Not for the Squeemish - (have beef gurkha ceremony)

Its a proven fact that cannabalism causes all sorts of nasty diseases. If you look at some of the remnants of wild tribes in New Guinea, at the old folks who still had the chance to taste of the flesh so to speak, many suffer from neurolgical disease similar to mad cow. They actually speculate thats how mad cow started, from cows being fed on other cows. Natures way of telling us enough is enough, when it comes to eating. Though I think its ok to eat someone of the opposite sex ;)
 
I always wondered how many ways that would translate....Mabuhayheyheyhey :eek:

Sorry....sometimes the memory kicks back in, and I have a Dirty Senior Moment :p
 
Its a proven fact that cannabalism causes all sorts of nasty diseases. If you look at some of the remnants of wild tribes in New Guinea, at the old folks who still had the chance to taste of the flesh so to speak, many suffer from neurolgical disease similar to mad cow. They actually speculate thats how mad cow started, from cows being fed on other cows. Natures way of telling us enough is enough, when it comes to eating. Though I think its ok to eat someone of the opposite s
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I was going to say that maybe they didn't get the meat hot enough, but then I read your last sentence and it sounded even worse!:eek: :D
 
Here's a nice bit of trivia for you animal lovers: in the old days (and I'm talkin' 1700s) if the man selected to lop off the bull's head (and then it was a really heavy kora or ram dao)didn't do it in one slice, they finished severing the head and then smothered the guy to death with the bloody stump. That supposedly would appease the God's so their year wouldn't be a bad one.

Have any of you ever seen a film of this ceremony? Pretty, uh, unique.
 
The only film I've seen was the MPEG I mentioned (which I'm still unable to find) and the "chopper" would have stayed alive. MPEGS, on a WebTV, don't always carry audio very well. This was an exception, and the audio alone (if you knew the origin) was enough to keep you up nights.
 
Here's a nice bit of trivia for you animal lovers: in the old days (and I'm talkin' 1700s) if the man selected to lop off the bull's head (and then it was a really heavy kora or ram dao)didn't do it in one slice, they finished severing the head and then smothered the guy to death with the bloody stump. That supposedly would appease the God's so their year wouldn't be a bad one.
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:eek: Man! I need to keep this in mind next time I start to bitch about my job being stressful!:D Guess it'd be wise to wear your running shoes when doing that cut--just in case...
 
Depending on which authority you consult, the Mayans played a game similar to contemporary soccer. Apparently they played with some intensity, in part due to the fact the losers' heads were cut off!

"of this highly evolved society that excelled in art and astronomy and was advanced enough to possess a concept of the earth year as well as its own accurate calendar. Perhaps most significant was the Mayan preoccupation with death, the afterlife and sacrifice. These preoccupations deeply influenced their lives. They were, after all, known to have played a game, similar to soccer, but where the losers would often be sacrificed! "

Talk about incentive!

Kis
:rolleyes:
 
Similar thing with the Japanese sword testers. If you made a mistake, something which could often damage the blade, then you were expected to do the 'decent thing'-and disembowel yourself.

Bet Cliff is glad he didnt live in those times ;)
 
I forgot to add something. For those that dont know, they used to use the bodies of condemned prisoners for their testing back then. Usually they were already dead, but not always.

Bodies would be stacked up in some sort of frame, up to three I believe, and the tester would cut through them, the result being engraved on the blade tang.

Bet that used to make for interesting conversations around the camp fire.

'I have a one point five criminal tachi'
'Heh! Mines a three'
'Show off'

And then there are the chat up lines...
 
Originally posted by Federico
Its a proven fact that cannabalism causes all sorts of nasty diseases. If you look at some of the remnants of wild tribes in New Guinea, at the old folks who still had the chance to taste of the flesh so to speak, many suffer from neurolgical disease similar to mad cow. They actually speculate thats how mad cow started, from cows being fed on other cows. Natures way of telling us enough is enough, when it comes to eating. Though I think its ok to eat someone of the opposite sex ;)
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I believe it is a brain and nerve thing. One thing you want to avoid at all costs is eating anything like that from any animal.

In parts of Kentucky is has been reported that outbreaks of CJD have occurred where Squirrel brains are a popular food.

Eeesh. Makes a man feel like becoming a vegetarian. Tomorrow. ;)
 
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