The Donner Party

[cosmicfolklore]

That's awesome Spencer! What a great thing to get to hear.
And, I was just kidding. I'm like Nate. So, you want to go camping now? Is better, no?

 

[aldecaker]

Cosmic: "Well, it looks like we have no choice but to resort to cannibalism..."
Everyone else: "Um, Mike? We've been lost for 45 minutes..." :rofl:

 

[davet]

Dr. Roberto Canessa was the featured speaker

If I'm not mistaken he was one of the two that walked out of the mountains ?

 

[iamn8]

It's a true test of a person... if after 45min of hunger you turn cannibal, you have failed the test, but thanks for playing

 

[aldecaker]

Everyone thinks they have integrity until they're sitting in the motel room with a suitcase full of Benjamins.

 

[sablebrush52]

So this is the origin for Doner kebabs?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

 

[prairiedruid]

BBQ sauce makes an excellent sunscreen Cosmic......wouldn't want you getting skin cancer. Stop by sometime for dinner and come early; like an hour for every ten pounds of your body weight.

 

[deathmetal]

There are a plethora of documentaries on WW2 which shows soldiers in very dire situations, i.e. being terribly wounded and smoking a cigarette while on a stretcher.

Nicotine calms people in times of tension, which is why armies have issued tobacco for centuries. In WWII, it was included in their rations -- little five-packs of cigarettes. I think the same was true in Vietnam.
As far as cannibalism goes, in times of necessity, do what needs doing. Nothing is subjective; everything is situational; most people are in denial of this and can't defend that point of view, which makes them defensive. As a Ragin' Realist, I recognize that were I starving, there's a lot of things I would eat that I would not normally eat. Food is a means to an end, as is survival itself.

 

[bigpond]

When I found out people taste like pork I was offended and a little disappointed.

 

[indianafrank]

What have I created by starting this thread?

I like to think that when I'm on my death bed, I'll say "I could've done better, but at least I never starved or ate people".

Well, it looks like we have no choice but to resort to cannibalism...

a goal in my life to never starve to death or eat people

So this is the origin for Doner kebabs?

Stop by sometime for dinner and come early; like an hour for every ten pounds of your body weight.

When I found out people taste like pork I was offended and a little disappointed.