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Yule gibbons ate only nuts and fruits
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Peter Moylan
Feb 14, 2021, 11:13:38 PM2/14/21
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I might have asked this before, but if so I've forgotten the answer.
Recently I was (re-)reading some short stories by Spider Robinson, and
one of them contained the following shaggy dog story.
A tribe of killer monkeys lived undetected in Greenwich Village. They
hibernated for most of the year, but emerged each Christmas and ate a
lot of people. Why, then, did nobody notice?
The punch line is "Everybody knows that Yule gibbons ate only nuts and
fruits".
I understand about the nut and fruits, but the rest has me whooshed. Any
explanations?
--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW
Recently I was (re-)reading some short stories by Spider Robinson, and
one of them contained the following shaggy dog story.
A tribe of killer monkeys lived undetected in Greenwich Village. They
hibernated for most of the year, but emerged each Christmas and ate a
lot of people. Why, then, did nobody notice?
The punch line is "Everybody knows that Yule gibbons ate only nuts and
fruits".
I understand about the nut and fruits, but the rest has me whooshed. Any
explanations?
--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW
Jerry Friedman
Feb 14, 2021, 11:50:26 PM2/14/21
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Tony Cooper
Feb 15, 2021, 12:16:39 AM2/15/21
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(breakfast cereal) The product contains neither grapes nor nuts.
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Tony Cooper Orlando Florida
Peter Moylan
Feb 15, 2021, 12:17:05 AM2/15/21
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Peter T. Daniels
Feb 15, 2021, 12:28:16 AM2/15/21
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Horace LaBadie
Feb 15, 2021, 1:37:27 AM2/15/21
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In article <gm0k2g5nu5av9b2mu...@4ax.com>,
Stalking the Wild Asparagus was a bestseller, going through several
printings and editions. It's still in print, in fact.
printings and editions. It's still in print, in fact.
occam
Feb 15, 2021, 3:11:19 AM2/15/21
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From that page:
"Several of his books discuss what he called "wild parties": dinner
parties where guests were served dishes prepared from plants gathered in
the wild."
I wonder how many (if any) of these were outside of California.
Lewis
Feb 15, 2021, 4:18:57 AM2/15/21
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where everything in the meal came from their 5 acres of mountain
property, though I think the basil might have been encouraged in its
growth rather than wild.
Not too long ago, it would have been quite usual to have your food come
from your land, at least if you were one rich enough to have land.
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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
Quinn C
Feb 15, 2021, 10:17:59 AM2/15/21
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* Lewis:
> In message <i8uol2...@mid.individual.net> occam <nob...@nowhere.nix> wrote:
>
>> "Several of his books discuss what he called "wild parties": dinner
>> parties where guests were served dishes prepared from plants gathered in
>> the wild."
>
> Eh, nothing wring with that. I had a very nice meal at a friend's house
> where everything in the meal came from their 5 acres of mountain
> property, though I think the basil might have been encouraged in its
> growth rather than wild.
Exactly.
> Not too long ago, it would have been quite usual to have your food come
> from your land, at least if you were one rich enough to have land.
But not from plants that, er, planted themselves.
--
Sure, everybody has the right to speak their opinion; but not
the right to identify this opinion as truth, and erect pyres
for dissenters.
-- Hedwig Dohm (1903), my translation
> In message <i8uol2...@mid.individual.net> occam <nob...@nowhere.nix> wrote:
>
>> "Several of his books discuss what he called "wild parties": dinner
>> parties where guests were served dishes prepared from plants gathered in
>> the wild."
>
> Eh, nothing wring with that. I had a very nice meal at a friend's house
> where everything in the meal came from their 5 acres of mountain
> property, though I think the basil might have been encouraged in its
> growth rather than wild.
> Not too long ago, it would have been quite usual to have your food come
> from your land, at least if you were one rich enough to have land.
--
Sure, everybody has the right to speak their opinion; but not
the right to identify this opinion as truth, and erect pyres
for dissenters.
-- Hedwig Dohm (1903), my translation
Jerry Friedman
Feb 15, 2021, 11:31:39 AM2/15/21
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thousands of years before agriculture. I read one of his books, maybe /Stalking
the Blue-eyed Scallop/, and it was mostly about eastern North America, as I
recall.
The parties were probably held in spring, when wild greens are at their best,
or late summer or fall, when those nuts and fruits are available. And it doesn't
say all the foods, or even all the ingredients of the wild-vegetable dishes, were
wild.
--
Jerry Friedman
CDB
Feb 16, 2021, 10:31:01 AM2/16/21
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On 2/15/2021 11:31 AM, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> occam wrote:
>> Tony Cooper wrote:
A PBS channel I get is currrently carrying a series in which Les Stroud,
no longer young enough to starve through more survival shows, finds wild
food for a chef to turn into delicious meals (with some added
ingredients). They praise many things about the dinners as they eat
them, but haven't mentioned what is IMO their chief virtue: they will
never make you fat.
http://wildharvestfilms.com/recipes/
> occam wrote:
>> Tony Cooper wrote:
no longer young enough to starve through more survival shows, finds wild
food for a chef to turn into delicious meals (with some added
ingredients). They praise many things about the dinners as they eat
them, but haven't mentioned what is IMO their chief virtue: they will
never make you fat.
http://wildharvestfilms.com/recipes/
Snidely
Feb 17, 2021, 10:58:22 PM2/17/21
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Peter T. Daniels explained on 2/14/2021 :
Yet another abused wheat product.
I like mine with plenty of milk, so the crunch is just starting to ebb.
/dps
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Who, me? And what lacuna?
I like mine with plenty of milk, so the crunch is just starting to ebb.
/dps
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Who, me? And what lacuna?
CDB
Feb 18, 2021, 9:02:54 AM2/18/21
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On 2/17/2021 10:58 PM, Snidely wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels explained on 2/14/2021 :
> Peter T. Daniels explained on 2/14/2021 :
>>>> Peter Moylan wrote:
>>>>> I might have asked this before, but if so I've forgotten the
>>>>> answer. Recently I was (re-)reading some short stories by
>>>>> Spider Robinson, and one of them contained the following
>>>>> shaggy dog story. A tribe of killer monkeys lived undetected
>>>>> in Greenwich Village. They hibernated for most of the year,
>>>>> but emerged each Christmas and ate a lot of people. Why,
>>>>> then, did nobody notice? The punch line is "Everybody knows
>>>>> that Yule gibbons ate only nuts and fruits". I understand
>>>>> about the nut and fruits, but the rest has me whooshed. Any
>>>>> explanations?
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euell_Gibbons
>>> Most remembered for appearing in televised ads for Grape Nuts.
>>> (breakfast cereal) The product contains neither grapes nor nuts.
>>>
>> But is quite tasty nonetheless.
> Yet another abused wheat product.
> I like mine with plenty of milk, so the crunch is just starting to
> ebb.
Old New Yorker cartoon: suburban matron calling up the stairs, "Hurry,
>>>>> I might have asked this before, but if so I've forgotten the
>>>>> answer. Recently I was (re-)reading some short stories by
>>>>> Spider Robinson, and one of them contained the following
>>>>> shaggy dog story. A tribe of killer monkeys lived undetected
>>>>> in Greenwich Village. They hibernated for most of the year,
>>>>> but emerged each Christmas and ate a lot of people. Why,
>>>>> then, did nobody notice? The punch line is "Everybody knows
>>>>> that Yule gibbons ate only nuts and fruits". I understand
>>>>> about the nut and fruits, but the rest has me whooshed. Any
>>>>> explanations?
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euell_Gibbons
>>> Most remembered for appearing in televised ads for Grape Nuts.
>>> (breakfast cereal) The product contains neither grapes nor nuts.
>>>
>> But is quite tasty nonetheless.
> Yet another abused wheat product.
> I like mine with plenty of milk, so the crunch is just starting to
> ebb.
darling; your breakfast cereal is barely audible."
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