# Cannabalism **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 10, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010 "2016-06-10T10:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mlewitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mlewitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlewitt)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/1 "2016-06-10T10:44:12Z")
Anyone remember Soylent Green?:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/2 "2016-06-10T12:02:58Z")
Would your post be in response to [this column?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3292/cannibalism-yea-or-nay?utm_campaign=1334132_The%20Straight%20Dope:%20%2006/10/2016&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ChicagoReader&dm_i=2JCR,SLF8,2KTH0F,214NS,1) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/3 "2016-06-10T12:24:31Z")
[Cannabalism](http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2686/) is perfectly acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/4 "2016-06-10T12:47:38Z")
Why don’t cannibals eat clowns? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/5 "2016-06-10T12:50:42Z")
I think this belongs in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/6 "2016-06-10T13:07:04Z")
Anyone remember the Donner Party? I do, especially whenever I stop off at a donner kebab place for lunch or dinner… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/7 "2016-06-10T13:19:19Z")
Yeah, I was on a mailing list some years back that had a lot of Brits on it. They were unfamiliar with the story and thought “Donner Party” was a typo. That was kind of ironic. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/8 "2016-06-10T13:32:06Z")
Not mentioned is indirect eating of the corpus delicti. You could feed the body to animals and eat the animals. Pigs are obvious. But they have used animal protein in herbivore feed. This lead, of course, to the some mad cow outbreaks. But the modest amount of usable feed in person, the effort required to “solemnly” extract it, the 10-1 typical ratio of protein in to protein out makes this impractical outside of an industrial scale. Bring in the scoops! Googling shows that about 18k cows are slaughtered each day in the US. Almost 3 times that number of pigs. But only about 6.5k people. Pounds of meat-wise, that’s not going to change much. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/9 "2016-06-10T13:40:17Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > Anyone remember the Donner Party? > > I do, especially whenever I stop off at a donner kebab place for lunch or dinner… Wow. Nobody named Donner could can ever open a restaurant in the US. Never thought about that before. There are still people around who were on the rugby (or whatever sport it was) team that crashed in the Andes. They’re probably the most famous living cannibals. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/10 "2016-06-10T14:13:04Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Wow. Nobody named Donner could can ever open a restaurant in the US. Never thought about that before. > > There are still people around who were on the rugby (or whatever sport it was) team that crashed in the Andes. They’re probably the most famous living cannibals. I have often wondered what would happen if I go to a busy sit-down restaurant with a wait for a table and gave them “Donner” when they asked for my name. “Donner party of 8, your table is ready.” Bonus points if the restaurant in question is a big red-meat kind of place, like a steakhouse. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/11 "2016-06-10T14:52:25Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > I have often wondered what would happen if I go to a busy sit-down restaurant with a wait for a table and gave them “Donner” when they asked for my name. > > “Donner party of 8, your table is ready.” “Donner? Party of 8.” “Donner? Party of 7.” “Donner? Party of…” ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/12 "2016-06-10T14:56:49Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > I have often wondered what would happen if I go to a busy sit-down restaurant with a wait for a table and gave them “Donner” when they asked for my name. > > “Donner party of 8, your table is ready.” > > Bonus points if the restaurant in question is a big red-meat kind of place, like a steakhouse. Robin Williams beat you to it: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3I-D8Ozc4Oc/hqdefault.jpg "Donner Party of 50 !") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I-D8Ozc4Oc) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/13 "2016-06-10T15:09:42Z")
Let’s eat, Granny. Let’s eat Granny. _Punctuation saves lives._ ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/14 "2016-06-10T15:38:10Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Why don’t cannibals eat clowns? I don’t know… Could it be because they taste “funny”? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/15 "2016-06-10T16:09:05Z")
No, the greasepaint just tastes nasty. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/16 "2016-06-10T16:12:55Z")
Patrick Breen and family from the Donner Party set up a bed and breakfast near Monterey afterward … “a little paprika with your stew, sir?” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/17 "2016-06-10T16:53:30Z")
From Cheers: If the Brady Bunch crashed in the Andes who would they eat first? The maid. Because she ain’t kin. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/18 "2016-06-10T17:18:31Z")
If vegetarians eat only vegetables, then what do humanitarians eat? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/19 "2016-06-10T17:25:22Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > If vegetarians eat only vegetables, then what do humanitarians eat? Eating is cruelty and represents the inequality between first world and third world countries. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/20 "2016-06-10T17:26:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, the greasepaint just tastes nasty. Okay, pose me one of your riddles, so I can say “I’ll bite.” * * * _**[“It’s a cookbook!!!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk01eeKMD_I)**_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010.md?page=2)