Man with the Golden Arm Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 But the "regular" cannibalism you guys are talking about is totally different from this nut job. That's right, Dan. As mentioned, I'm interested in this topic about regular cannibalism, not criminal cannibalism. Cannibalism fact #1 from my book: What physical evidence do we have that ritual cannibalism did occur amongst primitives? Think about it for a bit and I'll present the answer in the next post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Moose, that was the funniest thing you've ever posted! Don't encourage him, Dan. Sheesh! OK now for the answer: I remember reading of charred human bones found in extinguished Neanderthal campfires. However, with today's techniques we can find traces of human myoglobin, a protein found in the human heart and skeletal muscles in cooking pots and fossilized human feces. Is this getting gross enough for ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Soylent Green is people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 After Brandes downed sleeping tablets and whisky, Meiwes cut off Brandes' penis which they planned to eat together, but found that due to its consistency, it was inedible "even when fried." Sounds to me like they needed a good recipie for cock au vin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 After Brandes downed sleeping tablets and whisky, Meiwes cut off Brandes' penis which they planned to eat together, but found that due to its consistency, it was inedible "even when fried." Sounds to me like they needed a good recipie for cock au vin... In rereading the original quote, it would appear that the murdered man was even nuttier than the cannibal! At least the cannibal didn't try to eat himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Reminds me of the Stephen King story in which some drug dealer crashes on a desert island w/nothing but a big bag of coke. Well, I guess he must have had some sharp implements, too, 'cause when he started getting hungry, he'd use some "anesthetic" and cut off a piece of himself for dinner! You know, I once tried snorting coke once ... but I almost drowned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Soylent Green is people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 No pictures should be allowed in this thread. Please.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 At least the cannibal didn't try to eat himself. Of course not. That could have been taken as an attempt to show up his guest, and would violate all rules of ettiquette. You have to admire a good host. It's becoming a bit of a lost art these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 You know, I once tried snorting coke once ... Yeah, me too, but once never was enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Moose, that was the funniest thing you've ever posted! Don't encourage him, Dan. Sheesh! OK now for the answer: I remember reading of charred human bones found in extinguished Neanderthal campfires. However, with today's techniques we can find traces of human myoglobin, a protein found in the human heart and skeletal muscles in cooking pots and fossilized human feces. Is this getting gross enough for ya? I also find this topic interesting. I once wrote a History Channel show on the Essex, and read some of those other accounts as well (Donner Party, Greely expedition, Peru airplane). Feel free to post more from the book (although others might disagree.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 I think Chrome's avatar represents my interest in this subject very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Moose, that was the funniest thing you've ever posted! Don't encourage him, Dan. Sheesh! OK now for the answer: I remember reading of charred human bones found in extinguished Neanderthal campfires. However, with today's techniques we can find traces of human myoglobin, a protein found in the human heart and skeletal muscles in cooking pots and fossilized human feces. Is this getting gross enough for ya? I also find this topic interesting. I once wrote a History Channel show on the Essex, and read some of those other accounts as well (Donner Party, Greely expedition, Peru airplane). Feel free to post more from the book (although others might disagree.) Wow! Awesome! Adam! Got to read the book first. I'm too busy posting here to actually read the book. I'll start it tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 I think Chrome's avatar represents my interest in this subject very well. Word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 The book I'm reading quotes sections from books dealing with some aspect of cannibalism. I've just finished the first two sections. The first deals with Primitive Cannibalism and Human Sacrifice, and there are sections on the Anasazi in SW America, the Aztecs in Cortez' time, and the Fiji islanders. The second section deals with Cannibalism on the high seas. There's a funny bit which I would like to quote. The sloop PEGGY was caught in a storm and was adrift. Starvation set in and a heroic battle was fought on the part of the captain, David Harrison to keep his men from cannibalising each other. Well, one guys gets eaten up (a negro slave) who drew the unfortunate straw (predestined, of course-duh!), but the captain refuses to partake. Days pass and he gets weaker and weaker. He's got a couple of pistols which he barely has the strength to hold up in case the men go for him as they are plotting to do. Straws are drawn and another unfortunate fellow is nominated. He turns out to be the most popular crew member. They defer the moment for a day or two and miraculously they get rescued in the interim. The man who had been expected to die went delirious and never regained his sanity. In the meantime, they are fed on the ship. The captain had no appetite for four days (!) owing to the stresses and horror of events. Eventually, he is able to take some broth and small amounts of food. He gradually improves then one day.... "having an occasion for a particular indulgence of nature, I thought I should have expired performing it. The pain it gave me was excruciating to the last degree and the parts were so contracted, having never once been employed for a space of thirty-six or thirty-seven days, that I almost began to despair restoring them to their necessary operations. I was, however, at last relieved by the discharge of a callous lump about the size of a hen's egg. and enjoyed a tranquility of body, notwithstanding all my disorders, with which I was utterly unacquainted for some preceding weeks." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 Yes, but what was he reading during all of his exertions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 Yes, but what was he reading during all of his exertions? Excellent point, Dan!!! The author is clearly remiss in not providing the most salient details here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 Considering how long his efforts must have took, I'm thinking it was War and Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted December 7, 2003 Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 I can't believe this thread actually took a turn for the worse! Didn't see that one coming Conn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 This is a fine thread which should be restored to the day's topical points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Manslaughter verdict for cannibal (BBC News, January 30, 2004) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Manslaughter verdict for cannibal (BBC News, January 30, 2004) 8 years, less with good behavior! What do you have to do to get life, anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 In addition to some fine ol' Raymond Scott, I wonder if they were listening to this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 or this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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