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I love this post...I also love his wife's answer of cut the banana long ways

legitster 6y ago
I love this as an analogy for how most tech problems we solve. Just because a solution is advanced does not mean it's the best.
- protomyth 6y ago
  I think the urban legend version of this is "just wear gloves"[1]. I do not understand the whole bread and bananas thing. Do as the wife says and make a slice down the middle. add peanut butter and put the two halves back together, and slice in segments. No bread is best. 1) http://thedailywtf.com/articles/The_Complicator_0x27_s_Gloves http://thedailywtf.com/articles/The_Complicator_0x27_s_Glove...
sdenton4 6y ago
Yeah, my grandmother would mash the PB and banana together into a delicious, homogenous mush and then spread that one the bread. Thanks to the magic of imprinting, I believe this is the Correct way to make a PBB, and if you disagree, I'll cut you. Despite its obvious optimality, the Homogenous Mush approach creates extra dishes. So, as a lazy undergrad, I used the circles method for a long time. Sometime in grad school I had the long-cut epiphany, and tend to do that most of the time now. (The other downside of the circular method is that they're more likely to try to jump out of the sandwich, since they have less contact area.) Oh, and one other solution, which is great for long bike rides: Switch out the bread for a flour tortilla, and throw some honey in the mix as well. Fits in an undersaddle bag and beats the hell out of a clif bar.
- batch12 6y ago
  Speaking of Grandmothers-- my Grandmother didn't bother with the peanut butter. Instead we had banana and mayonnaise sandwiches. I remember loving them as a kid, but I haven't had the guts to try them again as an adult.
nemo44x 6y ago
Would make a better sandwich too as there would be fewer gaps. Could also stack more readily using the entire banana if one wishes. Honestly, I never considered slicing that way before so besides an interesting read I also learned a new technique for making these kinds of sandwiches!

I love this as an analogy for how most tech problems we solve. Just because a solution is advanced does not mean it's the best.

protomyth 6y ago
I think the urban legend version of this is "just wear gloves"[1]. I do not understand the whole bread and bananas thing. Do as the wife says and make a slice down the middle. add peanut butter and put the two halves back together, and slice in segments. No bread is best. 1) http://thedailywtf.com/articles/The_Complicator_0x27_s_Gloves http://thedailywtf.com/articles/The_Complicator_0x27_s_Glove...

sdenton4 6y ago

Yeah, my grandmother would mash the PB and banana together into a delicious, homogenous mush and then spread that one the bread. Thanks to the magic of imprinting, I believe this is the Correct way to make a PBB, and if you disagree, I'll cut you. Despite its obvious optimality, the Homogenous Mush approach creates extra dishes. So, as a lazy undergrad, I used the circles method for a long time. Sometime in grad school I had the long-cut epiphany, and tend to do that most of the time now. (The other downside of the circular method is that they're more likely to try to jump out of the sandwich, since they have less contact area.) Oh, and one other solution, which is great for long bike rides: Switch out the bread for a flour tortilla, and throw some honey in the mix as well. Fits in an undersaddle bag and beats the hell out of a clif bar.

batch12 6y ago
Speaking of Grandmothers-- my Grandmother didn't bother with the peanut butter. Instead we had banana and mayonnaise sandwiches. I remember loving them as a kid, but I haven't had the guts to try them again as an adult.

nemo44x 6y ago

Would make a better sandwich too as there would be fewer gaps. Could also stack more readily using the entire banana if one wishes. Honestly, I never considered slicing that way before so besides an interesting read I also learned a new technique for making these kinds of sandwiches!