National Sandwich Day [Updated Twice Now]

Because there has to be one.

Nov. 3 is the anniversary of John Montagu’s birthday. It’s believed that this 18th-century English noble, better known as the fourth Earl of Sandwich, wanted to eat with one hand during a 24-hour gambling bender. So, he instructed his servants to serve him his lunch meat between two pieces of bread. To celebrate the occasion, Nov. 3 is officially “National Sandwich Day.”

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Regular readers know what this means: SANDWICH PARTY! Elsa and I are announcing today that another Sandwich Party is scheduled for November 27-29.

You know the drill.

More later. As usual, Elsa does it better.

Dudes: Don’t post sandwich party stuff over at Facebook. Email me here at jagosaurus[at]mac.com if you have trouble commenting. Thanks.

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Comments (8)

  1. simon wrote::

    I was just wondering about this the other day.
    My thinking cap is on…

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 9:46 am #
  2. Erik R. wrote::

    Woohoo!

    Given the date, I wonder how many American participants will be “going cold turkey”.

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 9:49 am #
  3. jagosaurus wrote::

    Simon: I knew we could count on you.

    Erik: Elsa and I discussed that very issue when picking the date. We will not be surprised by an abundance of turkey sandwiches.

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 9:54 am #
  4. andrea wrote::

    Yee haw! My sandwich may have to involve something like tofurkey.

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:35 am #
  5. Elsa wrote::

    Think of it as something to be thankful for.

    THIS IS HAPPENING.

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:58 pm #
  6. Leslie wrote::

    And it happens on my birthday weekend….

    Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:45 pm #
  7. Leslie wrote::

    Hey, what’s this timer thing here….I smell comment commitment….

    Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:45 pm #
  8. Frédérique wrote::

    Good timing! I might just be able to use some of the baby lettuce from my new garden! (yay for spring)

    Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2:11 am #