A bathetic front-page headline in today's Daily Mail has prompted Twitter users to show off their lack of sandwich-making expertise. 'Is there no-one left in Britain who can make a sandwich?' asked the Mail.
The paper's outraged inquiry was provoked by the news that the UK's biggest sandwich maker, which supplies the handy food to supermarkets, is recruiting its workers from Hungary.
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Most tweeters seemed to understand that two pieces of bread are involved in a sandwich - it was what comes between that caused them trouble:
The Daily Mail are idiots.I made this Monte Cristo sandwich as proof. pic.twitter.com/t84KYeg7Id — George Berridge (@George_Berridge) November 9, 2014
At least half of this one’s filling was healthy:
@aljwhite outrageous slander. #sandwiches pic.twitter.com/s216JjWKJv — Sam Dyslexio (@SamDyslexio) November 10, 2014
There were Twitter users who couldn’t even grasp the bread-filling-bread sequence however:
You know what? They're right! The Daily Mail are right! pic.twitter.com/dX7JL7isgs — Ben Stanley (@BDStanley) November 9, 2014
Some people were even further off than others. This user just didn't have a clue:
Hey Daily Mail. I can make a Sandwitch. Look I made three of them. #sandwichgate pic.twitter.com/cfgy026krR — Sy Thomas (@Sy_Thomas) November 10, 2014
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls's parody site made this sandwich, just what a heavy-hitting politician needs to get through the day:
If elected we will address this sandwich making skills gap @MailOnline As this must stop: pic.twitter.com/m6LQqcvC8z — Ed Balls (@eddbaIlsmp) November 10, 2014