This is not just a jam sandwich

Writing about web page http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/18/jam_sarnie/

Except it is.

Those readers who are a) too busy to remove bread from a packet, b) physically incapable of opening a jar or c) untrained in the use of a knife, will be relieved to learn that as of next Thursday Marks & Spencer will be punting a 75p jam sandwich featuring, er, bread, butter and strawberry jam.

I have to admit that the first thought that came to mind was that 75p seems really cheap for a sandwich from M&S, even if it just jam. I can't imagine that I'd ever want to buy such a thing even at 75p though. For starters I wouldn't put butter in a jam sandwich. Also I was raised thinking of jam as being something which was made from fruit picked in the back garden and have always somewhat frowned upon the store bought variety. It ain't strawberry jam if there aren't lumps of strawberry in it that you have to squish down with the knife.

On a tangental note I was once passenger in a car that was stopped for going a bit too fast near Edinburgh. The policeman who pulled us over said "You're lucky I wa nae a jam sandwich".

Mike Willis : 18 Feb 2009 13:31 |  Comments (1) |  Report a problem