# Cannibalism trope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958 "2020-01-05T02:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/21 "2020-01-05T17:36:28Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Ironically, like most non-locals, military personnel probably hate Spam. [Bob Stevens](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/stevens_bob.htm) was a cartoonist who drew military/aviation comics. In one, there is a disappointed soldier reading a letter while sitting next to a box of tins. The letter is from his mother/wife/relative, and reads something like ‘We saved up our ration stamps so that we could send you this SPAM.’ ---
**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:** [January 5, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/22 "2020-01-05T18:04:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Bob Stevens](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/stevens_bob.htm) was a cartoonist who drew military/aviation comics. In one, there is a disappointed soldier reading a letter while sitting next to a box of tins. The letter is from his mother/wife/relative, and reads something like ‘We saved up our ration stamps so that we could send you this SPAM.’ [The Sad Sack.](http://sadsack.org/Spam.gif)-George Baker ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/23 "2020-01-05T20:16:02Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Dump-lings. 😃 > [@lingyi](#): > > Poop-poos! From _A Bug’s Life_: “All right, who ordered the pu pu platter?” > [@Ignotus](#): > > I don’t know if it’s still a trope; but back in the 1970:s when I was a kid it was “common knowledge” that the part of the human body most prized by cannibals was the piece of tissue between the thumb and forefinger. > > I have no idea where this came from. > [@lingyi](#): > > To bring a bit of sad reality to the thread, in my teen’s I read about the Donner Party and the book described how they initially used the fattiest parts of the females (I’ve leave it up to you to figure it out) to make a broth. I once read an account of a Dutch missionary in what is now Indonesia, who claimed that one of his converts had told him that the flesh of a young girl’s buttock was considered to be the choicest portion. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/24 "2020-01-05T20:57:33Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > To bring a bit of sad reality to the thread, in my teen’s I read about the Donner Party and the book described how they initially used the fattiest parts of the females (I’ve leave it up to you to figure it out) to make a broth. > > On the lighter side, people in Hawaii love Spam because it tastes like human flesh! 😃 I can’t speak for the people of Hawaii. However, I have met and interviewed three individuals who have actually eaten human flesh: for two of them it was during the Battle of Stalingrad and the third during the siege of Leningrad in World War II. They all agreed that the taste of human flesh is close to pork. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/25 "2020-01-05T21:27:16Z")
Dang! _Can’t find Cartoons Even We Wouldn’t Dare Print_ (I’m sure I still have it somewhere), but found and skimmed through _Can’t find Cartoons Even We Wouldn’t Dare Print II: The Sequel_ and saw the following cartoon. Of course not as effective as seeing it but: On the left, cannibals putting naked man into the pot. On the right, cannibal pushing a mentally disabled kid in a wheelchair. Caption: “Hey, how about a vegetable?” ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/26 "2020-01-05T22:23:39Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > To bring a bit of sad reality to the thread, in my teen’s I read about the Donner Party and the book described how they initially used the fattiest parts of the females (I’ve leave it up to you to figure it out) to make a broth. The Donner party were idiots. Besides going the wrong way at the wrong time with the wrong guidance, they repulsed local Native Americans who tried to help them. Duh. > [@](#): > > On the lighter side, people in Hawaii love Spam because it tastes like human flesh! 😃 SpAm = SPanish AMericans. Yes, it’s ground-up Latinos. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/27 "2020-01-05T22:44:16Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > SpAm = SPanish AMericans. Yes, it’s ground-up Latinos. Enjoy. OMG! LOLed! TY! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/28 "2020-01-06T00:26:39Z")
> [@Ignotus](#): > > I don’t know if it’s still a trope; but back in the 1970:s when I was a kid it was “common knowledge” that the part of the human body most prized by cannibals was the piece of tissue between the thumb and forefinger. I’ve been told the part they like the best is old wives tail. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/29 "2020-01-06T01:30:35Z")
You roast them in their clothes so that the clothes will collect the drippings needed for gravy. Don’t any of you people cook? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/30 "2020-01-06T01:54:09Z")
Cannibalism is not an unknown theme in Charles Addams cartoons. My favorite is the one where the cannibal is conversing with a medical missionary, while a giant pot of water boils merrily in the background. “Why yes, doctor, we’ve had a taste of Western medicine.” \*Sorry I couldn’t find a link to that cartoon, so [this](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2010/03/05/arts/05addams-2/05addams-2-popup.jpg) will have to do. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/31 "2020-01-06T02:15:19Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > \*Sorry I couldn’t find a link to that cartoon, so [this](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2010/03/05/arts/05addams-2/05addams-2-popup.jpg) will have to do. I have _The World of Chas Addams_ and _Charles Addams: The Addams Family: an Evilution_. I’ll have to check the former to see if that cartoon is in it. (Might be in the second, but I have a feeling the former is a better option.) ---
**Author:** ![Crossbreed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Crossbreed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crossbreed)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/32 "2020-01-06T09:38:54Z")
Cannibals won’t eat clowns. They taste funny… ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/33 "2020-01-06T17:51:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I once saw a documentary about a South American Indian tribe. Killed a monkey with a poison dart, brought it back to the village, and tossed it onto a fire to roast. Didn’t gut or skin it, didn’t even put it on a spit. Yeccch! ☹ They ate a monkey that they killed with poison? Does that not affect you if you eat it? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/34 "2020-01-06T18:15:42Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > They ate a monkey that they killed with poison? Does that not affect you if you eat it? It’s iocane powder. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/35 "2020-01-06T18:20:06Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Cannibalism is not an unknown theme in Charles Addams cartoons. My favorite is the one where the cannibal is conversing with a medical missionary, while a giant pot of water boils merrily in the background. > > “Why yes, doctor, we’ve had a taste of Western medicine.” > > \*Sorry I couldn’t find a link to that cartoon, so [this](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2010/03/05/arts/05addams-2/05addams-2-popup.jpg) will have to do. In a similar vein, two cannibals squatting on the ground, one with a ‘yuck’ expression on his face, amidst missionary leavings. The other is saying, “I agree; he was a very bitter man.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/36 "2020-01-06T19:05:20Z")
Did you hear about the cannibal who passed his enemy in the jungle? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/37 "2020-01-06T21:12:25Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > They ate a monkey that they killed with poison? Does that not affect you if you eat it? Dunno. They didn’t seem to care. 😕 Two cannibals are having dinner. One says “Boy, your wife sure makes a delicious stew!” The other one says “Yeah, I’m gonna miss her.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/38 "2020-01-06T22:14:30Z")
What did the cannibal do after he dumped his girlfriend? He wiped. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/39 "2020-01-06T22:25:11Z")
I imagine cannibals would be fond of Girl Scout Cookies. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958/40 "2020-01-06T22:47:50Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I imagine cannibals would be fond of Girl Scout Cookies. Brownies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958.md?page=3)