Our Father's Mustache

K: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten and liked?

MR: I don’t know. I might need to think about that for a minute. (Pauses to think) I’ve had quail and deer…not at the same time. Those were both pretty good.

K: I’ve never had either. When did you have those?

MR: I had quail at a Greek restaurant the first time I was in London. The deer was at a skydiving boogie in Ireland.

K: I think you might have a more adventurous palate than I do.

MR: How so?

K: I don’t think I’d be able to stomach deer.

MR: I had it made into a burger. Why couldn’t you stomach it?

K: The thought of eating a wild animal would make me want to puke.

MR: Why?

K: Because it was out in the wild, minding its own business and then someone shoots it out of nowhere and then it’s dead. It makes me sad.

MR: Fair enough. Just so you know, you would not have not well if you felt that way and lived in the time of cavemen.

K: I would have been a vegetarian.

MR: What if some cavemen had domesticated dinosaurs for food?

K: I would eat that.

MR: But not wild dinosaur?

K: No.

MR: What if the dinosaur was killed in self-defense and then eaten to be environmentally friendly?  Would you eat that?

K: Yes, but only if it was killed in a humane way. Like, not if it was a “bull fight” style killing.

MR: The dinosaur would have been the aggressor and the caveman would do his best to kill it quickly and humanely.

K: Then I would probably eat it.

MR:Okay.