Popular belief would have us thinking that the sandwich was created by Lord Sandwich, when he was playing cards and was hungry but didn't wanna get meat grease on his fingers. So he asked for two pieces of bread on either side of the bread. But I have it on good authority that this isn't the case. One day I was going to walk into Greggs when I was dragged away by a homeless man, who claimed to be the original Gregg. We sat in his shack in the park and he told me the story of the sandwich.
It was back in the 18th century, Lord Sandwich had been to the local tavern for a piss up. After failing to find a wench to bring back to his manor he walked home, as he was far too drunk to ride a horse and hadn't enough money to get a carriage home. On the way home he saw bright flashing lights in the sky coming from a rectangular shaped spacecraft that was plummeting towards the earth at an alarming rate.
The ship crash landed in the woods. Filled with curiosity Lord Sandwich decided to follow it. Lord Sandwich wondered the woods for several hours before he came upon the strange rectangular wrecked spacecraft. He was hesitant to approach it, but his curiosity was too strong. He could hear a muffled growling coming from under the peculiar craft. He approached slowly and lifted the ship. A very strange looking extra terrestrial dragged itself out from under the peculiar craft.
The alien was also a rectangular shape, with no arms or legs. Two beady eyes stood upon his strange frame. He had a white grainy complexion, thin lips and a pink thin bacon like tongue. Thick red blood oozed from his dark lips.
Lord Sandwich asked to the peculiar extra terrestrial what had happened. The alien told the curious man all about the war back in their home planet and how they had to find a new place where they could live in peace and harmony with other life forms.
Lord Sandwich felt incredible sympathy for the odd life form. He scooped him up in his arms and held him close to his chest. Lord Sandwich couldn't help but notice how good he smelt, like really nice. He also couldn't help but notice how soft his skin was and how beautiful he looked.
The alien was getting worried as the cuddle had lasted more than 5 minutes and the frightening man was taking in deep breaths right by his forehead. The extra terrestrial asked the Lord to stop, but there was no response.
Lord Sandwiches showed wide dilated shark like eyes. He couldn't resist, his desires had overcome him. He pierced the terrified aliens skin with sharp dagger like teeth. Ripping out the poor creatures vital organs, a thick red substance covered the psychotic animals face. The wounded extra terrestrial screamed for help to no avail. Fingernails started digging deep into his skin and ripping off his flesh.
The poor beings life flashed before his eyes, having memories of picnics with past lovers on beautiful meadows and his sons first birthday. He embraced the light.
It was over, Lord Sandwich fell to his knees and screamed at the skies. His skin was pale, clothes covered in the red substance. What had he done? The poor being had never harmed him in any way, why did he have the desire to devour the thing?
The rush he felt was the best high he had ever felt before. But his hunger was not yet filled, he searched the area devouring the corpses of the extra terrestrials that had passed in the crash. Not one having the same taste as the last. Until he had ravaged every last one. Lord Sandwich then fell to the floor and looked to the skies with a blank stare, his appetite had finally been clenched.
The next day Lord Sandwich was found by a search party, shaking, rocking back and forth, muttering words that simply had no meaning. They were horrified at the sight of the massacres aftermath. Organs hanging from trees, red, white and brown substances covering the ground and a crude mask made from the aliens skin over the Lords face. The "crusts" were buried and Lord Sandwich was sentenced to life in solitary confinement.
A few weeks later he hung himself in his cell, some say Lord Sandwich was haunted by the horrors that had happened at his hands that night. Family and friends made what we commonly know as a sandwich based on drawings he had made before his passing and named it in his memory.
The lifeforms of that planet never came back to earth until many years later, when they were found by a man names Adulf.
To be continued.......
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