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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Barry Egan on January 20, 2015, 08:32:16 PM

Title: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Barry Egan on January 20, 2015, 08:32:16 PM
BONUS QUESTION:  is a hotdog a sandwich? 

Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Positive Touch on January 20, 2015, 08:35:08 PM
get a job
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Barry Egan on January 20, 2015, 08:38:14 PM
This was actually my big "water cooler" question at work today.  It got pretty heated.
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Steve Contra on January 20, 2015, 08:42:00 PM
Of course it's not.  I hoped anyone who disagreed was fired and will now have to scrounge in dumpsters for sandwiches and hamburgers.
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Steve Contra on January 20, 2015, 08:51:34 PM
If someone said they were serving sandwiches and you showed up and their were hamburgers would you feel they were all right or would you check to see if they were on a sex-offender database?
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Himu on January 20, 2015, 09:00:02 PM
Holy shit thought squiddy was unlepered
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Barry Egan on January 20, 2015, 09:09:10 PM
The majority of people I spoke with said that it was indeed a sandwich, citing Wikipedia (:yuck) and Burger King which uses titles like "Whopper Sandwich". 

I do think that technically it is a sandwich if you're using the definition "something edible placed between bread".  At the same time this definition allows for something like a hot dog to fall under the category of sandwich which is obviously absurd.
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: StealthFan on January 20, 2015, 09:11:15 PM
shit thread
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Himu on January 20, 2015, 09:19:19 PM
Burgers are sandwiches. How is this a debate? :gurl
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Barry Egan on January 20, 2015, 09:27:51 PM
Quote from: Queen of Ice on January 20, 2015, 09:19:19 PM
Burgers are sandwiches. How is this a debate? :gurl

See Contra's example above.  Similarly if someone asked you "what is your favorite sandwich?" And you said "a cheeseburger" you'd be considered a douche.
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Himu on January 20, 2015, 09:38:29 PM
Well, practically they are sandwiches. But they're so popular they are above sandwich classification.
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Barry Egan on January 20, 2015, 09:52:35 PM
I think part of the reason people categorize hamburgers/cheeseburgers separately is because it would simply be unfair to all other sandwiches if they were included. 
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 20, 2015, 10:08:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZCVUiaXhE
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: CatsCatsCats on January 20, 2015, 10:25:16 PM
How could you possibly not think it's a sandwich? Like, at all?
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: king of the internet on January 20, 2015, 10:57:26 PM
is a stack of three slices of bread a bread sandwich?  ???
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Barry Egan on January 20, 2015, 11:07:13 PM
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Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: CatsCatsCats on January 20, 2015, 11:22:02 PM
Define the quality that separates it from a sandwich :maf
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: TVC15 on January 20, 2015, 11:33:25 PM
Are open herpes sores better than Agents of Shield?
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: chronovore on January 21, 2015, 01:06:45 AM
Quote from: king of the internet on January 20, 2015, 10:57:26 PM
is a stack of three slices of bread a bread sandwich?  ???
Considering the goal of a sandwich is to be able to eat entree items without the use of knife and fork, and bread is never the main course, no. It is not a sandwich.

Also note that I'm using American English standard spelling of entree, not entrée, to avoid confusion about French cuisine naming and order of presentation.

/karakand
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 21, 2015, 01:11:08 AM
This wouldn't even be a question if we didn't redefine the traditional meaning of marriage.
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: nudemacusers on January 21, 2015, 02:10:57 AM
gays probably don't eat sandwiches due to carbs anyway  :yuck
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: sarslip on January 21, 2015, 09:12:20 AM
of course not.  cause then it would be called a ham sandwich, which would be demonstrably false.
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on January 21, 2015, 09:18:04 AM
Quote from: nudemacusers on January 21, 2015, 02:10:57 AM
gays probably don't eat sandwiches due to carbs anyway  :yuck

Does your wife know about your homosexual tendencies sir?

Is it like hidden from view or are you full bore MW4MMMMM on craigslist by now?
Title: Re: Is a hamburger a sandwich?
Post by: ToxicAdam on January 21, 2015, 11:46:12 AM
I'm not sure mass-produced buns count as bread. So, I voted Mupepe.