilly's workmates arent the brightest kids in class either then?

Degsy obviously isn't but the rest were spot on

 

[Mr_L]

Degsy is a mathmatical genius as far as I'm concerned!!!

 

[Otacon]

Degsy obviously isn't but the rest were spot on

He southern?

 

[Trojan]

He southern?

Nope

 

[Mr_L]

I'm from up north and I know its one!

 

[Gilly]

Nah he's not, but he's from Feath Orleans.

Xkimo was the one that made the breakthrough. At first he was adamant it was 1 sandwich in 2 halves (which of course I'm not contesting) and to answer 2 was madness, but once we went through it and I repeated some of the explanations I've made in this thread he saw sense and realised that as the 2 halves also stand alone and fulfill their function separately that the answer is more likely to be 2 than 1

 

[Oldun]

You enter a cafe,the menu says "Bacon Sandwich £1.00"
You order said sandwich and 5 mins later a sandwich arrives on a plate 2 slices of bread bacon between them.
You now ask the proprietor to cut it in half for easier eating he returns with sandwich cut in half and asks for £2.00 as you now have 2 bacon sandwiches.
Will all those who agree with the 2 sandwich theory pay him £2.00 ?

 

[solitude]

You enter a cafe,the menu says "Bacon Sandwich £1.00"
You order said sandwich and 5 mins later a sandwich arrives on a plate 2 slices of bread bacon between them.
You now ask the proprietor to cut it in half for easier eating he returns with sandwich cut in half and asks for £2.00 as you now have 2 bacon sandwiches.
Will all those who agree with the 2 sandwich theory pay him £2.00 ?

Using the same principle, a baker makes a 3 foot long baguette. He fills the baguette with filling then cuts it into portions to sell as sandwiches. When you ask for a sandwich, does he hand you one of these sandwiches cut from the baguette or does he hand over every sandwich he made from the baguette?

If he hands over all the sandwiches made please give the location of the shop

 

[Mr_L]

A baguette is a baguette a sandwich is a sandwich! Most sandwich shops use mini baguttes now as to avoid such confusion.

 

[Xkimo]

After having this discussion in the office between 5 of us we came to the following conclusion:

Degsy: 1 sandwich.
Xkimo: 2 halves of the original whole that both qualify as individual sandwiches in their own right
Caslad: 2 sarnies ayyyyyyye
Gilly: 2 sarnies tha nus
Jon: 2 sarnies

So there we have it ladies and gents

Ahhh now i have to post something...

Ok going with the original statement there is just 1 sandwich and you get 2 halves when you cut it in half

But...if you were to give one of those halves to someone it would be condsidered a sandwich because thats what the definition of a sandwich is (bread top and bottom with filling in middle)

there

 

[Otacon]

Somehow this is also being discussed in the DR, and everyone but Freefaller (foreign) so far agrees, that it's 2.

 

[solitude]

A baguette can be an integral part of a sandwich.

see dictionary.com

 

[Trojan]

Ahhh now i have to post something...

Ok going with the original statement there is just 1 sandwich and you get 2 halves when you cut it in half

But...if you were to give one of those halves to someone it would be condsidered a sandwich because thats what the definition of a sandwich is (bread top and bottom with filling in middle)

there

Almost correct, however the half you give someone would be classed as a tea or finger sandwich, not a whole one

 

[Haly]

Somehow this is also being discussed in the DR, and everyone but Freefaller and Haly are wrong, it's 1 not 2.

 

[Mr_L]

Almost correct, however the half you give someone would be classed as a tea or finger sandwich, not a whole one

My god, this is going to a whole new level now!!!

 

[Gilly]

Almost correct, however the half you give someone would be classed as a tea or finger sandwich, not a whole one

lol, thats rubbish. A tea or finger sandwich? Its a butty. A sanger. A sarnie.

Get yer god-damned commie tea/finger sandwiches outta here!

 

[Trojan]

lol, thats rubbish.

Nah, saying that you suddenly have 2 sandwiches when you cut 1 in half is rubbish

I was just flicking through google for what you'd call portions of a sandwich and it seems that a tea sandwich is the most commonly used name. Hence this:

Being a tray of tea sandwiches, not a tray of sandwichs

 

[Mr_L]

lol If someone gave me one of those and said 'I've made you a sandwich' I'd cry.

 

[Whitewater]

That's a nice plate of sandwiches, all quartered I see