The Idea that Changed the World

Think of great inventors and who springs to mind? Maybe Leonardo Da Vinci a great thinker for his time, designing everything from gliders to submarines, yet he never envisioned anything truly remarkable such as electricity, the Nokia or even sliced bread.
  Thats why today I choose to honour a remarkable inventor and trend setter, a man who's invention we devour everyday. An invention that can do anything from delight your taste buds to curing a hangover. An idea that for generations has been pinnacle in the structure of the modern day family.
His name of course John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. A real philosopher of his time. He lived a corrupt life of gambling and affairs, no Shakespeare for Johnny, this was a man ahead of his time, a Charlie Sheen of the 18th Century.
Johnny favourite pastime besides fathering 9 illegitimate children with an opera singer outside of his marriage was gambling, in fact he would spend hours at the table playing cards and never took time to eat meals. Instead he smartly instructed his servants to bring him slices of meat between two slices of bread, a habit well known amongst his gambling friends, who would also order "The same as sandwich please!"
Being from the town of  Sandwich (yes that's right) in Kent the phrase "sandwich" was born, Maybe they should have named it something else, Johnny's taken do.... On that note I'm off to make myself a toasted ham and cheese Montagu.

Montagu Inventor of the Sandwich and also swagger