Not really "pointless", I suppose...
...but who first thought "I'm going to squeeze those dangly things on that cow and drink what comes out"?

Or "Mmmm, I know! Orange, apple, cabbage and pineapple! That'll be nice in mayonnaise!"?

Or how about "Those things in the shells look vile! I'm going to cook them in a white wine sauce and call them mussels!"?

And the last one for now... "I wonder what snails taste like, in a a bit of garlic"?

I mean, eh? I actually like all of the above (apart from snails, they just taste like mud to me), but I never would have discovered them on my own...
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 0:56, 11 replies)

You think thats bad?
Imagine the horror of the worlds first pregnant woman...
(Guilt wants to get in your moist confines, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 1:10, closed)

I've often thought these things.
Cheese, for instance- who thought it would be a good idea to take lumps out of bad milk that smelled like his grandma's breath and eat them?

Artichokes- they're a thistle. Why boil it?

Desperation. That's why. Starvation will do that to one.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 25 Jul 2008, 4:56, closed)

and
"those grapes have been rotting for ages now. let's drink em"
( Soggy, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 7:35, closed)

Probably the human animal noticed the other animals
scoffing things and thought, "Ooh, must give that a try". I imagine oftentimes the next words said animal uttered were "Ugh!" and/or "Maybe if I chuck a bit of fire on it?" or similar. And snails are yum in garlic sauce.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 9:14, closed)

Raddicchio
and chicory and other bitter greens - in nature bitter usually bitter denotes poisonous.
(misspiggy In danger of having to get a job, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 9:33, closed)

*click*
I have wondered about the cow thing, too. There must have been some experimentation, there. Did they try a bull first, for instance?

If that had worked, we may even now be covering our corn flakes in bull spunk.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 10:43, closed)

Chickens...
Who looked at a chicken's bum and thought:

"Think I'll eat what pops out of there..."
( snee held his breath since, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 10:51, closed)

Orange, apple, cabbage and pineapple in mayonnaise

What the fuck is this abomination?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 11:16, closed)

Simple
Thousands of years of surviving as hunter gatherers.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 11:59, closed)

"that calf's drinking from there and it looks healthy enough"
"eggs have been obvious food for millions of years, and these chicken things seem quite easy to keep in one place. Hey, I've just invented farming."
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 12:09, closed)

indeed...
although i'm more interested in the mindset that says " see those beans/ leafy things* over there, that when you eat them, you get really sick -I wonder what happens if you cook them/eat the stems?"

although i suspect the next line in that particular scenario goes "Slave! C'mere, hope you're hungry"

*kidney beans and rhubarb, in case you were wondering.
(micky2shoes has more shoes than feet, Fri 25 Jul 2008, 15:25, closed)