Molly's pick: Is it ever okay to be a cannibal?

Short & Curly

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Molly, Carl and Matt become lost at sea, they've run out of food and they lack basic survival skills. So, would it be okay for them to eat each other if they get really really really hungry? Maybe don't listen to this episode while you're eating!

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0:00.0	ABC Listen.
0:02.0	As the year draws to a close, I always look back and think about the things that I'm most grateful for.
0:11.0	Eating my friends and family.
0:13.0	Whoa, oh, sorry, I'm missing a few commas there.
0:17.0	Eating my friends and family.
0:21.0	But that reminds me, a while ago we did an episode of Short and Curly all about eating people.
0:28.0	Would you ever do it? Say, if you were stranded on an island and starving to death.
0:35.0	Have a listen to one of my favorite episodes now.
0:38.0	Is it ever okay to be a cannibal? to the reader of this letter. My name is Molly and I'm stranded on a desert island with my friends Carl and Matt.
0:58.0	I couldn't tell you what day it is. It feels like years.
1:02.0	But how did we get here, you ask?
1:05.0	Let me spin you a yarn.
1:08.0	We were flying in the short and curly private jet over the Indian Ocean laughing and telling bad jokes.
1:16.0	Ha ha.
1:17.0	Then without warning,
1:20.0	there was a loud bang.
1:23.0	Mayday, the short and curly private jet is going down.
1:30.0	We all screamed.
1:32.0	The plane broke into pieces as it hit the water.
1:38.0	We thought we were gone as.
1:39.8	We swam for hours and when our strength was almost gone, we washed up onto this little island.
1:47.0	Is everyone okay? I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm not I died we all died.
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