Talk:Sloppy joe

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How is this different from a hamburger? --sin-man 05:07, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

it's not solid, and it's got lots of sauce? 66.56.145.43 22:38, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Lochbradan 18:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)== "Sloppy Joe" a pullover? ==

Does anyone have a source for this? I live in the UK and I've never heard the phrase "Sloppy Joe" used to describe an item of clothing. Is it purely a London thing, or an Aussie thing, or...? 217.155.20.163 15:52, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm also from the UK and am pretty definite that's not a phrase that'd be used here. A costume website I came across (http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/party/guides/cowboy-party.html) claims that cowboys call their t-shirts 'Sloppy Joes', which sounds a bit more plausible. It does seem to be an Australian phrase (http://www.geocities.com/buddychai/Misc/AussieDictionary2.html) though. --Acamon 13:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't know if this helps any, but I was looking in my English-Japanese dictionary hoping to find a Japanese description of the sandwich, but instead it describes a women's loose-fitting, heavy sweater which was popular in the 1940s. The dictionary is Genius Eiwa Jiten, 3rd edition, published by Daishukan Shoten. 218.182.11.94 09:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

You're right! [1] Good find! Ex-Nintendo Employee 15:17, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I live in Australia and I've never heard the term Sloppy Joe used for anything. A sweater or any sort of pullover is called a jumper. Of course I haven't met all 20 million of us, so who knows. Seems suspect, though.Schaddm 06:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

where in Oz do you live? it might just be a NSW thing or possibly even just a country thing, who can say, but i know that its used where i live. WookMuff 03:24, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

My mum uses "jumper" to refer to knitted wool pullovers, and "sloppy joe" to refer to a pullover made from anything else. I think the term is falling out of popular usage though. Dazcha 08:52, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I live in Scotland and have called a jersey/pullover/white Tshirt a sloppy joe ever since I can remember. It's use as such has diminished in recent years so it is perhaps now dying as a description of these types of clothing. No reference to it's origin were ever passed on to me by my parents so I had always taken it for granted that it was a British idiom.

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Um, the picture of the Sloppy Joe and potato chips could really be any sandwich for all you can tell, as you can't see what's between the buns. The picture really oughta be replaced. ekedolphin 08:49, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

And the bun looks like it has been heated with a blow torch.Schaddm 06:54, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jersey Sloppy Joe

As a native New Jersian, I'm happy to see our Sloppy Joe represented here. However, I've never heard of one with turkey -- as far as I know they're always made with some kind of mammal, and usually bovine at that (either roast beef, corned beef, tongue, or other cow-meat). Can anyone settle this?

Menelaos 19:17, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's really nice to see it referenced here, because normally people will just look at you strangely. Livingston, represent! Aaaaanyway, I am pretty sure that I have had Jersey Sloppy Joes with turkey on them, but turkey would not usually be the only meat on there. --DavidK93 13:35, 30 June 2006 (UTC)