Random Thought Thread

000Robert said:
I've never eaten anything like that. I've never eaten horse meat, oysters, squid, or anything like that, ever. And I never will unless I am starving to death. Even then, I might just go ahead and die...
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So you've never even tried calamari? Nothing at all nasty about it. Is it just the idea of eating squid that's hanging you up? Cause it's friggin' delicious.
 
JustinFournier said:
As a point of reference the knives release today at 5pm, limited to 3000 pieces, limit 1 of each colourway per person, total limit of 3 per person. And they are $395.

He’s definitely not a knifemaker. He’s a vet who built a really big cult following, he primarily does training and makes tactical products with his market in mind to sell to.

He’s a good guy, living his dream. I think for a lot of casual people who buy his brand, and follow his methods they will love this shit.

I have some of his gear, found it’s not worth the hype but I have tons of shit that isn’t.
I still respect him and catch up from time to time but I’m not on the cool-aid.
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According to my monkey-math, that's almost $1.2 million worth of knives. In one run.

I think I got into the wrong damn business.

BTW, I went to the Toor Knives site where they describe this knife in 289 words, using the word "iconic" no less than three times. Marketing. Again, I missed the boat.
 
I was watching a late night show about giant squids the other night. They showed the first crew to film a giant squid still alive. They where deep with a large piece of bait attached to the front of their submarine, and this giant squid swam up and wrapped its tentacles around the bait and started chomping on the bait for awhile with its large beak. It was kinda funny, on one of their earlier attempts, a shark came by and bit the giant squids head off before it could get to their bait.
Which reminds me, I had a delicious spicy raw squid appetizer at the Boat House in Disney Springs.
 
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.357gus said:
I was watching a late night show about giant squids the other night. They showed the first crew to film a giant squid still alive. They where deep with a large piece of bait attached to the front of their submarine, and this giant squid swam up and wrapped its tentacles around the bait and started chomping on the bait for awhile with its large beak. It was kinda funny, on one of their earlier attempts, a shark came by and bit the giant squids head off before it could get to their bait.
Which reminds me, I had a delicious spicy raw squid appetizer at the Boat House in Disney Springs.
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Damn! What kind of shark was it?
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Ika (squid) is one of my favorite kinds of sushi. Firm, rich and buttery. I think squid is best raw.

.... I'll bet it's pretty good alive...
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I am sure many of you have seen the movie called "Jiro Dreams of Sushi", but in that documentary, the "God of Sushi" did talk about Squid as a sushi material and it's pretty interesting how they have to massage it 45 min(IIRC) before they think it is 'ready'. I found that documentary pretty inspiring--I mean any person who can dedicated decades of life to become best of his trade, still dream about it at night, and couldn't even take a day off on New Year's eve without feeling antsy deserve my upmost respect.

fonedork said:
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Oh, I remember that scene, pretty 'heavy' movie.
 
JustinFournier said:
So he eats the octopus live, then he dies?

I mean, kill the thing first. Play stupid games...
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Nah, he passes out when she touches his hand cause of plot in that movie. I heard they did like four takes of that scene and the actor ate a big live octopus for each one. Anyway you are right about win stupid prizes. There’s a video of a live streamer girl who tries to eat an octopus this big and it bites her back and suctions all over her face, I think it’s too early in the morning to post it though
 
fonedork said:
Nah, he passes out when she touches his hand cause of plot in that movie. I heard they did like four takes of that scene and the actor ate a big live octopus for each one. Anyway you are right about win stupid prizes. There’s a video of a live streamer girl who tries to eat an octopus this big and it bites her back and suctions all over her face, I think it’s too early in the morning to post it though
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Hahahahahhaaha. That’s awesome.
 
fonedork said:
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Been there, done that. Lol.

A little disconcerting when your food is trying to slither off the plate, then proceeds to try to crawl back out of your mouth. Like many other animals (including snakes), the body still moves without the head.

But hey, I was younger and dumber, and couldn't turn down the challenge from the locals :p.

While on vacation (12-13 years old), I recall my first time ever, seeing someone eat a baby octopus live, as in literally fresh caught out of the ocean while standing thigh deep in the ocean.

An older fisherman in some country in Asia (can't recall which) was fishing in the ocean and caught a baby octopus. We were fascinated, and he offered it to us (he didn't speak any English). When we declined, he mimed something we took to mean, "Good to eat", then chomped right into it while we were all standing in the ocean. Watching it wriggle as he chewed it was...

Then, years later, I got to try it in a restaurant. Lol. Raw octopus is incredibly chewy.
 
bluemax_1 said:
Been there, done that. Lol.

A little disconcerting when your food is trying to slither off the plate, then proceeds to try to crawl back out of your mouth. Like many other animals (including snakes), the body still moves without the head.

But hey, I was younger and dumber, and couldn't turn down the challenge from the locals :p.

While on vacation (12-13 years old), I recall my first time ever, seeing someone eat a baby octopus live, as in literally fresh caught out of the ocean while standing thigh deep in the ocean.

An older fisherman in some country in Asia (can't recall which) was fishing in the ocean and caught a baby octopus. We were fascinated, and he offered it to us (he didn't speak any English). When we declined, he mimed something we took to mean, "Good to eat", then chomped right into it while we were all standing in the ocean. Watching it wriggle as he chewed it was...

Then, years later, I got to try it in a restaurant. Lol. Raw octopus is incredibly chewy.
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I wouldn't have ate it even if they had a gun to my head. Yuk!
 
I don't believe in reincarnation. I think we're on this planet one time. You may as well shake things up a bit, try new things. Of all the weirdest things I've eaten, I think the grossest thing out there is probably raisins. Yuck. Sad little zombified grapes.

The Chinese think we're crazy for eating cheese. They're not wrong, if you think about it....
 
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