We've all learned a lot this week about the spectrum of human dining — literally. Relatives will now think twice before looking upon young children and exclaiming "You're so good, I could just eat you up!"
- http://weknowmemes.com/2012/06/hipster-hannibal/
- Because Hannibal did it first.
Wednesday in Stockholm, a man was arrested for cutting off and eating his wife's lips after discovering an extramarital affair. And she thought he was kidding when he said her lips looked delicious.
The Huffington Post reported Thursday that 21-year-old Morgan State University student Alexander Kinyua confessed to murdering his roommate Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie in Maryland. Kinyua admitted to consuming Agyei-Kodie's heart and part of his brain after killing and dismembering him with a knife. This is a cautionary tale for parents of college students, send more ramen.
In Georgia last weekend, a contractor got into a physical altercation with two Lowe's employees in the store's parking lot. Christopher Newman bit one of the men on the arm, drawing blood. Lowe's is considering changing their slogan to "Let's bite something together".
But Florida takes the cake, or face, this week with the face-eating man.
Apparently bath salts bring on the worst kind of munchies. Not the "I just ate three bags of dill pickle Lays and a moon pie" kind. It's a ravenous hunger that will cause one to eat anything in sight, including but not limited to human face. "I'm starving. Anyone else going to eat that human face?" To be clear, Miami's police department is still waiting on a toxicology report to confirm if and what drugs were in 31-year-old Rudy Eugene's system when he attacked a homeless man and ate 75 percent of his face.
This article appears in May 31 – Jun 6, 2012.