NationStates Jolt Archive


Judge declares burrito is not a sandwich!

The Black Forrest
13-11-2006, 03:05
For once it's not in California! :p

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_fe_st/burrito_or_sandwich_2
Intra-Muros
13-11-2006, 03:10
Of course the burrito isn't a sandwich.
Panera of all companies should have known that..
Lunatic Goofballs
13-11-2006, 03:11
Calling a burrito a sandwich is an insult to burritos! Burritos > Sandwiches! :)
Alablablania
13-11-2006, 03:16
we need a mathematical proof saying that a burrito != sandwich.

how about:
umm...shoot, ill just shoot stuff. :mp5:
Zilam
13-11-2006, 03:20
Calling a burrito a sandwich is an insult to burritos! Burritos > Sandwiches! :)

What if its a regular burrito vs a Mudsandwich? Where do your loyalties lay now? Hmm?
Red_Letter
13-11-2006, 03:24
I cannot abide by this decision!
Zandoman
13-11-2006, 03:27
oh god, yea, i work at a panera in CT, and it doesnt surprise me at all that corporate would try to pull some shit like this. you should hear the fountains of bullshit they spout about bread, and mother bread, their icon, its almost sacreligious.
Lunatic Goofballs
13-11-2006, 03:27
What if its a regular burrito vs a Mudsandwich? Where do your loyalties lay now? Hmm?

Am I the bread or the meat?
Intra-Muros
13-11-2006, 03:33
oh god, yea, i work at a panera in CT, and it doesnt surprise me at all that corporate would try to pull some shit like this. you should hear the fountains of bullshit they spout about bread, and mother bread, their icon, its almost sacreligious.

So they are "Grossly irreverent toward what is or is held to be sacred", such as bread. Father Grain, Mother Wheat. Where would we be without them?
Katurkalurkmurkastan
13-11-2006, 03:36
I wonder if the Judge pissed someone off to get handed that case?
Kryozerkia
13-11-2006, 03:37
It *could* be considered a sandwich in general terms. I mean, a wrap is a sandwich, so is a pita pocket... uh... kind of like a gross generalisation... you know, like all republicans are stupid Christians and all democrats are sexually-deviant liberals who want to have buttsex with your dog.
Sel Appa
13-11-2006, 03:41
I love Panera!
Sdaeriji
13-11-2006, 03:43
Hah, I'm totally going to go to that Qdoba when it opens and get me a sandwich.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
13-11-2006, 03:43
oh god, yea, i work at a panera in CT, and it doesnt surprise me at all that corporate would try to pull some shit like this. you should hear the fountains of bullshit they spout about bread, and mother bread, their icon, its almost sacreligious.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/Fiddlebottoms/200px-Motherussia.jpg
The Motherbread is calling, comrades! To arms! To arms! We shall bring the burrito back within our freshly baked and mildly overpriced grasp, and then we shall rebuild the entire, glorious Sandwich Empire.
Jenrak
13-11-2006, 03:46
we need a mathematical proof saying that a burrito != sandwich.

how about:
umm...shoot, ill just shoot stuff. :mp5:

burrito+...

...yeah, I'm tired.

:mp5:
TaoTai
13-11-2006, 04:07
of course a burrito isn't a sandwich. you can't feed someone a knuckle burrito...ooorr can you.....:confused:
Intra-Muros
13-11-2006, 04:09
If you're Mexican you can.
Katganistan
13-11-2006, 04:14
A sandwich requires two slabs of bread.

A burrito is wrapped in a tortilla.
A burrito is not a sandwich, any more than a taco is or an eggroll is.

This of course calls into question the wrap as sandwich....
Pyotr
13-11-2006, 04:19
A sandwich requires two slabs of bread.
This of course calls into question the wrap as sandwich....

Wraps do not have two slabs of bread, ergo wraps are not sammiches.
Sdaeriji
13-11-2006, 04:21
Wraps do not have two slabs of bread, ergo wraps are not sammiches.

Correct. They are wraps. Which is why we call them wraps, and not sandwiches.
Katurkalurkmurkastan
13-11-2006, 04:22
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/Fiddlebottoms/200px-Motherussia.jpg
The Motherbread is calling, comrades! To arms! To arms! We shall bring the burrito back within our freshly baked and mildly overpriced grasp, and then we shall rebuild the entire, glorious Sandwich Empire.
Yours in Solidarity, Comrade!
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
13-11-2006, 04:30
A sandwich requires two slabs of bread.
Not quite, an open faced sandwich has but one slab of bread, and is still considered a sandwich. Moreover, a peice of bread that has a clit cut in it and is then stuffed is still considered a sandwich, though there is but one piece of bread.

In conclusion, I really am thinking about this too goddamn much.
Katganistan
13-11-2006, 04:36
Not quite, an open faced sandwich has but one slab of bread, and is still considered a sandwich. Moreover, a peice of bread that has a clit cut in it and is then stuffed is still considered a sandwich, though there is but one piece of bread.

In conclusion, I really am thinking about this too goddamn much.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) - Cite This Source
sand‧wich  /ˈsændwɪtʃ, ˈsæn-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sand-wich, san-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
2. open sandwich.
3. something resembling or suggesting a sandwich, as something in horizontal layers: a plywood sandwich.
–verb (used with object)
4. to put into a sandwich.
5. to insert between two other things: to sandwich an appointment between two board meetings.

LOL I can see what else you're thinking too much about, too. :D
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
13-11-2006, 06:12
LOL I can see what else you're thinking too much about, too. :D
Yeah, Freudian psychology, I'm supposed to be writing an essay on the inherent flaws within it and blah, blah, blah, penis, blah . . .

The dictionary also includes "open sandwich" as a definition, and a burrito is just an open sandwich that has been closed, so nyeh!
Or at least it would be if burritoes involved bread or "the like", they do not, and so Panera fails again.
Desperate Measures
13-11-2006, 06:22
Correct. They are wraps. Which is why we call them wraps, and not sandwiches.

Some asshole tried to sell me a sandwich wrap the other day. I should have punched him.
Neesika
13-11-2006, 06:24
Of course the burrito isn't a sandwich.
Panera of all companies should have known that..

It's like calling a perogy a sandwich...
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
13-11-2006, 06:25
Some asshole tried to sell me a sandwich wrap the other day. I should have punched him.
Wow, that's right up there with:
Person 1: *Sneezes*
Person 2: Bless you.
Person 1: FUCK OFF!
In appropriate and rational responses.
Desperate Measures
13-11-2006, 06:30
Wow, that's right up there with:
Person 1: *Sneezes*
Person 2: Bless you.
Person 1: FUCK OFF!
In appropriate and rational responses.

I briefly thought of writing a falsely insulted reply but I don't have the energy and it would have been expected.


My heart isn't in it anymore.
Unlucky_and_unbiddable
13-11-2006, 06:30
sand·wich (sndwch, sn-) Pronunciation Key
n.

Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them.
A partly split long or round roll containing a filling.
One slice of bread covered with a filling.

Sandwich. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved November 12, 2006, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=Sandwich

Bread
–noun
1. a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.

bread. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1). Retrieved November 12, 2006, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bread

Therefore a Burrito could be considered a rolled sandwich. *nods*

I feel very strongly about this.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
13-11-2006, 06:34
My heart isn't in it anymore.
Now, apathy, that is an appropriate response to just about anything, from sneeze, sandwich, or (s)internet. Or even failed attempts at alliteration.
Desperate Measures
13-11-2006, 06:36
Now, apathy, that is an appropriate response to just about anything, from sneeze, sandwich, or (s)internet. Or even failed attempts at alliteration.

whatever
Bodies Within Organs
13-11-2006, 07:42
It's like calling a perogy a sandwich...

I thought it was spelled pierogie?
Free Soviets
13-11-2006, 07:47
there is precedent for such rulings. for example, nix v. hedden, in which the supreme court declared that common usage beats scientific accuracy and thus tomatoes are vegetables.
Bodies Within Organs
13-11-2006, 07:49
there is precedent for such rulings. for example, nix v. hedden, in which the supreme court declared that common usage beats scientific accuracy and thus tomatoes are vegetables.

Care to link me? I have the feeling that the case will be some amusing reading.
Free Soviets
13-11-2006, 07:53
Care to link me? I have the feeling that the case will be some amusing reading.

sure thing (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=149&page=304) - it's short too.

we actually covered it in my wittgenstein seminar earlier this semester
Bodies Within Organs
13-11-2006, 08:00
sure thing (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=149&page=304) - it's short too.

we actually covered it in my wittgenstein seminar earlier this semester

Ah. Thank you.

From the seed of legalism, sown so long ago, sprouts another twig of inanity.
Wilgrove
13-11-2006, 08:02
Of course it's not a sandwich! It's wrapped in bred, not squeezed between two breads.
Boonytopia
13-11-2006, 12:40
A burrito isn't a sandwich & neither is a wrap. Tastes better though. :p
United Guppies
13-11-2006, 13:07
Well, a burrito is definitely not a sandwich, because a sandwich is a flat square, whilst a BURRITO is a tube you huff kittens with *cough*uncyclopedia*cough* grasp with your hands, taking bites out of the burrito and savoring the flavor while pumping crap and gas outta your ass so hard it could kill Sarge!

That Grue over there in the corner who's about to eat you definitely wont like that.
Unlucky_and_unbiddable
13-11-2006, 13:11
Well, a burrito is definitely not a sandwich, because a sandwich is a flat square.
I prefer my sandwiches to be a right angle triangle. *nods* I need to know all of the angles and magnitudes before I can even consider taking a bite.
Andaluciae
13-11-2006, 13:15
I just ate a burrito, which is not a sandwich.
United Guppies
13-11-2006, 13:17
I HATE BALONEY!!!!!111 DOWN WITH BALONAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leave the Mac N' Cheese loaf alone, though. No, I don't care if you don't know what it means, LEAVE IT ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11:sniper: