FabSwingers.com forum: How do you cut a sandwich

By (user no longer on site) OP
18 weeks ago

How do you all cut a sandwich...for me I half it down the middle. No need for fancy diagonals.

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By *elloWoman
18 weeks ago

alpha centauri

If you don't cut your sandwich in to triangles you are a psychopath.

Cutting into squares makes all the flavour of the sandwich disappear.

Oh unless it's an afternoon tea then by law sandwiches have to be cut into fingers, never triangles or squares or it is classed as treason and you receive lifetime prison time.

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By *rsPricklePantsWoman
18 weeks ago

Room 237 at The Overlook Hotel, Suffolk

Depends on my mood really to what angle I cut a sandwich at and how many pieces I cut it into

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By *hu28Man
18 weeks ago

beltast

Has to be cut into 2 rectangles I think lol

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By *exyScientistsCouple
18 weeks ago

Castlebar

What fancy pants people eat triangular sandwiches?? I cut them in half.

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By *llywalesWoman
18 weeks ago

Fold, no cutting involved.

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By *aybeLadyWoman
18 weeks ago

West Dublin

Diagonal 99% of the time.

Into 4 triangles the odd time, dont ask me why! 🤦‍♀️😅

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By *ackDorianMan
18 weeks ago

ashford

Diagonal, 100% of the time

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By (user no longer on site)
18 weeks ago

I don't bother cutting them, just eat them as two whole slices with a filling in-between them.

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By *issLickalottapusWoman
18 weeks ago

La La Land

You cut the sandwich?

I eat it whole

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
18 weeks ago

Leeds

"How do you all cut a sandwich...for me I half it down the middle. No need for fancy diagonals. "

With the knife I used to butter it, and just a no nonsense straight in half, thus creating two rectangles, both with a different style of crust.

The mr

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By *utdoorfun7474Couple
18 weeks ago

armagh

In the morning

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By *nceagain1982Man
18 weeks ago

Lincoln

Down the middle into rectangles, unless it's a special occasion or I'm feeling "posh".

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By *ilbzMan
18 weeks ago

Swindon Wiltshire

Depends on the occasion, straight across or council house as its known in our household, if its just for me. Diagonally (or posh) if friends are round

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By *ustincider888Man
18 weeks ago

Preston Ish

"How do you all cut a sandwich...for me I half it down the middle. No need for fancy diagonals.

With the knife I used to butter it, and just a no nonsense straight in half, thus creating two rectangles, both with a different style of crust.

The mr "

Unless you accidentally put the knife you buttered the bread with in the sink.

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By *ornucopiaMan
18 weeks ago

Bexley

Nothing worse than a sausage sandwich cut diagonally.

They do that in a local supermarket cafe so I ask for it in a roll instead.

Otherwise you end up with it filled with irregular lengths of sausage bits.

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By *carlettsWoman
18 weeks ago

Harpenden

Mirror cut unless toasted sarnie then diagonal

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By *rafter69Man
18 weeks ago

upminster

Right down the middle.

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By *BWLOVER1965Man
18 weeks ago

Ipswich

Baguette in half with copious ammounts of bacon hp sauce with coffee

Sandwich in two triangles

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By *olden RatioWoman
18 weeks ago

Buckinghamshire

Square then diagonal, to create a star.

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By *ovechix69Man
18 weeks ago

Northumberland

Could do with a bacon sandwich now

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan
18 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff

In my humble opinion, a simple diagonal slice, producing two perfect triangles, is the only correct way to cut a sandwich. Triangles are just more interesting and aesthetically pleasing than boring old squares or rectangles. Imagine a Bacon Lettuce and Tomato sandwich cut into two rectangles. Now imagine that same BLT cut into two beautiful triangles, elegantly stacked, bursting with flavour and colour. There's a clear winner here, and it's shaped like a pyramid.

Diagonally sliced sandwiches don't just look better; they taste better too. For one thing, the diagonal cut reveals more of the sandwich's wonderful fillings. The sight of that crispy bacon, ooey-gooey cheese, crunchy lettuce, creamy mayo, or whatever deliciousness you've packed between the two slices of bread primes your senses for an optimal tasting experience before you've even taken the first bite.

The benefits don't stop once you've bitten in. The diagonal cut makes the sandwich more accessible and therefore more pleasurable to consume (although I agree with the logic Sausage sandwiches should avoid the triangular cut). Otherwise, triangles are just easier to fit in your pie-hole because you can start at the corners and work your way in. Beyond the previously discussed aesthetic advantages, this may be why most shops slice sandwiches in triangles — when eating in public, it's much easier to look graceful eating a sandwich triangle than a rectangle. You might even escape without getting condiments on your face!

Crust is probably one of the most controversial sandwich components. Some people swear it's the best part and others won't touch a slice of bread that hasn't been surgically decrusted. Personally, I'm a crust eater. But no matter where you stand on the great crust debate, slicing your sandwich diagonally will result in a superior eating experience.

Cutting a sandwich diagonally results in more crust-free surface area than if it is cut into rectangles. If you're a crust hater, it's just easier (and way less messy) to eat only the crust-free insides of triangle sandwich halves. And if you are a crust lover, it's easier to isolate the crust and eat it in one long, deliciously crusty strip.

No matter how you slice it, the superior way to cut a sandwich is clearly diagonally. Of course, people can do whatever they want with their own sandwiches. But I'll be over here enjoying perfect sarnie triangles (the correct way).

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan
18 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff

...and yes, I stole that off the Internet and edited it a bit! 😬

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By *obilebottomMan
18 weeks ago

All over

Place on the sandwhich chopping board (remember to pick the correct one) and then proceed to carefully cut the crust off, then three cuts down and three across thus creating 9 perfectly formed little squares. Secure each piece with a toothpick, wooden ones are fine if no silver ones are available. Arrange gingerly on an appropriately selected china plate and enjoy with a cup of your favourite tea like lapsang souchong which as we all know originates frilim Tongmu Village in the Fujian province of China and one of the first to ever being ptoduced. Darjeeling is also another one you may consider which of course comes from the eponymous region in the state of West Bengal, India which is nestled within the foothills of the Himalayas. I hope this helps. Enjoy!

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By *carlettsWoman
18 weeks ago

Harpenden

"...and yes, I stole that off the Internet and edited it a bit! 😬"

I did think wow this guy really needs to get out more

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan
18 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff

"...and yes, I stole that off the Internet and edited it a bit! 😬

I did think wow this guy really needs to get out more

...where we going?

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By *vonne5exMan
18 weeks ago

Doncaster

With a knife!!!

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By *carlettsWoman
18 weeks ago

Harpenden

"...and yes, I stole that off the Internet and edited it a bit! 😬

I did think wow this guy really needs to get out more

...where we going?"

Somewhere posh for afternoon tea and diagonal cut sandwiches

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By *ripfillMan
18 weeks ago

Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Havant

Wash your hands ! - I don’t cut them - make the sandwich to be held in two hands at first with a paper kitchen roll round it to stop bits falling out, on the exposed bit let your teeth do the cutting !

Door stop sandwiches are the best … ( at home )

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By *arried curious guyMan
18 weeks ago

Motherwell

This is the craziest post I have ever seen

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By (user no longer on site)
18 weeks ago

"If you don't cut your sandwich in to triangles you are a psychopath.

Cutting into squares makes all the flavour of the sandwich disappear.

Oh unless it's an afternoon tea then by law sandwiches have to be cut into fingers, never triangles or squares or it is classed as treason and you receive lifetime prison time.

Ah, then I must be a psychopath. A surprisingly emotional one who’s crap at

manipulating people.

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By *olinOfBathMan
18 weeks ago

Corsham

"If you don't cut your sandwich in to triangles you are a psychopath.

Cutting into squares makes all the flavour of the sandwich disappear.

Oh unless it's an afternoon tea then by law sandwiches have to be cut into fingers, never triangles or squares or it is classed as treason and you receive lifetime prison time.

Exactly this, but teatime sandwiches should also have crusts removed.

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By *iscreetfunin24Man
18 weeks ago

Halesowen

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By *herest KhanMan
18 weeks ago

The Jungle

For me it all depends on what's in the sandwich.

If i put sausages in it then I'm not cutting in the same direction as them as they'll fall out.

Simple ham and cheese sandwich - that's a rectangle. What notions to have a triangular ham sandwich

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By *midnight-Woman
18 weeks ago

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Down the middle - crust to one side, bottom to the other.

I hate triangle sandwiches - the filling falls out because there isn't enough structure to hold it in place

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By *9alMan
18 weeks ago

Bridgend

"If you don't cut your sandwich in to triangles you are a psychopath.

Cutting into squares makes all the flavour of the sandwich disappear.

Oh unless it's an afternoon tea then by law sandwiches have to be cut into fingers, never triangles or squares or it is classed as treason and you receive lifetime prison time.

Ah, then I must be a psychopath. A surprisingly emotional one who’s crap at

manipulating people."

by that definition I am also a psychopath now I realise why I get those funny looks when I get my sandwiches out at work

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By *cott14Man
18 weeks ago

Essex

Diagonally making two perfect triangles. Anything else is for utter lunatics

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By *Silver-Man
18 weeks ago

North Wales

I don't cut them

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By *teveanddebsCouple
18 weeks ago

Norwich

At whatever angle the knife falls on it.

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By *abtastic Mr FoxMan
18 weeks ago

A den in the Glen

Triple decker triangle cut

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By *emma200Woman
18 weeks ago

Warwickshire

It actually depends on the mood.. usually it’s straight down the middle .. however If it’s diagonally I can get more in my gob in one go

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By *abtastic Mr FoxMan
18 weeks ago

A den in the Glen

"It actually depends on the mood.. usually it’s straight down the middle .. however If it’s diagonally I can get more in my gob in one go "

Yep. Particularly that first bite at the end. Tell me you go for the end first so you don't look like the Joker if you go for a big first bite from the middle!

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By *emma200Woman
18 weeks ago

Warwickshire

"It actually depends on the mood.. usually it’s straight down the middle .. however If it’s diagonally I can get more in my gob in one go

Yep. Particularly that first bite at the end. Tell me you go for the end first so you don't look like the Joker if you go for a big first bite from the middle! "

Usually yeah, I can probably clear half going in on that angel … now on a rookie day..straight for the middle 😂

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By *ife NinjaMan
18 weeks ago

Dunfermline

Corner to corner. I find it easier to eat 🤓

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
18 weeks ago

Chichester

I shove it all in no need to waste time cutting

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By *midnight-Woman
18 weeks ago

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Oh no, the OP lost their sandwich

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By *abtastic Mr FoxMan
18 weeks ago

A den in the Glen

"It actually depends on the mood.. usually it’s straight down the middle .. however If it’s diagonally I can get more in my gob in one go

Yep. Particularly that first bite at the end. Tell me you go for the end first so you don't look like the Joker if you go for a big first bite from the middle!

Usually yeah, I can probably clear half going in on that angel … now on a rookie day..straight for the middle 😂"

But never chancing the Coronation Chicken unless you're hard core

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By *emma200Woman
18 weeks ago

Warwickshire

"It actually depends on the mood.. usually it’s straight down the middle .. however If it’s diagonally I can get more in my gob in one go

Yep. Particularly that first bite at the end. Tell me you go for the end first so you don't look like the Joker if you go for a big first bite from the middle!

Usually yeah, I can probably clear half going in on that angel … now on a rookie day..straight for the middle 😂

But never chancing the Coronation Chicken unless you're hard core"

I can confirm.. I am not

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By *vaRoseWoman
18 weeks ago

Ankh-Morpork

Dinosaur cookie cutter is the only acceptable answer

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By *rpeggioCouple
18 weeks ago

Baughurst

I must be doing something wrong. I cut it through the middle and I end up with the same two slices of bread that I started with

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
18 weeks ago

Glasgow / London

I use my chainsaw. But then, my sandwiches are hefty things.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
18 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

This is an interesting question, for some reason that I cannot explain, when I make my sandwiches for work every day, I cut corner to corner, but when I make a sandwich to eat at home I always just cut it in half, making two rectangles, this disparity in construction has puzzled me for some time.

Good thread OP, shame you didn’t stick around, perhaps he went for a sandwich.

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By *oonbath89Man
18 weeks ago

radstock

Hear me out if you cut is diagonally you feel like you have more sandwich than if you cut it across

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
18 weeks ago

East Sussex

"If you don't cut your sandwich in to triangles you are a psychopath.

Cutting into squares makes all the flavour of the sandwich disappear.

Oh unless it's an afternoon tea then by law sandwiches have to be cut into fingers, never triangles or squares or it is classed as treason and you receive lifetime prison time.

Someone else got the memo and actually read it. 🥳

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By *eeman1200Man
18 weeks ago

Paulton Nr Bristol

With a knife

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By *arrenhertsmanMan
18 weeks ago

Hatfield

I use my wit

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By *elloWoman
18 weeks ago

alpha centauri

"...and yes, I stole that off the Internet and edited it a bit! 😬"

Oh man!! Why did you admit that, I just got all hot and hungry for you and your sandwich philosophy.

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By *inkywife1981Couple
18 weeks ago

A town near you

Always at the angle

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By *ouble-SidedCouple
18 weeks ago

Voldsøy

"Dinosaur cookie cutter is the only acceptable answer "

I was gonna go with a 'Mickey Mouse hand' shaped cutter. There was a time our now 5yo would only accept his toast/sandwich this way 😅

I prefer a horizontally cut rectangle. Mr is an animal, and often doesn't bother to cut his.

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By *rincipessaWoman
18 weeks ago

your wildest dreams,

I like triangles, but some things don’t work cut into triangles. Crisps fall out of triangle cut sandwiches. Can’t be having that

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By *arrenhertsmanMan
18 weeks ago

Hatfield

big triangles…. I love big triangles

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
18 weeks ago

The bottom of the River Ankh

"How do you all cut a sandwich...for me I half it down the middle. No need for fancy diagonals. "

With a knife I find works best 🤣

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By *ad NannaWoman
18 weeks ago

East London

"For me it all depends on what's in the sandwich.

If i put sausages in it then I'm not cutting in the same direction as them as they'll fall out.

Simple ham and cheese sandwich - that's a rectangle. What notions to have a triangular ham sandwich

Exactly. It all depends what's in said sandwich.

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By *ikesEmBigMan
18 weeks ago

Herts

"How do you all cut a sandwich...for me I half it down the middle. No need for fancy diagonals. "

Just don't cut off the crusts. That's just weird

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan
18 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff

"...and yes, I stole that off the Internet and edited it a bit! 😬

Oh man!! Why did you admit that, I just got all hot and hungry for you and your sandwich philosophy."

God Damn my honesty!! 😤

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By *olarbear73Man
18 weeks ago

Glasgow

Whatever way you need to to avoid cutting the gherkins in half

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By *itty9899Man
18 weeks ago

Craggy Island

I don't cut it.

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By (user no longer on site)
18 weeks ago

h can’t remember the last time he had a sarnie

bagel all the way

proper modern fella

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By *lubchuckerMan
18 weeks ago

Oxfordshire

I only cut them up posh if the vicar's coming for tea other than that i just eat as is heathen style

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By *enelope2UWoman
18 weeks ago

Doesn't matter cant block distances

Only diagonal!!

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By *evensnipeMan
18 weeks ago

Dinbych

How do I cut a sandwich......

Very carefully.

Most importantly is to not crush the bread and the ingredients.

Always use a very sharp long knife, gently place the long knife blade gently on the bread with the knife handle right on the edge of the bread. place the other hand gently over the knife blade and bread holding the bread gently by the crust without exerting any downward pressure and then in a single wiping motion pull the knife towards you very gently putting a little pressure on the knife blade as it cuts through sandwich in one single continuous motion. NEVER CUT ANY SANDWICH USING A SAWING MOTION. You will destroy the aeration in/of the sandwich

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By *ucka39Man
18 weeks ago

Newcastle

4 squares

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By *ooBulMan
18 weeks ago

SNottingham

1/2 & 1/4 it... I ain't got time to fuck about... I'm hungry!!!

Isn't that what everyone does???

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By *parkle1974Woman
18 weeks ago

Leeds

Cut of crusts then cut sandwich into 4

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By *upersonic SamMan
18 weeks ago

wigan

People cut sandwiches? Next you'll be telling me people put butter on the bread too, far too posh on here for me

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By *parkle1974Woman
18 weeks ago

Leeds

"People cut sandwiches? Next you'll be telling me people put butter on the bread too, far too posh on here for me

You mean you don't grease up your hot dog bun

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By *upersonic SamMan
18 weeks ago

wigan

"People cut sandwiches? Next you'll be telling me people put butter on the bread too, far too posh on here for me

You mean you don't grease up your hot dog bun

I grease up my hotdog, the bun is naturally moist

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By *ucka39Man
18 weeks ago

Newcastle

"Cut of crusts then cut sandwich into 4

Nibble nibble nibble 😂

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By *rHotNottsMan
18 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham

I generally don’t cut mine but if I’m making it for a woman I’ll cut into rectangle or triangle half’s or quarters, depending how feminine she is.

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By *erlinhgvMan
18 weeks ago

Liverpool / London

With a knife

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By *ony MannMan
18 weeks ago

South Newton

"If you don't cut your sandwich in to triangles you are a psychopath.

Cutting into squares makes all the flavour of the sandwich disappear.

Oh unless it's an afternoon tea then by law sandwiches have to be cut into fingers, never triangles or squares or it is classed as treason and you receive lifetime prison time.

Each portion of the sandwich must be mouth bite size, to bite a piece of is just not polite. The only banana that should not be broken into bite size is a nice hard man's banana.

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By *upersonic SamMan
18 weeks ago

wigan

"With a knife"

I cut mine with a crayon, bin the sandwich and then eat the crayon, blue is my favourite flavour crayon

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By *an8iMan
18 weeks ago

Bilston

Hang on I'll ask my wife

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By (user no longer on site)
18 weeks ago

"This is the craziest post I have ever seen"
Oh you've never had "Cocksnot Up The Fartpipe" then

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