It’s a Dog-Eat-Dog….er….Man-Eat-Dog-Food World!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jeff in Korea at 12:57 pm on Monday, February 13, 2006

I just had the weirdest lunchtime online conversation I think I have ever had…..
Here is the transcript cut and pasted directly from the conversation that took place 5 minutes ago:

Friend: i just heard the funniest thing

Me: yes??????

Me: don’t leave me hanging…

Friend: ok a while ago a co-worker told me how her husband said one of his co-workers eats dog food

Me: WHAT??????????????

Friend: then just today, she comes back to me and says, “I was wrong about what I told you about my husband’s co-worker eating dog food.”

Me: it’s funny enough if you stop right there……

Friend: then she says, “It’s not just one co-worker it’s three!”

Me: WWWWWWHHAAAAAT???????

Friend: then she goes, “But one of them gave up because he said it was too difficult.”

Me: …… WHAT are you talking about????

Friend: and finally she concludes by saying, “So now it’s just two. Two people my husband works with eat dog food.”

Me: wow….

Friend: i thought that was f’ing hilarious

Me: WHY????? WHY DO THEY DO THAT????

Friend: and she’s saying this all matter-of-factly as if it’s no big deal

Me: and what is difficult about it???

Me: WHY WHY WHY?????

Friend: and i’m laughing my head off and she’s like, “What? Lots of Koreans eat dog food.” and i’m thinking, “Don’t EVER say that in front of a foreigner.”

Friend: now when i say “dog food” i’m not talking dog meat

Friend: i’m talking kibbles and bits

Friend: these guys literally eat fricken dog food

Me: Lots of Koreans eat dog food???????

Friend: that’s what she said!!!

Me: WHAWT WHAT WHAT>>>>

Me: that is seriously messed up!

Friend: it’s HILARIOUS

Friend: and we all got on this topic when my other co-worker was trying to order dog food for her pet poodle online

Me: Do they mix it with water so it makes a delicious gravy????

Friend: according to my coworker the guys just bring it to work and snack on it at their desks

Me: WHAT???????

Friend: omg i’m trying not to burst out laughign just witing this to u

Friend: i’m not making this up

Friend: if i were making this up, it’d be racist

Me: like a big bag of puppy chow????

Friend: but this is what koreans are telling me

Friend: YES!!!!

Me: SHUT UP!!!

Friend: i’m serious!

Friend: i wish it were a joke

Me: This is going on my blog RIGHT NOW!

Friend: hahah

Friend: you’re gonna be called racist

Me: didn’t you ask WHY they eat it?

Friend: of course

Me: and????

Friend: they said it’s good if you want to lose weight

Me: HUH!!! that is JUST NOT RIGHT!!!

Friend: well don’t tell this to me…i KNOW it’s not right

Friend: i’m not the one eating kibbles and bits at my desk

3 Comments »

Comment by Sumiyoshi Pilgrim

14 February 2006 @ 5:54 am

Whoa. That’s just messed up. I’ve heard people eating for poverty reasons but as a snack at work…that’s just plain f*cked up.

Comment by Ziggy Freud

14 February 2006 @ 2:14 pm

Yeah, it’s kinda weird, but is it really any worse than the Korean “drink-your-own-urine” diet fad that blew through Seoul a few years ago? Man, there must have been half a dozen different diet books for sale at the Kyobo touting this as a sure-fire remedy for obesity.

Given that Koreans are generally so much slimmer than Americans anyway I couldn’t believe how many people I saw lining up to buy the books, but there’s a strange fascination here for weird fads, and it sometimes seems the weirder it is, the more popular it becomes.

Comment by keithinkorea

15 February 2006 @ 9:18 pm

That’s wild. I was talking to a coworker earlier and he said it was common for older people in Canada too! Also according to him animal food is prepared in more sanitary conditions than human food there! That is revolting.

Apparently, they cook it in Canada;)

I thought the only people to eat stuff like that are in movies such as MAD MAX and a couple of John Walters films.

Sick stuff indeed.

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