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    Image of bookwench bookwench
    11/26/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    Ok, does anyone remember the story about a bunch of astronauts who land on a lovely monoculture of a planet? One type of grass, one insect, one cow-like thing that ate the grass and that the insect lived in. The cows would come over and keel over right in front of the astronauts, and eventually they decided to see if alien cow steak was any good.... with predictable ends-up-in-a-cocoon-then-becomes-an-alien-cow results.
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    11/26/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    The Stuff gave me nightmares for years as a kid. I can still sing the damn theme song. Hate you... I was doing so well... *sob*

    enough is never enough!
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    11/25/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    Granted, it's not a food, but seeing as how many of will be spending our post-turkey time tomorrow in a tryptophan coma, here's Death Bed: The Bed That EATS!
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    11/25/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner

    Curry Man approves of that Red Dwarf clip
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/25/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    You forgot pigs.
    -Kle.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    I need help with this. There is an old, John W Campbell era short story where a race of intelligent crustaceans try to invade earth. They attempt to infiltrate basically by canning themselves so they end up getting eaten as delicious lobsters and the humans win (typical for the era). Campbell may have even written it. Can anybody remember the title?
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    11/25/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Are you sure it wasn't written by Kilgore Trout?
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    If the Kandy Man doesn't turn out to be the approaching darkness threatening the entire universe in the Tennant finale, I'm going to be incredibly disappointed.
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    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    11/24/09

    @Lassus: The Kandy Man freaked me out when I was a kid. Heck, it freaks me out now!
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    I do note one substantial omission: Audrey from The Little Shop of Horrors. As far as i can tell she was also the only one of these that was part of a musical and as such should be revered with the cult status she holds.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    jabba the hut was funny
    the stuff is my favorite food that eats you.
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    Nice Tick reference, but surely Man Eating Cow should be up there as well.

    Also, I suppose you could technically include the Skrulls that were tricked into assuming the shape of cows and then sent to a slaughterhouse in 'Skrull Kill Crew.'

    While they didn't directly eat humans themselves, their biomorphic Skrull DNA has the same effect on human brain tissue as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, effectively eating holes in the noggins of any poor schmuck who inadvertantly consumed their meat as hamburgers.
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    Image of Conrad Conrad
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    Turkeys would be happy to eat you.
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    Image of CFinWV-in purple I am stunning! CFinWV-in purple I am stunning!
    11/24/09

    @Conrad: Seriously, they're little satans with feathers.
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    Image of Dany_J Dany_J
    11/24/09

    @CFinWV: Chickens would even be more happy to eat you
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/24/09

    @Conrad: Geese ARE happy to eat you. Nasty little bastards, with big bites.
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    Image of Conrad Conrad
    11/25/09

    @Dany_J: No, chickens are just stupid. They rarely put up a fight, and often times will just assume the worst when working with them.

    #tips
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    11/25/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: It's much easier to wrangle a goose than a Muscovy duck.

    #tips
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    Image of queensowntalia queensowntalia
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    Note to self: eating random, unidentified things off the ground may be hazardous to my health. Welp, there goes my favorite weekend hobby...
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    Image of subgrenades4carrots subgrenades4carrots
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    For those who haven't seen "The Stuff", I highly recommend. Riding on the popularity of frozen yogurt at the time, and Garrett Morris of SNL fame plays a "Famous Amos" knockoff who has lost all his business to the stuff.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    huzzah to the killer pizzas!!
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/24/09

    In reply to Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner
    No Thanksgiving is complete without inviting Kanamits (but I don't know how edible they are) to Dinner.

    To Serve Man...
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