# Do you cut your sandwich horizontally, vertically, diagonally, other, or not at all? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826 "2005-08-20T00:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/1 "2005-08-20T00:09:28Z")
I cut mine diagonally. Even if it’s on a sub roll, I cut it at an angle. It just looks bigger and better. How do you cut your sammich? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/2 "2005-08-20T00:13:19Z")
Diagonally. Excepts subs, then it’s vertically. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/3 "2005-08-20T00:14:20Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Diagonally. Excepts subs, then it’s vertically. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/4 "2005-08-20T00:16:49Z")
I cut mine at a thirty degree angle ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/5 "2005-08-20T01:12:18Z")
Diagonally. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/6 "2005-08-20T01:48:13Z")
Vertically ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/7 "2005-08-20T01:55:46Z")
I cut grilled cheese sammiches diagonally, other kinds don’t get cut. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/8 "2005-08-20T02:03:09Z")
I never cut any of them. What’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/9 "2005-08-20T02:03:23Z")
Vertically ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/10 "2005-08-20T02:17:47Z")
Diagonally. Diagonally!! There are few subjects which I feel quite as strongly about. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/11 "2005-08-20T02:19:15Z")
I don’t cut at all. My SO insists that his be cut, so he does it himself (diagonally, I think.) Now my oldest son insists that his be cut too, but I only make him half a sanwich, so I fold it diagonally and he doesn’t notice the difference. (My only complaint is that when my SO cuts, say, a grilled cheese sandwich, that’s one more knife for me to wash. I already have quite enough dishes to wash. So now he washes his own sandwich-cutting knives. Peace regained.) ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/12 "2005-08-20T02:20:04Z")
I don’t cut them anymore, but I used to cut them diagonally. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/13 "2005-08-20T02:28:42Z")
Diagonally. It’s just the right way. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/14 "2005-08-20T02:32:16Z")
Diagonally. It seems easier to eat that way. You know, because the pointy ends are small and can fit in my mouth easier. I don’t know, that’s my logic anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/15 "2005-08-20T02:45:46Z")
I don’t cut them. They fall apart when you eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/16 "2005-08-20T03:00:54Z")
Diagonally, but not right on the corners. I start the cut about 3/4 an inch away from one corner. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/17 "2005-08-20T03:17:33Z")
Diagonally, or not at all. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/18 "2005-08-20T03:18:58Z")
Vertically, straight down the centre–unless it’s a kaiser or a baguette, in which case it gets lopped in half through the middle. All you other people are just nuts. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/19 "2005-08-20T03:20:27Z")
I don’t cut them either. Generally, I just bite into them from the sides. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826/20 "2005-08-20T03:25:01Z")
Diagonally. Any other way is just to cretinous. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cut-your-sandwich-horizontally-vertically-diagonally-other-or-not-at-all/317826.md?page=2)