[net.cooks] "garbage is edible"

topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot) (03/24/84)

> When I was in the U.S. Army, I was informed by my mess sergeant that
> "garbage" was edible and "trash" was non-edible.  It has always
> struck me as a useful distinction.

Ugh!  No wonder he works for AT&T now!