Monday, February 18, 2008

Deep-fried, bacon-wrapped Panda

In case just eating Chinese or Japanese food at China Panda wasn't sufficient, there is discussion of the wonders of taking carnivore to new heights.

The argument: It would be interesting.
The downside: Endangered, would involve hunting in the forests of China, no one would ever speak to you again besides other sickos who thought it was cool.
The quandry: Cows would be extinct if they weren't so tasty. Does that mean that pandas are endangered because they aren't tasty, or because they are tasty, but no one talks about it?
Corollary: How does mistreatment of cows lead to massive beef recall? I mean, were the farmers talking smack about the cows' moms or something? Does excessive stress of being a cow taint the beef? Can you waterboard a cow? How fast will PETA beat me up for asking these questions? What happened to "happy cows come from California"?
(the whole wisconsin blizzard cows moving to california seems to be a rather relevant commercial to me of late.)
Solution: just about anything deep-fried and/or wrapped in bacon is tasty, ergo, bring on the panda.

There was also some discussion about the color of panda skin (tiger skin is striped, but polar bear skin is black), but since I prefer my chickens skinless, I don't think it's much of an issue. Oh, and the whole part about never actually being within 5' of a panda, at least not without a thick helping of plexiglass.


These are the weird things that become acceptable dinner conversation when everyone has either been locked in a dark theatre for 24 hours this weekend or locked in a death-match with the Judith Butler book till I got a break, which meant writing a paper. I think we need to get out more. And probably become vegetarians.

1 comment:

Amber said...

The comment "I think we need to get out more" smacks alot of referring to yourself as a royal we. I know your "we" referred to you AND your theatre cronies....but it seemed to refer more appropriately in its context to just YOU. So if it is the royal we, what are you the queen of? Cows? Sorry....now Im picturing you with a Bovine crown with golden udders....ROFL. Its late. Im going to bed before Im less coherent than golden udder comments!!!