What exactly is a sandwich? When someone states that they're about to go eat a sandwich, that person usually defines what kind of sandwich they are about to consume. A sample conversation would be conducted in a similar fashion as the following:
Person A: "What kind of sandwich would you like to eat?"
Person B: "Why, I would like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!... Hmm, noooo.... make it a turkey sandwich."
Now, let's look back. Upon Person A questioning Person B as to what kind of sandwich he would like, Person B responds with the particular kind of sandwich he wanted- originally peanut butter and jelly, secondly turkey. However, it would be quite illogical for Person B to respond with the following sentence: "I would like....a sandwich." This response would leave Person A in a state of confusion, where Person A would most likely only pause and respond with: "No, I mean what kind of sandwich?" So a particular kind of sandwich, whatever it might be, is composed of the object represented by the adjective that proceeds the noun "sandwich", the noun "sandwich" itself, and two slices of bread. One can, then, assume that the word "sandwich" could be a representation of the two slices of bread, just as the adjective "turkey" is a representation of the actual turkey object itself. So it would follow that if someone eats a turkey sandwich, that person is eating turkey and two slices of bread. Seems very simple. However, the baffling part of this epiphany comes into play when someone says, "I'm eating a sandwich."... You disgusting creature that consumes only bread.
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