He's my hero. Though he's just a po' boy, he stood face to open-face and braved the police club, as if to say to us all, "don't let the bastards grinder you down!"
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Gyro, but yes!
aug 13, 2025, 11:44 pm • 12 0 • view
That'd work, too. But hero is a sandwich like a sub.
aug 14, 2025, 12:47 am • 7 0 • view
Gyro is a hero. The sandwich was brought to US by Greeks and Americans couldn’t reconcile to spelling with the pronunciation of “hero.” So a lot of shops anglicized it in recent years.
aug 14, 2025, 12:50 am • 2 0 • view
Hero goes back to 1937 and is unlikely to share an etymology with the Greek gyro. They are two different sandwiches. Which makes sense as the hero is nothing like a gyro. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submari...
aug 14, 2025, 1:16 am • 6 0 • view
So I was wrong about it being the same as a hoagie or a sub. But it is a Greek dish on pita bread.
aug 14, 2025, 1:31 am • 1 0 • view
You might’ve been thinking of a grinder? That’s another synonym for sub sandwich
aug 14, 2025, 1:37 am • 3 0 • view
Grindr is popular for finding subs
aug 14, 2025, 11:32 am • 5 0 • view
No I remember grinder. I just misremembered what a gyro is. And now I’m craving one. There’s no Greek restaurants where I live now and I haven’t had one in decades.
aug 14, 2025, 1:40 am • 1 0 • view
Ah yeah, now I see the rest of the thread. I am very sorry about the lack of Greek food though, may you find a way to quell the craving
aug 14, 2025, 1:44 am • 1 0 • view
LOL. Everything here is seasoned with hot chilles. I think I would have to travel a ways to find deeply but subtly seasoned tender lamb on a fluffy homemade pita.
aug 14, 2025, 1:57 am • 2 0 • view
Please don't assume the AI text is accurate
aug 14, 2025, 1:41 am • 2 0 • view
It was the most succinct text. But I actually confirmed it before using it. I can keep posting more, or you can look it up yourself before continuing a pointless argument.
aug 14, 2025, 1:50 am • 0 0 • view