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It has to be the bread. A sandwich is defined as two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair. The bread (or the like) is the constant, whereas the innards are variables based on individual preference. Although you can't have a sandwich without both bread and innards, a sandwich requires the presence of bread no matter what. I could place a piece of cardboard between two slices of rye and call it a sandwich, yet cannot place said cardboard between two slices of olive loaf and call it the same. The bread wins hands down.
@Matthew: Sir, I disagree. If I say the words "cardboard sandwich on rye," you immediately think of a piece of cardboard between two slices of bread. DO NOT JUDGE THE SANDWICH INNARDS OF OTHERS, SIR!
Fair point but I see you did not subconsciously think to form an opinion on whether or not cardboard between two slices of olive loaf could be considered a sandwich. Your subconscious is telling you that you needed to decide if the first option was a sandwich, but automatically told you the second was not. Therefore the inclusion of bread is what's most important.
Did I at least sound intelligent as I was talking out of my ass?
Now you are getting into Neal Stephenson territory.
What do you put on your innards sandwich.
it's an important question and unfortunately Plato 's editor made him drop that chapter from The Republic, fortunately it was a favorite for monks to copy so we know this now. What has been lost is his thoughts on bean-less chili but I think we can extrapolate on the balance of sandwich and say he would have come down on this as being only meat soup.
How do you put the bread in a sandwich alongside meat? Isn't that a sandwich 'inside' a sandwich? Mmmm..
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It has to be the bread. A sandwich is defined as two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair. The bread (or the like) is the constant, whereas the innards are variables based on individual preference. Although you can't have a sandwich without both bread and innards, a sandwich requires the presence of bread no matter what. I could place a piece of cardboard between two slices of rye and call it a sandwich, yet cannot place said cardboard between two slices of olive loaf and call it the same. The bread wins hands down.
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@Matthew: Sir, I disagree. If I say the words "cardboard sandwich on rye," you immediately think of a piece of cardboard between two slices of bread. DO NOT JUDGE THE SANDWICH INNARDS OF OTHERS, SIR!
Fair point but I see you did not subconsciously think to form an opinion on whether or not cardboard between two slices of olive loaf could be considered a sandwich. Your subconscious is telling you that you needed to decide if the first option was a sandwich, but automatically told you the second was not. Therefore the inclusion of bread is what's most important. Did I at least sound intelligent as I was talking out of my ass?
Now you are getting into Neal Stephenson territory.
What do you put on your innards sandwich.
it's an important question and unfortunately Plato 's editor made him drop that chapter from The Republic, fortunately it was a favorite for monks to copy so we know this now. What has been lost is his thoughts on bean-less chili but I think we can extrapolate on the balance of sandwich and say he would have come down on this as being only meat soup.
How do you put the bread in a sandwich alongside meat? Isn't that a sandwich 'inside' a sandwich? Mmmm..
