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[Brian W.]

i always thought you wanted the one with the most fat -- since fat equals energy?

Mmm, I was thinking more muscle, more meat. But you may be right -- I guess fat would have the most calories.

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

in any case, i've always said i'd eat the liver first.

"... with some fava beans and a nice chianti."



Joe

(C'mon, admit it. You all thought of it)

 

[Patrick Sun]

"Survivorism"

 

[Bill_D]

screwed

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

screwed

No, that would apply to the eatee, not the eaters.

Regards,

Joe

 

[Bill_D]

Correct you are my dear fellow. How about opportunists?

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

How about "Packering" or "Packerism" as in Alfred Packer, the infamous Colorado cannibal.

He's well-known today in large part because a University of Colorado student cafeteria is named after him.

(Apparently a contest was held in 1968 to chose an individual in whose honor to name the place, and a bunch of student pranksters familiar with the then-obscure story got their friends to suggest Packer - who won. According to the story, university officials didn't learn who Alfred Packer was until long after the place was dedicated. His student "sponsors" had merely described him as a "pioneer". I guess they should have added "culinary". )

Regards,

Joe

 

[Yee-Ming]

"Justification"?

(First-year law was over 10 years ago, so I can't remember :b )

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

You know, Mark K had better come back to this thread and tell us what the answer turned out to be, or he's going to find himself in a lifeboat in the middle of nowhere wondering which of his fellow passengers to filet first.

Regards,

Joe

 

[Christ Reynolds]

CANNIBALISM

see, its ok. he saw it on the television.

CJ

 

[andrew markworthy]

ANTHROPOPHAGY refers to specifically human cannibalism, but does not carry an implied judgement of whether it was inspired by contingency or taste.

EXOCANNIBALISM is eating an enemy in the belief you will inherit their strength and skills. ENDOCANNIBALISM is a funereal practice to honour valued family or group members.

The best I can come up with is SURVIVAL CANNIBALISM or EMERGENCY CANNIBALISM. At first sight, FORCED CANNIBALISM might seem to mean the same thing, but it usually refers to people being forced to engage in cannibalistic acts against their will.

However, Mark, I think you're right - there is a single word for it, but I can't bring it to mind. Perhaps if I picked someone else's brains ...

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

Perhaps if I picked someone else's brains ...

Don't forget to use a fork.

 

[CharlesD]

I just can't stomach all the bad puns in this thread.

CD (in a white wine source with mushrooms and shallots, yum yum)

 

[Ted Lee]

Perhaps if I picked someone else's brains ...

according to my uncle, my grandfather once did the monkey-brain thing (live monkey, clamped to table, top-of-head cut off) .... does that count?

 

[Patrick Sun]

Hannibalism?

 

[Mark Shannon]

euthanasia?

 

[Paul__A]

necessity?

 

[Yee-Ming]

necessity?

That sounds like it. I assume Mark K was looking for the legalese term to cover the situation (justifiable homicide?), not what the actual act of cannibalism in those circumstances is called?

 

[Dave Poehlman]

They ended up killing and eating the cabin boy

You mean you're not supposed to do that!?!? Jeeze no wonder Paradise cruise lines wont let me back on their ships!