Date: Thu, 20 May 99 10:33:00 EDT
From: "Brian J. Callahan" <Brian=J.=Callahan%MT%DFCI-AT-EYE.DFCI.HARVARD.EDU>
Subject: re: cheezy poof clarification


Andy asks:
>What the hell is a cheezy poof? Over here, it would be a mawkishly 
>over-romantic male homosexual apparently covered in rouge make-up. Is 
>this the image BW is conjuring up? Or is it some  form of 
>food-orientated oral gratification ? Can we add homophobia to his 
>list of character defects?

Well, it's always possible that that is what Bill meant...I would never bet 
he'd stop short of accusing others of cannibalism.  My guess, thoygh, is that 
he was referring to the fictitious product that plays an occasional role in 
the animated comedy series "South Park".  This Cheezy Poof is modeled on the 
real product Cheetos or similar knockoffs (like Jax, yuck).  However, they 
are hard to describe if you've never seen them.  I don't really know what 
they're made out of--I've always assumed they were created whole from a vat 
of various chemicals.  They're a crunchy sort of snakelike thing covered in 
an organge powder that is supposed to taste like cheese but really belongs in 
its own food group.  This organge powder gets on ones hands and mouth and is 
practically indelible.  This allows the government to easily identify the 
Cheeto addicts for later action.