Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Poopeating Grin

A call to ingest more fecal matter from Slate.com.
Our food is hosed and boiled and rinsed and detoxified and frozen and salted and preserved. Recently, we have begun to irradiate it, too—just in case. As a result, when our bodies encounter the occasional inevitable bug, they're unhappy. Our centuries-long program of winnowing out all the muck has turned us into sissies and withered the substantial part of the immune system mediated by our intestinal tract.
This is why I do not feel so badly about letting my nine-month-old lick floors and chew on our 100-year-old traveling wardrobe which serves as our coffee table.

I think I'll ask for a side of axle grease and a splash of poo with my oatmeal at Teresa's on Friday.

5 comments:

Brandon Andrew Miles said...

hehehe... gross.

Travis said...

As you have encouraged us all to not eat crap, I'll encourage you in the same way.

Don't eat crap Cort. Just don't.

Katherine said...

hi cort! i'm excited about the upcoming move to bg and meeting the recent addition to your family. :) i'll be there in a week and will send you an email if i don't see you at church first.

James Miller said...

yes...

Cort said...

Kat,

Great! Looking forward to seeing you.