# Sandwiches nobody eats anymore

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [December 16, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714 "2024-12-16T16:38:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/402 "2025-03-01T06:44:27Z")

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> [@brachyrhynchos](#):
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> they used to toss change into a ceiling lamp, and when they had enough money, collect the change and go get chop suey sandwiches

Today that ceiling lamp, and pieces of the ceiling itself, would probably crash to floor before there was enough change to buy any kind of sandwiches, anywhere.

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**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/403 "2025-03-02T11:59:09Z")

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No kidding. If a loaf of bread cost a dime back then, the ceiling lamp now would need to be ballroom-sized.

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