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Things I spend too long thinking about

tricky
27 Apr 2023
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    Nottingham_Florist
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    28 Apr 2023, 4:06 p.m. 28 Apr 2023, 4:06 p.m.
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    @Andyp has written:
    @Nottingham_Florist has written:

    If I use two slices of bread to make a sandwich and cut it diagonally in half, how many sandwiches do I have?

    Two halves of a sandwich. If you cut two slices of bread diagonally then make sanwiches out of the four halves of bread you have two sandwiches. I think

    Mind. Blown.

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    Charlie
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    28 Apr 2023, 7:34 p.m. 28 Apr 2023, 7:34 p.m.
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    One round?

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    noodle
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    29 Apr 2023, 12:54 a.m. 29 Apr 2023, 12:54 a.m.
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    If you put a burger between two slices of bread, then is it a sandwich?

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    Mangetout
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    29 Apr 2023, 1:30 a.m. 29 Apr 2023, 1:30 a.m.
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    @noodle has written:

    If you put a burger between two slices of bread, then is it a sandwich?

    Yes.
    A sliced loaf of bread is also a sandwich.

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    Loafer
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    29 Apr 2023, 7:47 a.m. 29 Apr 2023, 7:47 a.m.
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    Did Tricky let RichB back onto the old board to hasten it's demise by pissing off the lingering holdouts? The wily old goat.

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    tricky
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    29 Apr 2023, 8:19 a.m. 29 Apr 2023, 8:19 a.m.
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    You credit me with too much intelligence.

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    Joanna
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    1 May 2023, 9:09 a.m. 1 May 2023, 9:09 a.m.
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    @Nottingham_Florist has written:
    @Andyp has written:
    @Nottingham_Florist has written:

    If I use two slices of bread to make a sandwich and cut it diagonally in half, how many sandwiches do I have?

    Two halves of a sandwich. If you cut two slices of bread diagonally then make sanwiches out of the four halves of bread you have two sandwiches. I think

    Mind. Blown.

    According to the kids and teenagers at work (and we all know Gen Z are the experts in everything) two slices of bread make one sandwich, cut it in half and it's half a sandwich.

    Anything not made with slices of bread has it's own name and therfore is not called a sandwich (ie hotdogs, burgers etc) but it is possible to have a burger sandwich.

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    NorfolkRed
    Squad 197 posts
    1 May 2023, 5:36 p.m. 1 May 2023, 5:36 p.m.
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    @Joanna has written:
    @Nottingham_Florist has written:
    @Andyp has written:
    @Nottingham_Florist has written:

    If I use two slices of bread to make a sandwich and cut it diagonally in half, how many sandwiches do I have?

    Two halves of a sandwich. If you cut two slices of bread diagonally then make sanwiches out of the four halves of bread you have two sandwiches. I think

    Mind. Blown.

    According to the kids and teenagers at work (and we all know Gen Z are the experts in everything) two slices of bread make one sandwich, cut it in half and it's half a sandwich.

    Anything not made with slices of bread has it's own name and therfore is not called a sandwich (ie hotdogs, burgers etc) but it is possible to have a burger sandwich.

    I'm not convinced. That may work for yer homemade sandwich, or even yer shop-bought sandwich in a triangular package. But what about the buffet situation? If you put one triangular egg and cress, one cheese and pickle, and one smoked salmon and cream cheese on the same plate, and take them back to your table, how many sandwiches have you got? 1.5? No, surely you have three sandwiches. Context is everything.

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    tricky
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    1 May 2023, 6:03 p.m. 1 May 2023, 6:03 p.m.
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    I suspect that a satisfactory definition is going to prove as elusive as for the 'curry'.

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    podnli
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    1 May 2023, 7:02 p.m. 1 May 2023, 7:02 p.m.
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    @tricky has written:

    I suspect that a satisfactory definition is going to prove as elusive as for the 'curry'.

    (I think) I made curry for tea - with accompanying dal/daal/dhal and a bit of lime pickle.

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    Russ
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    1 May 2023, 7:15 p.m. 1 May 2023, 7:15 p.m.
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    I'm with Florist on this. Each individual sandwich is a sandwich. Cut one sandwich in half and you have two sandwiches.

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    Guru
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    1 May 2023, 10:49 p.m. 1 May 2023, 10:49 p.m.
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    What about this?

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    tricky
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    1 May 2023, 10:51 p.m. 1 May 2023, 10:51 p.m.
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    That's a sandwich.

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    Russ
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    1 May 2023, 10:56 p.m. 1 May 2023, 10:56 p.m.
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    It's three sandwiches.

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    tricky
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    1 May 2023, 11:05 p.m. 1 May 2023, 11:05 p.m.
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    It's a sandwich. Cut into three bits.

    You can't break the universal laws of conservation of sandwich...you don't make more just by splitting the sandwich.

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    Russ
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    1 May 2023, 11:13 p.m. 1 May 2023, 11:13 p.m.
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    @tricky has written:

    It's a sandwich. Cut into three bits.

    You can't break the universal laws of conservation of sandwich...you don't make more just by splitting the sandwich.

    Of course you do. A sandwich is not a specific measure of size or mass or volume.

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