Had to resurrect the Tumblr for this one.
Maybe uncle Joe gave up gluten? Hope not, but haven’t seen many sandwiches from him lately.
Thanks to Nic for sending this in:
The Oregonian title is “Joe Biden works to rub off his regular-guy persona on Jeff Merkley during Portland visit”.
They went to Salt & Straw, a trendy ice cream shop in Portland that has funky gourmet flavors and there’s always a giant line to get in.
Updated count: 17 sandwiches, and 14 of ice cream. If not for XKCD, we’d have to think about changing our name.
Had to come out of semi-retirement for this. It’s perfect - how could I not?
Photo by Don Ryan for the AP, as seen damn near everywhere on Oct 9, 2014.
Updated count: 17 sandwiches, now 13 of ice cream (and we’re still not counting pie, even though it’s better than cake).
Randy Roberts of the Findlay, OH Courier has a nice blog covering some of his work. There’s no sandwich in the picture (Randy, are there others?) but here’s his caption:
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden contemplates his choice of pie at Wilson’s Sandwich Shop on Main Street on Sept. 17, 2008, as he visits Findlay, Ohio to stump for presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama.
Randy’s original post is here, and you should check some of his other photos:
http://thecourier.typepad.com/randys_seen/2008/10/sen-joe-biden-i.html
Current count: 17 sandwiches, plus 12 of ice cream (and we’re resisting the urge to start counting pie).
What does this have to do with sandwiches?
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Rachel points us to a new ice cream picture, fresh from Columbus, OH and the North Market.
Current count: 17 sandwiches, plus 12 of ice cream.

Also from Arnold, this excellent additional frame from our popular “Double Cone” series. Note how the VP is preparing to use his teeth in case the bite is too big to corral with tongue alone.
Says Arnold:
Joe eating TWO ice cream cones. He decided against the ice cream sandwich after learning he could get twice as much as cream this way.
Current count: 17 sandwiches, plus 11 of ice cream.
Submitted by Arnold:
Joe Biden visits a convenience store in Turkey. A reporter overhears him ask the cashier, “Uh, I don’t speak Turkish, but do you have any sandwiches by chance?”
Ben Smith again, who posted this from a Car and Driver interview:
C/D: Sadly, we must ask about the Onion story. While shirtless, have you ever washed a 1981 Pontiac Trans Am in your driveway?
JB: [Laughing] You think I’d drive a Trans Am? I have been in my bathing suit in my driveway and not only washed my Goodwood-green 1967 Corvette but also simonized it. At least the Onion should have had me washing a Trans Am convertible. I love convertibles.
(photo from the C&D story here: http://www.caranddriver.com/features/11q3/what_i_d_do_differently_vice_president_joe_biden-interview)
Found at TPM, where their caption was:
August 21: Biden and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping have dinner at the Jianjiang hotel in Chengdu, China.
(OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY DAVID LIENEMANN)





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