Ribwich Question

If the animal that the ribwich is from is extinct, what animal is it then

Emetib67334 wrote:

Probably one of those animals from "Simpson Safari" that Lisa can't believe is there and Homer keeps saying, "Lisa, what did you just see?".

Dunno, but Krusty also said it had more than four legs.

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More importantly, is the ribwich the same as that sandwich they used to have at McDonalds? If so, are they still available anywhere? I might go on tour...

The Screamapillar, of course! Duh!

On 17 Feb 2003 22:42:39 GMT, [email] (Emetib67334) wrote:

A cow. They said it in the episode, dude. Why don't you try watching the show once in awhile?

Cows ain't extinct.

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Anyways I thought the description was 'letter graded meat'. I don't remember hear cow or beef.

LOL. I thought they said "leather-graded meat." Shows why I shouldn't watch TV on my own.

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 06:10:40 GMT, simpsfan wrote:

Yea, no duh. If they were, how would they have made so many sandwiches?

Then you would know that Krusty said that it was smaller, with more legs than a cow.

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On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:38:50 GMT, "S Poston" wrote:

Krusty was just joking around. It's illegal to make sandwiches out of bugs.

"Mr. Bob Weigh" wrote in message news:[email]...

No it's not... if you want to eat bugs, and you're American, its your constitutional right... it's right between privacy and guns.

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Unless it's an endangered species. Didn't they say something about the bugs being extinct now?

"David Gaudine" wrote in message news:b2u0db$706$[email]...

It wasn't endangered before they started eating it.

Well then it's not freakin' endangered is it? It went from plentiful to extinct so fast it didn't have time to be declared endangered in between.

Emetib67334 wrote:

Something smaller than and with more legs than a cow.

I don't think people are looking far enough afield.

If it has more than four legs, it's either some weird prehistoric animal, or some sort of alien animal. The fact that it is now extinct, without us ever being much familiar with it, indicates the animal was in limited supply.

My first guess was that it's some prehistoric animal, found frozen in the Antarctica (that might be a reason for the family to go to that continent, in search of the ribwich animal). I believe they have found frozen mammals, though I can't remember if anyone ate them, or that was a fictional account. So Krusty's staff discovers this source of meat, cooks it up (by processing it and moulding it, it's origins are disguised) and serves it. It's a success, but since this was a chance encounter, of course there is no steady supply, and the animal is long extinct.

The other possibility is they stumbled on some alien being or animal. Maybe fresh out of the space ship, maybe frozen in ice (as in The Thing). I think an alien form is more likely to have more than four legs. And again since this is in limited supply, it would soon become extinct, at least here on earth.

I discount the bug theory because I can't picture a large enough source of bugs, though admittedly they are pretty common. Maybe the ribwich isn't much meat, there used to be plenty of rumours about Harvey's filling their burgers with soy protein, but is mostly vegetable or grain. Throw in some ground up bugs, and there you go.

Michael

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KODOS: You...you BASTARDS! You have eaten my sister! And worse yet. on a bun with relish! But I will have my revenge for Kang's death and dismemberment in poetic justice - for your entire planet will soon be dead meat! HAHAHA! HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....er, why am I laughing?

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This is worse than those goddamned "Where is Springfield" threads!

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wassa matta you? Shutuppa you face

"Shut up YOUR face"

seeya later suckers!

linguo...dead?

"SarCastro" wrote in message news:[email]...

Lingwo *is* dead.

BTW, I don't know if they have it in the States, but Subway here in Canada have just introduced their own "limited-time only" Ribwich hot sub....

Maybe I am the only one, but I thought this was a joke about the urban legend from a few years ago concerning KFC. Does anyone remember this? The rumor was that Kentucky Fried Chicken changed their name to KFC because they technically could not call their products "chicken" because the company was using some genetically altered, lab produced chicken like mutant. This creation was supposed to be not really alive, but a multi-legged mass of meat that did not have legs, beaks, or feathers. It was only alive to be made into chicken products that would be large and juicy and easily processed. People started noticing the name change of the stores, as well as the fact that their commercials on TV/radio as well as the menu in the stores never used the word "chicken" to describe the product. They would use names like "The BBQ Wings" or "The Double Zinger". They never said "BBQ chicken wings" or "Double Zinger Chicken Sandwich". As I recall, the rumor became so popular, that KFC ran full-page ads in many large newspapers talking about the quality of their "chicken", while never actually addressing the rumors specifically.

That was my take when Homer and Otto asked if it was a pig or a cow and Krusty said they were "Way off". And that it was not important "who got rich off of whom" and "who was exposed to tainted what". Maybe I'm wrong, who knows. If you do not remember this urban legend, there are many urban legend sites that talk about it; here is one that I am familiar with:

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/kfc.htm

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This is clearly the tip-off that it's an urban legend...

Now, now, I have an uncle who looks like that.

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No, it was simply the case that fewer and fewer Americans are able handle that many syllables all at one time.

So...is the Ribwich based on tons of people eating the McRib and really liking it? I don't know anyone who actually bought a McRib.

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"multi-legged mass of meat" that has no legs???

Sounds like a scam to me.

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Scam, eh?

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That thing still around? I hear they've got it on computers now...

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"hey, we managed to genetically engineer a chicken that has ten legs! Now everyone at the table can have a drumstick!"

"That's great - but how does it taste?"

"I don't know, we haven't been able to catch one yet".

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Opps!!

I mean "feet". It had multi-legs but no feet, so it could be easier processed. Guess I should proof read my posts.

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