Is a hot dog a sandwich?

[Sammy Sofa]

It's it's own thing. It's almost a hot sub due to the type of bread.

[Sammy Sofa]

Son, we are into some deep philosophical [expletive] here; don't be breaking out definitions like this is the intro to a failing thesis statement.

[Guest]

It's it's own thing. It's almost a hot sub due to the type of bread.

 

ok and a hot sub is a sandwich

[Sammy Sofa]

No, it's a sub.

 

Maybe we can meet saying that they are all on branches of the same food tree, but they are each distinct enough to be their own entity.

[Guest]

No, it's a sub.

 

Maybe we can meet saying that they are all on branches of the same food tree, but they are each distinct enough to be their own entity.

what the HELL?

 

a sub is most definitely a sandwich

 

you're off the handle now

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If you asked every person in the world to draw five sandwiches, would any of the resulting 30 billion pictures be a hot dog?

 

Nope. QED

[SouthSideRyan]

Well, you're projecting your unreasonably broad sandwich determination.

 

You go to a burger place you're not expecting sandwiches.

 

You go to a hot dog stand you're not getting sandwiches.

 

Even if one includes burritos, it's not like you can show up at a burrito place and get a ham and cheese burrito or a salami burrito or a BLT burrito or a tuna burrito.

 

They are their own entities. Embrace variety.

 

What about a grilled cheese place? They exist, therefore a grilled cheese is not a sandwich.

 

 

 

also, most burger joints I know also offer other sandwiches and the only "hot dog" place I would go to would have Italian beefs as well.

 

And Italian beef is not a sandwich, and most burger joints I know offered incorrectly named "chicken sandwiches" as alternatives, but those are actually chicken burgers.

 

WHAT

 

Absurd

[Guest]

Absurd

 

even more absurd was the explanation that followed that what makes it not a sandwich is that it's almost like a hot sub.

[SouthSideRyan]

No, it's a sub.

 

Maybe we can meet saying that they are all on branches of the same food tree, but they are each distinct enough to be their own entity.

 

It's not a Ham and Cheese sandwich, it's a ham and cheese.

[SouthSideRyan]

Apparently the only thing that constitutes a sandwich to mojo is one type of meat on wonder bread.

[Sammy Sofa]

No, it's a sub.

 

Maybe we can meet saying that they are all on branches of the same food tree, but they are each distinct enough to be their own entity.

what the HELL?

 

a sub is most definitely a sandwich

 

you're off the handle now

 

It's too different from a classic sandwich to be a true sandwich. You have a better argument that a hamburger is more like a "real sandwich" than a sub is. The structure of the sub, and specifically that it's NOT on two even slices of bread, makes it something different. It's a whole other animal based on what you can do with it and what people put into it vs. a traditional sandwich.

 

Embrace variety.

[Sammy Sofa]

No, it's a sub.

 

Maybe we can meet saying that they are all on branches of the same food tree, but they are each distinct enough to be their own entity.

 

It's not a Ham and Cheese sandwich, it's a ham and cheese.

 

No, it's a ham and cheese sandwich. The "sandwich" is often left off because it's just understood you're getting a sandwich. If you ordered a "ham & cheese" or a "ham & cheese sandwich" from a place with a ham & cheese sandwich on the menu you're getting that ham & cheese sandwich. You order a "hot dog sandwich" from anywhere and you're getting some weird looks.

 

I really do love how much this busts up some people's brains. It's totally going just like this:

 

[Guest]

what's even more absurd about this is that a hamburger and hotdog could be eaten as meals without bread and therefore it makes more sense to reference the sandwich component

 

 

when i was a kid in elementary school i think they actually referenced the bun on the lunch menu

 

"hot dog on a bun" "cheeseburger on a bun"

[Sammy Sofa]

I'd like to think they did that as reassurance, since hot dogs or hamburgers on sliced bread are indeed legitimate reasons for school uprisings.

[Guest]

I'd like to think they did that as reassurance, since hot dogs or hamburgers on sliced bread are indeed legitimate reasons for school uprisings.

 

you really must not like patty melts

 

also, are they sandwiches?

[Derwood]

Apparently the only thing that constitutes a sandwich to mojo is one type of meat on wonder bread.

 

Liverwurst, probably

[Sammy Sofa]

Man, I do not like patty melts; way too greasy. My stomach will be doing somersaults afterwards every time.

 

But yeah, I'd say they were sandwiches. Deeply flawed sandwiches that shouldn't exist, but yeah, sandwiches.

[Guest]

Man, I do not like patty melts; way too greasy. My stomach will be doing somersaults afterwards every time.

 

But yeah, I'd say they were sandwiches. Deeply flawed sandwiches that shouldn't exist, but yeah, sandwiches.

 

not even frisco melts?

[Guest]

this conversation just reminded me of when i was like in first grade in the lunch line and i didn't like that day's offering, so asked for one of the backup items...

 

i thought all sliced sandwich meat was just called ham, so i asked for the ham sandwich. adam sandler style lunch lady was all like WE DONT HAVE HAM HERE

 

i'm like uh what do you mean i see that one right there.

 

THATS BOLOGNA

 

i'm like oh, ok. i'm 6 what are you talking about right now? yeah, that.

[SouthSideRyan]

Man, I do not like patty melts; way too greasy. My stomach will be doing somersaults afterwards every time.

 

But yeah, I'd say they were sandwiches. Deeply flawed sandwiches that shouldn't exist, but yeah, sandwiches.

 

This makes no sense.

 

A McRib sandwich is just a McRib. A sub sandwich is just a sub. An Italian beef sandwich is just an Italian Beef.

 

But a Patty Melt. No, that's a Patty Melt Sandwich.

[SouthSideRyan]

this conversation just reminded me of when i was like in first grade in the lunch line and i didn't like that day's offering, so asked for one of the backup items...

 

i thought all sliced sandwich meat was just called ham, so i asked for the ham sandwich. adam sandler style lunch lady was all like WE DONT HAVE HAM HERE

 

i'm like uh what do you mean i see that one right there.

 

THATS BOLOGNA

 

i'm like oh, ok. i'm 6 what are you talking about right now? yeah, that.

 

6 year olds should know what bologna is. She was right to yell at you.

[Sammy Sofa]

Man, I do not like patty melts; way too greasy. My stomach will be doing somersaults afterwards every time.

 

But yeah, I'd say they were sandwiches. Deeply flawed sandwiches that shouldn't exist, but yeah, sandwiches.

 

not even frisco melts?

 

Never had one, but I will try anything at least once.

[Sammy Sofa]

Man, I do not like patty melts; way too greasy. My stomach will be doing somersaults afterwards every time.

 

But yeah, I'd say they were sandwiches. Deeply flawed sandwiches that shouldn't exist, but yeah, sandwiches.

 

This makes no sense.

 

A McRib sandwich is just a McRib. A sub sandwich is just a sub. An Italian beef sandwich is just an Italian Beef.

 

But a Patty Melt. No, that's a Patty Melt Sandwich.

 

Deeply flawed sandwich; it ultimately gets to be a sandwich because it is on evenly sliced bread, but that key component is also its flaw as the bread cannot structurally support the whole thing. The other three aren't sandwiches because of what type of bread they have/need.

Edited October 1, 2014 by Sammy Sofa

[Guest]

this conversation just reminded me of when i was like in first grade in the lunch line and i didn't like that day's offering, so asked for one of the backup items...

 

i thought all sliced sandwich meat was just called ham, so i asked for the ham sandwich. adam sandler style lunch lady was all like WE DONT HAVE HAM HERE

 

i'm like uh what do you mean i see that one right there.

 

THATS BOLOGNA

 

i'm like oh, ok. i'm 6 what are you talking about right now? yeah, that.

 

6 year olds should know what bologna is. She was right to yell at you.

 

i was a sheltered child

 

i also barely spoke english at home until i was 4 or 5ish. and i'm not sure if we ever had bologna in the house, but i don't think so.

[jersey cubs fan]

Man, I do not like patty melts; way too greasy. My stomach will be doing somersaults afterwards every time.

 

But yeah, I'd say they were sandwiches. Deeply flawed sandwiches that shouldn't exist, but yeah, sandwiches.

 

This makes no sense.

 

A McRib sandwich is just a McRib. A sub sandwich is just a sub. An Italian beef sandwich is just an Italian Beef.

 

But a Patty Melt. No, that's a Patty Melt Sandwich.

 

Deeply flawed sandwich; it ultimately gets to be a sandwich because it is on evenly sliced bread, but that key component is also its flaw as the bread cannot structurally support the whole thing.

WTF "evenly sliced"? nonsense