That's Monkey Food!
Have you ever offered someone a salad and had them respond "No thanks! That's rabbit food"?
Is there possibly a dumber complaint about some type of food than "Some other animal eats that"? When these people are offered fruit, do they say, "Yuck! Monkey food"? A steak? "Disgusting! Wolf food!" Some clams? "Gross! Octopus food!"
Perhaps their diet consists of cheetos, gummy bears, and slim jims.
Is there possibly a dumber complaint about some type of food than "Some other animal eats that"? When these people are offered fruit, do they say, "Yuck! Monkey food"? A steak? "Disgusting! Wolf food!" Some clams? "Gross! Octopus food!"
Perhaps their diet consists of cheetos, gummy bears, and slim jims.
I think the point of that expression is to relate the person to the X-vore, not to appeal to its being gross. That is, you're weak like a rabbit for eating rabbit food, so it doesn't carry over to a monkey or wolf comparison.
ReplyDeleteYou think it is a way of insulting the person offering you the food?! Well, Silas, I suppose in your hands almost anything can be used as an insult--and that's why we love you, Silas!-- but I guarantee you that when I have heard the expression, that is not how it has been used.
DeleteSilas, you're still alive!
DeleteI don't understand why eating nothing but cheetos, gummy bears, and slim jims would be absurd!
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