Is he 5 or 15? 5 year olds are pretty dumb but if he was 15 he might've been high, because all teens these days are on drugs. Fact.
I partly agree with you. While I think people are overly concerned about 'sanitation' these days, but herbicides are very common, especially in cities, so it is a bad idea too eat them in cities. But a Dandelion can help to settle your belly, while it has a low nutritional value, it does have some.Tanakh said:I would be more worried about him being a little dumb than weird. Eating non poisonous flowers out of curiosity it's fine and dandy, but thinking a dandelion will ease the peckish is a stretch, not to mention the sanitary concerns.
I say you were not weird. Just uninformed of the dangers of herbicides and weedkillers. Picking wild food is not safe in cities because you never know if or when they have been sprayed.Tecuro said:I actually am the brother in question here and I find it very unfair for Lewis to do all this and not give me a chance to defend myself so here is my side of the story. I was utterly and completely lost. I had taken what I thought would have been a short-cut to my house but turned out to lead me further away from it. I had no clue as to my whereabouts and even less of an inkling of how long it would be before I would get home. As I continued down a road, I had never heard of before, I started to get hungry and noticed a small bunch of dandelions beside me, I should also mention I had no money for actual food nor did I know where the nearest store was, so the choice was "Do I continue my trek hungry and hope I get home soon for nourishment or do I find out if a dandelion will be able to tide me over until I get home?". I chose the only logical option and it paid off. It didn't taste bad but it wasn't delicious, it took the edge off and so far I have had suffered no ailments or discomfort of any kind. I really don't see what the big fuss is about, I may eat the occasional lily here or a blade of grass there but it's not a regular thing, I was just curious. Frankly I find it weird that others wouldn't do the same.
He doesn't need nutrition per se. The OP is an English speaking teenager on a videogame forum, you can be almost sure him and his brother are not in need of food and if they are malnourished it's a culturally issue, not an economic one. Having something in the stomach however will trick the brain into eating the sense of appetite.Gilhelmi said:-snip-
I had a buddy like that once. He ate fucking leafs on the way home too. He also ate dog biscuits for shits and giggles.LTlewis said:Yes he is. The story; on his way home my brother felt a little hungry, not staving, not famished just a little hungry. So to cure his hunger he thought that the best thing to do was, not walk the last 15 minutes to home, not find a corner shop and get something but to EAT A FLOWER! He bent down on the side of the road, picked up a dandelion and ate it. No lie. Please tell me that you think that this is as stupid and bizarre as I think. Also if you have any similar stories please tell. Maybe I will think this is less strange then.
Lilies are of the Lilium genus, the link you post is about an arum lily which is of the arum genus, totally different flowers.Hero in a half shell said:You are 19 years old and got lost less than 15 minutes away from your house, (I'm guessing a mile or two) Judging by your brother's talk of corner shops and your mention of no money for possible shops it was an urban area. You were not even able to pick out any landmarks or signs towards anything familiar when you stumbled across some weeds.Tecuro said:I actually am the brother in question here and I find it very unfair for Lewis to do all this and not give me a chance to defend myself so here is my side of the story. I was utterly and completely lost. I had taken what I thought would have been a short-cut to my house but turned out to lead me further away from it. I had no clue as to my whereabouts and even less of an inkling of how long it would be before I would get home. As I continued down a road, I had never heard of before, I started to get hungry and noticed a small bunch of dandelions beside me, I should also mention I had no money for actual food nor did I know where the nearest store was, so the choice was "Do I continue my trek hungry and hope I get home soon for nourishment or do I find out if a dandelion will be able to tide me over until I get home?". I chose the only logical option and it paid off. It didn't taste bad but it wasn't delicious, it took the edge off and so far I have had suffered no ailments or discomfort of any kind. I really don't see what the big fuss is about, I may eat the occasional lily here or a blade of grass there but it's not a regular thing, I was just curious. Frankly I find it weird that others wouldn't do the same.
Presumably there were other people around walking past you in this urban area whom you could easily have asked for directions but you decided instead to pick the weeds out of the pavement and eat them for vital nourishment for the journey ahead.
Are you Bear Grylls?
Also you mention you eat the 'occasional lily'.
1) How many lilies do you randomly come across in your daily travels?
2) Lilies are bloody poisonous: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_happens_when_you_eat_an_arum_lily
Well I'm no expert on the etiquette of Dandelion consumption, But I'd say it's a pretty simple task.h4xor555 said:Hes going to get himself seriously hurt on day.
How the hell do you eat a dandelion? Just how?