"Delicacies": excerpt from IM at work today

[0rganism]

The names have been changed to protect the slackers.
"Delicacies - a lunchtime chat"
<2:18 PM> Sulu: ribbit!
<2:39 PM> Checkov: got a frog in your keyboard?
<2:49 PM> Sulu: not any more... i steamed and ate it!
<3:06 PM> Chekov: steamed frog... mmm
<3:07 PM> Chekov: hypothesis: any edible thing that one regards, in concept, as sufficiently repulsive is referred to by some other culture as a delicacy
<3:07 PM> Sulu: hahahaha! probably...
<3:08 PM> Sulu: of course, this requires a definition of "edible"...
<3:08 PM> Chekov: corollary: if a food is not a delicacy, it is insufficiently repulsive
<3:09 PM> Sulu: hmmm... i dunno about that one...
<3:09 PM> Chekov: edible = that which can be eaten with little or no injury to the eater and has nonzero nutritional value
<3:10 PM> Sulu: heh heh... sounds good to me...
<3:11 PM> Chekov: I think the corollary would follow directly from the hypothesis...
<3:12 PM> Sulu: aren't there many "delicacies" that aren't repulsive?
<3:12 PM> Chekov: sure
<3:12 PM> Chekov: but those are discarded by the premise of the corollary
<3:12 PM> Sulu: :O
<3:14 PM> Chekov: the corollary concerns only foods that are not delicacies
<3:15 PM> Sulu: shhh! no more talk about food... i'm getting hungry again...
<3:16 PM> Chekov: would you like some dung-fried maggots in pig bowel sauce? it's a delicacy
<3:16 PM> Sulu: *sigh

[MrCoffee]

1. are you Sulu or Chekov?

[0rganism]

2. Yes