# What sort of sandwiches do you like then?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 3, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424 "2016-06-03T20:32:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dunmurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/1 "2016-06-03T20:32:58Z")

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Well now I was just wondering if you like brown bread or white bread or margarine or butter and things like this? Anybody able to tell me more about what fillings and things you like then?

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/2 "2016-06-03T21:14:32Z")

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I like things like this.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/3 "2016-06-03T21:33:38Z")

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Why not now? Why wait til then?

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/4 "2016-06-03T21:39:42Z")

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First of all, if you start with American White Bread, you have no chance. Even if it has brown food coloring in it to make it look like whole wheat.

But given that condition, I’d go with leftover cold holiday turkey, mayonnaise, lettuce, and too much salt. With a glass of milk.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/5 "2016-06-03T22:01:13Z")

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Do you mean what kind DID I like then (when?), or what kind WILL I like then (when?)?

Many of your thread titles are ambiguous that way.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/6 "2016-06-03T22:14:04Z")

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It’s like someone said they hate sandwich sort X and the OP is saying “what sort of sandwich DO you like, then (weirdo)?” Except no one said the first part.

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/7 "2016-06-03T22:22:57Z")

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Which thing are you talking about? The first thing or the second thing?

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/8 "2016-06-03T22:33:35Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> It’s like someone said they hate sandwich sort X and the OP is saying “what sort of sandwich DO you like, then (weirdo)?” Except no one said the first part.

[http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2010/08/then.html](http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2010/08/then.html)

\<\<In the spoken part of the BNC, question-final then occurs nearly as much as statement/request-final then (since I’m just searching by punctuation, I can’t tell the difference between declarative and imperative sentences). For example (from BNC):

```
What pub is that then ?
So What about this then ?&gt;&gt;

```

I guess I have learned something new…this day hasn’t been a total waste, then.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/9 "2016-06-03T22:37:58Z")

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What’s all this, then?

**Grilled cheese** : potato bread (Italian will do); I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, spread sparingly; 2 or 3 slices of mild Cheddar cheese; some ham certainly couldn’t hurt (then it’s, of course, a grilled ham and cheese). Dip in ketchup :eek:.

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**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/10 "2016-06-04T00:54:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, spread sparingly

no no no. You have to use REAL butter on a grilled cheese. Applied liberally.

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**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/11 "2016-06-04T01:01:11Z")

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I can’t believe he ate I can’t Believe it’s Not Butter! :dubious:  
(Burpo would be a he, right? Burpa for a she?)

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/12 "2016-06-04T01:15:30Z")

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Mayo on a grilled cheese instead of butter! It browns very nicely.

StG

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/13 "2016-06-04T01:30:03Z")

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Yes, **burpo** is a he. The original **burpo** was a she. I’m confused, too.

I should have said “thinly” instead of “sparingly.”

I really expected villagers with torches and pitchforks re “Dip in ketchup.”

Hey, I like **Equal** over real sugar. I’m a mutant.

I like that mayo tip, **StGermain** , I’ll let y’know.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/14 "2016-06-04T01:38:51Z")

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Why is it impossible to starve if you’re lost in the desert? (Okay, that’s how I heard it, but more precisely it should be: Why is it unnecessary to starve if you’re ever lost in the desert?)

You can eat the sand which is there.(Source: I’m pretty sure I saw this in Highlight’s For Children when I was one myself.)

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/15 "2016-06-04T01:39:03Z")

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Yes to all. Like the [main sandwich man.](http://www.wisdomwoman.com/whatever/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dagwoodsandwich.jpg)

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/16 "2016-06-04T01:52:36Z")

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[Homer and Mr. Burns are playing golf; Homer is in a sand trap]

Mr. Burns: For god sakes, man. Use an open-faced club. The sand wedge.

Homer: Mmmmm… open-faced club sandwich.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/17 "2016-06-04T02:16:06Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> I like things like this.

Did you ever notice that gigi likes things like this \<------

and ludovic likes things like this ------\> ?

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/18 "2016-06-04T02:45:39Z")

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BLT on toasted white with a splodge of mayo.

Runner-up: Turkey club, but only from a diner 'cause I’m too lazy to make one myself.

The classics are the best, er, then.

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**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/19 "2016-06-04T03:14:56Z")

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I’m thinking the OP is unabashedly English. Putting “then” at the end of a sentence is merely their way of indicating, “That’s a question, mate…” At any rate, I like a big stack of capicola with Provolone on a potato roll.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/20 "2016-06-04T03:44:27Z")

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Yo, Dunmurry! Y’wanna get back over here and explain yerse’f, then?

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