October 11, 2002

9:27 AM

We are all made of stars meat.
Some people wear their meat on their heads, some on their feet.
What to wear with your meat pants? A potato shirt.
posted by me3dia (12 comments total)

that was hilarious, i haven't read it before. it would make a great audition piece.

Hello meat! How's it going?
posted by o2b at 9:46 AM on October 11, 2002

Thank you. I love that story and hadn't thought about it for a good long time. "Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat!"

Tagline sense... tingling...
posted by wanderingmind at 9:47 AM on October 11, 2002

Best FPP opf the day, period.
posted by MidasMulligan at 9:52 AM on October 11, 2002

Five cent cotton and forty cent meat,
How in the hell can a poor man eat?

Bob Miller, 1932

posted by SealWyf at 9:57 AM on October 11, 2002

Oh how I loved Omni. They always had great fiction. Thanks for posting this -- best short story I've read in awhile.
posted by greengrl at 10:03 AM on October 11, 2002

A fun Bisson story, hearkening back to...

"He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy.

"Is he made of tin, or stuffed?" asked the Lion.

"Neither. He's a--a--a meat dog," said the girl.

Throughout the Oz series, Baum was fascinated with this idea of distinguishing between organic and inorganic characters by calling the former "meat." The Tin Woodman eventually has a book devoted to his returning to his roots and finding the "meat" portions of his body, conversing with his old "meat" head, etc. and there's much ballyhoo over a race between the saw horse and "the meat horse" in another.
posted by soyjoy at 10:04 AM on October 11, 2002

I join the chorus. I read that story in a store and loved it so much I bought the book, which I then gave to a friend. Thanks for giving me the chance to read it again. Great post.
posted by languagehat at 11:39 AM on October 11, 2002

There is nuthing wrong with meat. Get the scoop at Meat Planet.
posted by madamjujujive at 11:48 AM on October 11, 2002

There is nuthing wrong with meat. Get the scoop at Meat Planet.

Yep. I especially like, "Pork. The one you love." But note that the Bisson story is there too, only without any credit. Booooo.
posted by soyjoy at 12:27 PM on October 11, 2002

Come on! Take it to Meatfilter! ;)
posted by neustile at 1:11 PM on October 11, 2002

Wow - a whole site set up just to catch those of us who are sloppy typists?
posted by soyjoy at 1:35 PM on October 11, 2002

That's how I found it...
posted by neustile at 1:36 PM on October 11, 2002