Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Hand and Arm Eaters


Hand and arm eaters. Zombies? Does this have to do with a new hand and arm recipe? None of the above. It's actually a new disease. Mmm, it's not really new. And it's not rare either. It's been widespread since time immemorial.

But it has been on the rise lately, like newly resurrected from the grave.

Folks affected have a strange appetite for hands. They'll ask for your hand, and if you allow them, then that's the bait. They'll eat your hand plus your arm, too.

Then they'll swallow you whole. Such are hand and arm eaters. Is it a virus outbreak? Could be. Because they're everywhere. Is there an antidote? Probably, if you know how to cook.

Control. That's the name of their game. Hand and arm eaters are after control. They want to dictate on you, tell you how to act, live, and what to believe, prioritize, and value. But first they ask for your hand. And they please you well just to make you give it. They worm their way into your heart. Flatterers.

Sometimes, they may offer their hands. Don't take them, much less eat them. Have nothing to do with hand and arm eaters or eating. If you eat their hands, it's worse. You and your family will be eaten whole, alive. And when you're eaten, you later become like them. It's viral, very similar to zombie movies you've seen. Do you watch them?

Some hand and arm eaters are not aware they are like that. They think they're giving you favors. They think they're being good. They think that without them, you wouldn't know how to run your life. They're your benefactors. You need their benevolence. If you fall into their trap, you're menu all their lives.

Sometimes, too, they act as if you're the hand and arm eater, and they your menu. They can twist things around so that you're shown in a bad light. When that happens, you've been eaten--or at least you're being prepared for cooking.

And this is how they usually cook their victims:

Ingredients: 10 kilos of flattery, lots of sweet spices to make you like them, a kilo of hot chili to challenge your ego and perk you up, and lots of water to boil everything until overcooked. Then you're easy to chew and eat.

Ages of watching hand and arm eaters have made me wise enough to spot their schemes even a mile away. But sometimes they still mange to lick my fingers. I can't figure out why. If you're not extra careful they can easily make a recipe out of you.

Don't let yourself fall for their seeming goodness. Don't listen to their dictations and charms. In a sense, don't ever taste their hopia soup or you'd end up being ingredient for it.

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