Diverting from the initial OT, I recall a girl in my elementary school
class, who lived in the neighborhood too, whose father was a missionary
in Africa, and I think she and the fam lived there for some time when
she was a bit younger than when we were in class together (we also went
to HS together, and are in some random contact still). Anyway, I
remember in maybe 4th or 5th grade, there was some discussion of
cannibals and such (which being in 4th or 5th grade was a great topic),
and she pipes up that a family friend who had also become a missionary
had been a cannibal before becoming whatever flavor the missionaries
were promoting. This was some African guy. So this revelation
engendered considerable discussion, and this heretofore quiet shy
classmate became the class favorite. I remember clearly she explained
that this guy said the best part to eat was the heel of the honored
guest as it was very tender and sweet meat, and it was usually given to
the head guy, perhaps the King in your story.
Just an aside, there was this Missionary Church in the neighborhood, and
a lot of the congregants lived in the neighborhood too. Some of the
kids I knew had parents who were quite involved in that church, so
probably also had fairly direct knowledge of these kinds of stories. I
don't recall if the girl's father was a minister at that church or just
one of their remote operators or what, but this African cannibal guy had
probably come there at some point so maybe that is where the story
originated.
Luckily the King's missionary wasn't also a clown, or maybe he was.
--FT
On 8/4/16 11:52 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
Fiji went from cannibalism to Methodism virtually overnight back in the
1870s after one of the chiefs killed and his village ate a missionary who
had offended him. Must have tasted "off".
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Andrew wrote:
Scr*w science. Brew it, drink it. End of story.
I agree.
But...
What about bad stuff that "science" protects?
I thought you guys were all careful "science" against bad bugs, lawyer-up,
etc.
i.e. no docs, no vacs, come what may, enjoy.
mao
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