[Closed] A round of toast = how many slices?

Which was taught to me by my primary school teacher, so pre-dates the internet by quite some time.

Ah ok.

So it was just known as "twaddle" in those days then.

bikeneil - Member

My wife asked me to make her a round of toast. I put two pieces of bread in. She then said she only asked for one piece i.e. a round. But I think a round is two.

Who is right?

Don't argue just let her be in the "right" but make sure you ride her hard. I mean harrrrdddd ... during the "riding" ask her how many rounds does she want ... ride her harrrddd. 😈

This answer from my son.

3.14 slices.

A pi on a barm?

Now you're talking.

a round of toast is one slice.

a sandwich is bread on top, bread on bottom, with a filling no matter what size. two slices of bread with a filling is one sandwich. cut it in half its 2 sandwiches but smaller ones. cut into quarters you now have 4 even smaller sandwiches.

So if a sandwich cut in half is two sandwiches.

Is a pie that's cut in half, two pies ?

If so, I've got a great marketing campaign idea for Greggs

The beer analogy makes sense actually. A round is getting a round in, so you may be making more than once slice, but the key thing is you're making enough for once slice each.

So one slice for her, yes.

Normally if someone says they're doing a round of toast it would be for a group though, I'd say. Otherwise "stick a slice on for me" is a better request 😉

I've just had a terrible thought.

What if, my wife disagrees with the op's wife?

They can't both be right. What happens now?

So if a sandwich cut in half is two sandwiches.

Is a pie that's cut in half, two pies ?

forget about the logistics of cutting them for now..... if someone hands you a big wodge of bread that is a slice on top, a filling, then a slice on the bottom he would say "heres a sandwich for you mate".
if you were at a wedding and he brought you a plate with 2 vol au vents and one of those dinky little sarnies cut into quarters, he would say "ive brought you 2 vol au vents and a sandwich mate".

see? it works 😀

Normally if someone says they're doing a round of toast it would be for a group though, I'd say. Otherwise "stick a slice on for me" is a better request

ironic this topic has come up... mother in law asked me at weekend, 'how many butties you want?' i said just one thanks. she said 'two rounds tho?' 'what!? no just one.' 'one round, you sure?' yes please.... i got one slice of bread folded in half! i obvs wanted two slices. cock knows who is correct

One slice of toast? WTF use is that? 2 slices - call it what you want but two slices.

I've just had a terrible thought.

What if, my wife disagrees with the op's wife?

They can't both be right. What happens now?

Don't even think about it. It'd be like crossing the streams in Ghostbusters!

Which was taught to me by my primary school teacher, so pre-dates the internet by quite some time.

Still rubbish though imo. Really annoys me that people seem to feel the need for extremely specific and detailed explanations for the origins of words and sayings - why? Why can't it just be something made up on the spot by someone once to sound vaguely appropriate?

I think 2 slices of bread is "two rounds", but I'd always rather have extra toast than not enough.

Round of toast = a slice for everyone who wants toast?

These guys should know:

If a round involves filling the toaster, I stayed in a hotel where they had a perpetually moving conveyor belt type toaster. How do you do a round in that?

What if, my wife disagrees with the op's wife?

They can't both be right. What happens now?

Ah, the well-known Schrodinger's Wife paradox. The Copenhagen interpretation would hold that each wife is simultaneously right in her own home, although if you asked Einstein he would say this was all just "internet twaddle because my wife doesn't play dice" or something.

If a round involves filling the toaster, I stayed in a hotel where they had a perpetually moving conveyor belt type toaster. How do you do a round in that?

Every so often one of these "perpetual toast machines" turns up, none of them ever stands up to rigorous study though.

This is where we need TJ.
He would proclaim with absolute certainty that a round = x slices. As usual, he'd be wrong so that's one answer ruled out.
The rest of the Internet would gang up on him to eventually provoke the Edinburgh Defense ("only joking"). The last bullypost before that would be the correct answer.

If a round involves filling the toaster, I stayed in a hotel where they had a perpetually moving conveyor belt type toaster. How do you do a round in that?

But as soon as one "pops" out, the toaster is no longer full, and therefore the round is not achieved surely?

No, but if you were to keep feeding the toaster until it broke down you would have enough toast to go round the hotel. Hence the term a "hotel round".

1 round of toast = 1 sliced loaf.

Is a pie that's cut in half, two pies ?

(edit: and damn windows won't let me paste a pi symbol)

I don't understand a person only wanting 1 slice of toast! 😕

So whats the correct unit of measure for a toasted sandwich, eh? eh?

Go figure that one out 😕

[i]whats the correct unit of measure for a toasted sandwich, eh? eh?[/i]

'The Breville' as in 'can I have a Breville of ham and cheese please?'

'round' just sounds plural, like a round of drinks.

[i]If a round involves filling the toaster, I stayed in a hotel where they had a perpetually moving conveyor belt type toaster. How do you do a round in that?[/i]

More importantly, will the round take off?

I asked the wife - she says two - and she knows everything apparently.