If you are what you eat.....are cannibals more human than the rest of us?

In response to last week’s question, " If you are what you eat.....are cannibals more human than the rest of us?", my neighbor Al pondered, "Well they would in theory.  If your first premise was correct, I'd already be beer."   My social media friend Mark concluded, "Cannibals are the opposite of humans. They eat what they are."

My hiking friend Kelly explained, "I wouldn’t say they’re more “human” – just more economical.  They’ve taken “a mind is a terrible thing to waste” and expanded that concept."   My IT friend Kosol clarified, "It depends on the human they eat.  Some humans, because of what they ate, can be chickens, pigs, beefy, fishy, green behind the ears from too much veggies, salty, sweet, or just plain ol' bitter!"  My friend Royce added, "Does that include side dishes?"

My cycling friend Ted shared, "That would explain why my wife says I am mostly a pig."

 

My dad's beach buddy Bob replied, "Just might be the case.  I checked with my Mullah to be sure."

My Parrothead friend Samantha explained, "Apparently, since they take the bite out of humanity....Ugh that was awful - sorry.  We now know that the bacteria in your gut are more numerous than human cells and play a role in gene expression, so it would depend on how much of the gut bacteria survived in the cannibal's system to take over in their gut and determine their level of 'human' gene expression... Just lectured on that today :)   "

My friend Richard shared, "No, but I believe that the lyrics to the song “People” (made famous by Barbra Streisand) were written for cannibals:  'People. People who need people are the luckiest people in the world'."

And then my writing and sailing friend Rich queried, "Well I guess so, Does that mean that Zombies are smarter than the rest of us because they eat brains?"

Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' “:

Can you claim something about you is hereditary if your parents don't  have it?  (from my friend Leah)

Live well...laugh often and heartily.... have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

     

[Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration.]