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This Guy
27th August 2007, 07:25 AM
Saw this on a bumper sticker, and just wondered what reaction it brings to people.

I see it as a very distasteful way of trying to get a laugh. And I don't really find it funny at all.

I assume the person that has this on their truck doesn't actually believe it would be a solution to either the homeless, or the hunger problems in the world, but intended it to be funny.

So, what was the first reaction you had when you saw the title?
Spindrift
27th August 2007, 07:29 AM
Saw this on a bumper sticker, and just wondered what reaction it brings to people.

I see it as a very distasteful way of trying to get a laugh. And I don't really find it funny at all.

I assume the person that has this on their truck doesn't actually believe it would be a solution to either the homeless, or the hunger problems in the world, but intended it to be funny.

So, what was the first reaction you had when you saw the title?

My reaction is that this was a modern day, sound byte version of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
HarryKeogh
27th August 2007, 07:43 AM
So, what was the first reaction you had when you saw the title?

I thought "what a great idea!" but then I realized there might be too much work involved to get such a program into place.
This Guy
27th August 2007, 07:50 AM
I thought "what a great idea!" but then I realized there might be too much work involved to get such a program into place.

Well, if we could find some out of work butchers.....
This Guy
27th August 2007, 07:52 AM
My reaction is that this was a modern day, sound byte version of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"

I hadn't thought about that. Wasn't too long ago that I was enlightened about JS's Proposal (interest was fired by a thread on these boards somewhere).

Good point!
shemp
27th August 2007, 08:10 AM
It makes me hungry. When's lunch?
NorwegianSquirrel
27th August 2007, 08:50 AM
I found it a bit stupid, isn't homeless people often hungry people too?
This Guy
27th August 2007, 09:19 AM
I found it a bit stupid, isn't homeless people often hungry people too?

They are conditions that tend to go together.
Bikewer
27th August 2007, 09:50 AM
Have you been around many homeless people? Eeeew....not tasty.
This Guy
27th August 2007, 09:59 AM
Have you been around many homeless people? Eeeew....not tasty.

Well, many of them have been internally marinating themselves for years..

OK, so maybe the wines they use aren't the best. But still, that should help, don't ya think?

;)
fuelair
27th August 2007, 09:59 AM
Well, if we could find some out of work butchers.....
Think Delicatessen (the movie!)
baron
27th August 2007, 11:12 AM
Aren't the homeless hungry, then? And if so, should they eat themselves?
dudalb
27th August 2007, 11:34 AM
And memories of George Romero Zombie Movies flash through my brain.....
IllegalArgument
27th August 2007, 11:51 AM
*lurches towards dudalb

BRAAAAIIIINNNSSSS!!!!!
Piscivore
27th August 2007, 11:56 AM
Think Delicatessen (the movie!)

That's more Sweeny Todd. I'd suggest Soylent Green.
TragicMonkey
27th August 2007, 01:33 PM
That's tasteless and disgusting and horrible. Sick.

If the hungry must eat, there are plenty of unwanted, unadopted cats and dogs around. And unadoptable children, for that matter. And what actually happens to aborted fetuses, anyway? And let's face it, the dead are a source of protein.
tripi
27th August 2007, 04:55 PM
What would be the best part? Biceps? Calves? Thighs? Myself, I vote for buttocks.
dudalb
27th August 2007, 05:55 PM
What would be the best part? Biceps? Calves? Thighs? Myself, I vote for buttocks.


Probably does not matter if it's served in Meat Pies A La Mrs. Lovett.
rjh01
28th August 2007, 06:20 AM
Would not work. Everyone needs to eat their fruit and veg as well. The people who eat humans would also tend to build up poisons in their body such as heavy metal. Not to mention disease.

No, sell the homeless to the top restaurants as exotic food.
fuelair
29th August 2007, 12:30 PM
Aren't the homeless hungry, then? And if so, should they eat themselves? I would think that would really strain their spines!!:jaw-dropp
this charming man
29th August 2007, 01:06 PM
It brings the same thought the song"Kill The Poor" by the Dead Kennedys (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/dead+kennedys/kill+the+poor_20038160.html)brings to me.

I suggest they try Whirled Peas.
schplurg
30th August 2007, 02:31 AM
So, what was the first reaction you had when you saw the title?
I thought it was fairly funny...somewhat tasteless, but funny. I don't have too many problems with tasteless humor.