# I give you... Edible Anuses!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 22, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616 "2013-06-22T04:27:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/1 "2013-06-22T04:27:11Z")
[Story here.](http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2013/06/would-you-eat-a-human-anus-if-it-tasted-like-chocolate)
A British chocolate maker is selling chocolate assholes. Apparently molded from a live models sphincter. Bon appetit!
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### Author:  [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/2 "2013-06-22T09:34:17Z")
:dubious: Oookaaay.
This is one of those times you wonder why someone thought their brainstorm would be a good idea. Then you check the story, see that it’s selling well and wonder even more that it apparently _was_ a good idea! 😕
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### Author:  [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/3 "2013-06-22T09:56:09Z")
Bet it’s a hoot for the person those were modeled after, though.
“Eat my ass!”
“…”
“No really, here, have some, it’s delicious! Have some fudge to go with it…”
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### Author:  [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/4 "2013-06-22T11:44:09Z")
I worked in a meatpacking plant once and was interested to discover there’s a job that involves jamming one’s thumb into the pig assholes going by on the conveyor, cutting around them with a very sharp knife, pulling it out a little and cutting off the intestine, and deftly flicking it into a dedicated chute. What was at the bottom of the asshole chute in the basement of the plant, I never found out. They’re worth harvesting for something, though…
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/5 "2013-06-22T11:46:39Z")
From the link in the OP:
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> In a week that’s revealed **breast milk-flavored lollipops** and edible anuses made of chocolate, we must remember to laugh at ourselves.
…but that potentially disturbing item turns out to be a con:
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> Founder Jason Darling revealed to the Los Angeles Times that the lollipops are dairy-free and don’t contain breast milk. They’re actually mostly sugar, and he says they taste “like almond milk, but sweeter.” According to Darling, they’re an instant hit. They’re sold in quantities of four for $10, and “a few thousand dollars worth” have already been sold since their Monday release.
> **[Can Breast Milk-Flavored Lollipops Save the World?](http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2013/06/can-breast-milk-flavored-lollipops-save-the-world)**
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> Breast milk-flavored lollipops from Texas aim to address ...
Well, at least the chocolate anuses really are chocolate and really do look like anuses. Where does one go from here?
[spoiler] Chocolate Anuses – NOW! with Hemorrhoids!
Now I have to wash my brain out with bleach[/spoiler]
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### Author:  [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/6 "2013-06-22T12:02:16Z")
This gives a whole new meaning to “life is like a box of chocolates”.
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### Author:  [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/7 "2013-06-22T12:15:39Z")
It’s very important to me that the model be a male, but otherwise, I’m game. 😉
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/8 "2013-06-22T13:07:57Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#):
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> It’s very important to me that the model be a male, but otherwise, I’m game. 😉
Ha ha, good point. I’d hate to be the butt of the joke - eating another man’s ass.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/9 "2013-06-22T13:59:41Z")
I thought this might be the story about the making of fake calimari out of hog bung:
> **[Is That Calamari You're Eating -- Or Sliced Pig Rectum?](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/imitation-calamari-sliced-pig-rectum_n_2482063)**
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> Is That Calamari You're Eating -- Or Sliced Pig Rectum?
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### Author:  [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/10 "2013-06-22T14:04:40Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> This gives a whole new meaning to “life is like a box of chocolates”.
The ones with berries always get eaten last.
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### Author:  [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/11 "2013-06-22T16:30:34Z")
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Shouldnt’ the subject line say “…Edible Ani!”?
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/12 "2013-06-22T16:37:47Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> This gives a whole new meaning to “life is like a box of chocolates”.
Not to mention “cruising the Hershey highway.”😃
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/13 "2013-06-22T17:24:59Z")
I can see the magazine ads & billboards now:
_A pretty smiling girl holds a chocolate up to the camera_
Copy: “Kiss My Sweet Ass…!”
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### Author:  [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/14 "2013-06-22T17:45:42Z")
If they ever want to make a TV ad they just need to get in touch with the people who made the [Cadbury’s Flake ads](http://youtu.be/6mYr90nCFZE) for the UK.
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### Author:  [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/15 "2013-06-22T18:21:03Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#):
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> Shouldnt’ the subject line say “…Edible Ani!”?
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Nope. Neither is it campi or viri. I might give you a pass on cacti. Octopi is right out.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/16 "2013-06-22T18:31:31Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> Nope. Neither is it campi or viri. I might give you a pass on cacti. Octopi is right out.
Since “anus” is an English word, I would preferentially use “anuses.” However, [Merriam Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anus), somewhat to my surprise, gives “ani” as an acceptable alternative plural in English. The [plural in Latin](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anus#Latin) is “ani.”
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/17 "2013-06-22T19:39:24Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> I thought this might be the story about the making of fake calimari out of hog bung:
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> ['Imitation Calamari' Investigated By 'This American Life,' Suggested To Have Dubious, Pork-Based Origin | HuffPost Life](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/imitation-calamari-sliced-pig-rectum_n_2482063.html)
I heard an Ira Glass piece on This American Porcine Anus…er… This American Life on just this concept. Apparently the bung IS marketed as fake calimari.
I love me some fried calimari. It put me off my fave appetizer for more than 6 months. :eek:
I recently went back.I only buy from Green restaurants. I figure, they’d never swap out octopus. And besides, I adore the tentacles and they’re in NO way similar to porcine anal sphincter.
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### Author:  [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/18 "2013-06-22T19:43:02Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> Nope. Neither is it campi or viri. I might give you a pass on cacti. Octopi is right out.
I’m no expert in latin. So OK, octopus -\> octopodes cuz the “pus” is related to “pod” (feet), but wazzup with [anus?](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anus?s=t) It comes from the latin word anus. Similar with campus and virus. And radius. So what’s the rule for when a -us noun gets pluralized with an -i ending or a -uses ending?
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### Author:  [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/19 "2013-06-22T20:17:48Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> This gives a whole new meaning to “life is like a box of chocolates”.
It’s full of assholes?
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-you-edible-anuses/661616/20 "2013-06-22T20:19:07Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#):
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> I’m no expert in latin. So OK, octopus -\> octopodes cuz the “pus” is related to “pod” (feet), but wazzup with [anus?](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anus?s=t) It comes from the latin word anus. Similar with campus and virus. And radius. So what’s the rule for when a -us noun gets pluralized with an -i ending or a -uses ending?
As I posted, if **Martian Bigfoot** was implying that “ani” was an incorrect Latin plural, then he was wrong. Radii is the correct plural for radius, and is acceptable in English. The [correct Latin plural for campus is campi](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/campus), but this is never used in English and is not listed by Merriam Webster.
Virus, although ending in -us, [has no true Latin plural.](http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g63.html) The only correct plural in English is viruses.
In short, I would not rely on a Martian for advice on correct Latin.😉
The [Staff Report on Latin plural](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2139/what-is-the-plural-of-penis)s by **bibliophage** gives more information.
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