All your sandwich are belong to McDonalds?!

[CrossLOPER]

Read away. I'm sorry I could not get a better source right away.

McDonald's wants to own the rights to how a sandwich is made.

The fast-food chain has applied for a patent relating to the 'method and apparatus' used to prepare the snack.

The burger company says owning the 'intellectual property rights' would help its hot deli sandwiches look and taste the same at all of its restaurants.

It also wants to cut down on the time needed to put together a sandwich, thought to have been dreamt up by the Earl of Sandwich in 1762.

[Hepcat]

and I suppose next they will want a patent for cows, so that their burgers will taste better at all their restaurants. Or how about waiting in a queue so that their service will be better. Or how about a patent for hats so that their employees will look better. Notice any relation between the patent and the effect? Nope, neither do I.

It isn't going to do squat for all their deli sandwiches, it's to make money, any fool can see that.

[drone]

Wouldn't this be extremely difficult to do? I'm no lawyer, but I'm sure prior art applies.

[Csargo]

and I suppose next they will want a patent for cows, so that their burgers will taste better at all their restaurants. Or how about waiting in a queue so that their service will be better. Or how about a patent for hats so that their employees will look better. Notice any relation between the patent and the effect? Nope, neither do I.

It isn't going to do squat for all their deli sandwiches, it's to make money, any fool can see that.

Everyone knows those burgers aren't made from cows.

[macsen rufus]

Yep, he allegedly devised the eponymous snack to allow him to continue playing cards without having to stop to eat.

I would like to nominate the good Earl as the Patron Saint of Gamers' Nutrition. I'm sure all MTW fans will appreciate his contributions to extending gaming time

Louis: yes, Sandwich is in Kent, near a town called Ham, and there is a well-known signpost which reads "Ham Sandwich" at a nearby crossroads!

[matteus the inbred]

You eat sandwiches while you play??? Wow, healthy. Whoever invented crisps and Maltesers would be my nomination...

Ham Sandwich...

They wouldn't like my prescribed method of making sandwiches, which involves cutting most of my own finger off at a given point in the process...

[ZombieFriedNuts]

I wonder if the earl’s descendents still live they could do something about McD’s

[Andres]

They wouldn't like my prescribed method of making sandwiches, which involves cutting most of my own finger off at a given point in the process...

Keep the evidences! If McDo ever gets the patent, you might try to sue them. After all, McDonalds never ever informed you that you shouldn't try to make a sandwich at home, let alone they informed you about the possible dangers involved, e.g. cutting your own finger...

[The Wizard]

So, next time I'm making lunch, I'll be stealing property from Mickey D's?

[Louis VI the Fat]

It also wants to cut down on the time needed to put together a sandwich, thought to have been dreamt up by the Earl of Sandwich in 1762.

There's an earl of Sandwich?

My, you learn something new every day.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

There's an earl of Sandwich?

My, you learn something new every day.

Yep, he allegedly devised the eponymous snack to allow him to continue playing cards without having to stop to eat.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

There's an earl of Sandwich?

My, you learn something new every day.

The Fourth Earl was also the First Lord of the Admiralty at one point.

[Adrian II]

The fast-food chain has applied for a patent relating to the 'method and apparatus' used to prepare the snack.

Hold on, this is brilliant!

Let them patent their brand of sandwich. Make sure the patent is mercilessly enforced. By military means, if need be. Anything to make sure that nobody, but nobody else in the entire world makes their kind of sandwich! Ever!

[CrossLOPER]

Hold on, this is brilliant!

Let them patent their brand of sandwich. Make sure the patent is mercilessly enforced. By military means, if need be. Anything to make sure that nobody, but nobody else in the entire world makes their kind of sandwich! Ever!

HI!

[Csargo]

HI!

That's freaky.

[Fragony]

Have they already sued Germany for calling one of their major city's Hamburg?

edit: lol only we call these things hamburgers stoopid.

[Adrian II]

HI!

Crossloper, you are my hero.

This is exactly what is going on, and we have tolerated it for much too long.

I mean we all know who is behind all the riots, the bomb attacks and street robberies these days.

[CrossLOPER]

Mildly disturbing. You have been warned.

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