# What would you eat, if you could eat \*anything\*? And by anything, I mean inedible/inorganic **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844 "2009-12-11T07:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Super\_Kapowzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/41 "2009-12-13T15:47:48Z")
A tall glass of Gasoline on the rocks. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/42 "2009-12-13T16:58:40Z")
I think rock. Not only could I eat my way into a mountain (home), but make money by working as a miner. With selective digestion, I could even produce concentrated ore as a waste product. Where’s my magic wand… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/43 "2009-12-13T18:46:37Z")
> [@Super\_Kapowzler](#): > > A tall glass of Gasoline on the rocks. I’m with you on that one. Cheers! _tink_ Also, I have the feeling that aluminum cans would melt on your tongue. Beer bottles would taste like hard candy. And just out of curiosity: Books (mmm, a 1982 Stephen King…). A DeLorian. An iPhone. CDs and DVDs. Toothpicks. Needles. Christmas lights. Money. Bras. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/44 "2009-12-13T19:06:50Z")
How about babies. Sometimes, you snuggle their little fat necks and cheeks until you just want to bite! Plus, my baby always smelled like cocoa butter. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/45 "2009-12-13T23:07:14Z")
Crystals. I have this necklace with a crystal hanging off of it, and it looks like it would taste delightfully sweet and sugary. As an aside, since several people mentioned eating scented lotions … when I was little, for some unimaginable reason, I liked the taste of lotion. My mom used to put lotion on me after my bath, and if she didn’t watch me closely, I would lick the lotion right back off. Nowadays, I’ll accidentally eat food too soon after putting lotion on my hands, and my affinity for that taste is absolutely gone now. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/46 "2009-12-13T23:57:27Z")
Check out panel #4. [http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20080113](http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20080113) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/47 "2009-12-14T00:04:55Z")
Sorry to the OP. but didn’t you contradict yourself, or maybe I’ve been **whooshed**? Thanks, Q ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/48 "2009-12-14T00:08:19Z")
Automotive Antifreeze, just out of curiosity. Just why do dogs and cats gravitate towards imbibing in this ambrosia. Oh wait. Its an organic chemical. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/49 "2009-12-14T06:22:19Z")
A little speech given by Brother Cavill in the Battlestar Galactica series got me to thinking about using one’s senses to experience things outside of the norm. Something like smelling the gamma radiation or tasting a comet’s tail. That said, I’d like to taste a anything extra-terrestrial. A comet, the moon, the gasses of Jupiter, a solar flare… like that. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/50 "2009-12-14T07:40:40Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Check out panel #4. > > [http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20080113](http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20080113) Yep. Bras. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/51 "2009-12-14T13:20:12Z")
My set of oil paints. I want to see whether there’s any correlation between color and taste. Then I’ll eat my set of acrylics, to see whether the tastes correspond to the oils. Does Bordeaux Red taste like wine? Does Burnt Sienna taste burnt? Lemon Yellow . . . Olive Green . . . Orange Ochre . . . Sap Green . . . Raw Umber . . . Burnt Orange . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/52 "2009-12-14T13:39:06Z")
Comet. Cigar tobacco. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/53 "2009-12-14T13:53:51Z")
Molten steel. Jupiter. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/54 "2009-12-14T14:00:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Jupiter. The whole thing? Or only Drops of it? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/55 "2009-12-14T14:05:47Z")
Which part of ‘Jupiter’ didn’t you understand? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/56 "2009-12-14T16:00:34Z")
I wonder if anyone wants to eat Uranus. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/57 "2009-12-14T22:47:32Z")
I guess dog food is actually edible, isn’t it? Some of it smells pretty good. I really like the smell of the pink antibacterial hand soap you find in the bathrooms of bars, restaurants, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/58 "2009-12-14T23:11:08Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I wonder if anyone wants to eat Uranus. \ ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/59 "2009-12-15T00:03:16Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > I really like the smell of the pink antibacterial hand soap you find in the bathrooms of bars, restaurants, etc. I know from experience that stuff tastes horrible. Some of it smells like a stink-bug too. You can eat lot of inorganic things if you want. Michel Lotito ate bicycles, shopping carts, televisions, a Cessna 150 airplane. He died fairly young at 57 but it probably wasn’t directly related to his eating habits. > **[Michel Lotito](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito)** > > Michel Lotito (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}French pronunciation: \[miʃɛl lɔtito\]; 16 June 1950 – 17 April 2006) was a French entertainer famous for deliberate consumption of indigestible objects. He came to be known as Monsieur Mangetout (lit. 'Mister Eats-All'). His digestive system allowed him to consume up to 900 g (2.0 lb) ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844/60 "2009-12-15T00:03:26Z")
I’ve eaten Comet (powder) when I was a kid…just wet my finger, dip it in the powder and put it back in my mouth…maybe 10-20 times each occasion. Not that bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-eat-if-you-could-eat-anything-and-by-anything-i-mean-inedible-inorganic/520844.md?page=4)