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I believe the Cantonese/Vietnamese saying goes "anything with four legs, except table and chair; anything that flies, except airplane." The Great Leap Forward
by logfromblammo 9y ago
I believe the Cantonese/Vietnamese saying goes "anything with four legs, except table and chair; anything that flies, except airplane."
The Great Leap Forward conditioned the survivors to eat absolutely anything that moves. They'll even eat sea stars and jellyfish, without even gagging. While the rest of the world wonders how to dispose of the frozen gorillas[0], the Chinese are already wiping the fryer oil off their hands and throwing away the skewer.
As tourists, they have an international reputation in the hospitality and tourism industry for eating literally anything you might care to put on their plate.
[0] The Simpsons, "Bart the Mother" (10:3). According to Skinner, the pigeons are eaten by the Bolivian Tree Lizards, the lizards are eaten by Chinese Needle Snakes, the snakes are eaten by snake-eating gorillas, and the gorillas freeze to death during the winter.