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Have I Murdered Hufu?
Two weeks ago I linked to the website of a company with plans to sell human-flavored tofu. I thought it was kind of funny at the time, but after posting the link I didn't think much about it until a few days ago when I received an email from Mark Nuckols, CEO of HUFU (the human tofu company). Mark requested that I remove the post about Hufu from my site, because by mentioning his product on the Museum of Hoaxes, he was concerned that people might think that Hufu wasn't real, or that it was some kind of hoax. Specifically he wrote that, "having it even come up on "museum of hoaxes" implies something not true, and as a debunker of hoaxes I am sure you don't wish to inadvertently or carelessly libel people trying to undertake the difficult enough task of starting a business."I told Mark that I thought his product was funny and I definitely supported it, but that I wasn't about to remove the post from my site. I have a real problem about removing things from my site unless they're shown to be false.
My response didn't satisfy Mark, who is now up to his third email to me. He seems like a nice guy, and I'm not certain that he isn't pulling my leg about this whole thing (although his emails sound very serious). But he really wants the post about his company removed. In fact, he's making me feel very guilty. In his last email he said that "being on your website is going to kill this undertaking in its crib... I am sure putting our business in jeopardy is not your intent." Ouch. But I'm not ready to accept that kind of blame. Sure, my site is called the Museum of Hoaxes, but that doesn't mean that everything on it is a hoax. Plus, the question I raised is a valid one: how would any customers know if this stuff really does taste like human flesh?
Anyway, my purpose in posting about this is so that if people google 'hufu' and find my site, they'll also see this post where I'm going to state that I don't want to be responsible for the death of Hufu. I genuinely think it's a funny marketing concept, and Mark Nuckols insists that it's real. However, I still don't understand how he can know that it really tastes like human flesh.
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Alex- you are weaving a path of destruction with your links to some of these sites... Have you no remorse, have you no regret, have you no lawyers?
Posted by Hairy Houdini on Wed Jun 01, 2005 at 08:01 PM
I've heard many times in movies that human flesh tastes like chicken.
And as they say, if it's in a movie, then it must be true!
Posted by Guillaume Choquette in Montréal, Canada on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 04:14 AM
And as they say, if it's in a movie, then it must be true!
Are they kidding? They're knocking back free advertising? So many more people will know about their product if people link to it.
I'm surprised they havent started up a secret splinter group to try and ban the product on religous/ethical reasons.
Posted by Bruce on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 04:29 AM
I'm surprised they havent started up a secret splinter group to try and ban the product on religous/ethical reasons.
This guy's crazy if he thinks he can create "human-flavoured tofu" and expect people to take him seriously. Whether or not he's been linked to from Museum of Hoaxes, he's fighting an uphill battle to gain any kind of credibility. Not to mention that according to the website, Hufu is back-ordered. Is it even possible to buy it?
Posted by AqueousBoy on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 05:18 AM
What part of human flesh does it tastes like? It could as well tastes like anus, one never know. Not that I have anything against Mark Nuckols eating anuses.
Posted by teh ghey on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 05:30 AM
Can it be eaten with fava beans?
Posted by Citizen Premier in spite of public outcry on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 05:52 AM
Has anyone ever TRIED Hufu? There are no pictures of the actual product on the site, no reports from people other than the creators who have tasted it. If it actually exists... why has no one seen it?
Posted by gdub on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 06:58 AM
IF the tofu actually exists, he'd be a fool not to mail you a sample.
Posted by Princess Hoo-Dee-Doo on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 07:09 AM
I's got a feelin' that the CEO of HUFU is sittin' in his parent's basement right now, suicidal over this horrific turn of events... his empire is in peril! Tell him to switch his company's name to Soylent Green and all the negative publicity will vanish. Sheesh.
...MARK NUCKOLS ATE AN ANUS...
Posted by booch on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 08:01 AM
...MARK NUCKOLS ATE AN ANUS...
Sorry, but I agree with him. I would be doing the same if you had something about my company on here. By including it here, you are implying, or people could easily infer, that it is a hoax or in someway untrustworthy. It may be an odd product, but it is, apparently, a product.
Posted by Dood on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 09:04 AM
>> By including it here, you are implying, or people could easily infer, that it is a hoax or in someway untrustworthy.<<
Cause I was ready to believe it was real before? I don't think so. I would think this is a hoax, regardless of it being on this site.
Posted by Bill B. on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 09:34 AM
Cause I was ready to believe it was real before? I don't think so. I would think this is a hoax, regardless of it being on this site.
As the saying goes...."There's no such thing as bad press". Human flavored ANYTHING would be noting more than a novelty item, and it wouldn't matter where the advertising came from.
And what flavorings and spices would one use to emulate the taste of human flesh? Wouldn't it really have to depend on the ethnicity of the person? If there's a market for HUFU, there'd probably be a market for Italian-human flavored tofu, or Indian, or Chinese. Get a little ethnic flavoring in your tofu while you're at it!
*Note* Patent is pending on my ethnic human flavored tofu, so Nuckols, if you read this, don't even think about stealing my idea!
Posted by Silentz in general on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 09:55 AM
And what flavorings and spices would one use to emulate the taste of human flesh? Wouldn't it really have to depend on the ethnicity of the person? If there's a market for HUFU, there'd probably be a market for Italian-human flavored tofu, or Indian, or Chinese. Get a little ethnic flavoring in your tofu while you're at it!
*Note* Patent is pending on my ethnic human flavored tofu, so Nuckols, if you read this, don't even think about stealing my idea!
I've thought a bit on this, and this is my view at this point: Feed 'Em Fish Heads... just because their company or site name comes up in a search, doesn't make it truly related...hell, my name could come up in a Google search under some comment that a poster mentioned on an Incredibly Hunky Hairy Guys website, but that don't make it so (it is in this case, but that don't make it the rule)...Alex may even proclaim his belief that some operation is a hoax, but unless he does it with Malice Aforethought, and with Clear Intent upon damaging the economic viability of that person, he's still kinda protected...I hope...otherwise, he's in deep doo doo
Posted by Hairy Houdini on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 10:06 AM
By including it here, you are implying, or people could easily infer, that it is a hoax or in someway untrustworthy.
Only if they're people who can't read...
Posted by Boo in The Land of the Haggii... on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 10:37 AM
Only if they're people who can't read...
Everyone, including HuFU, is giving this site too much credit.
Posted by Big Dave in Hell on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 10:44 AM
>>Alex may even proclaim his belief that some operation is a hoax, but unless he does it with Malice Aforethought, and with Clear Intent upon damaging the economic viability of that person, he's still kinda protected<<
thats true, its just like me posting that macs are faultily built crap machines on a message board
Posted by Hawkeye in Minnesota on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 12:52 PM
thats true, its just like me posting that macs are faultily built crap machines on a message board
If I ever start a business, I would be honored for you to call it a hoax.
Posted by wdl in honolulu on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 02:08 PM
Did you say anything about Hufu that was not true?
No, I didn't think so. Therefore, you have no reason to remove the item.
Does it really taste like people? I hope I never find out.
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas in Dallas, Texas, USA on Thu Jun 02, 2005 at 03:35 PM
No, I didn't think so. Therefore, you have no reason to remove the item.
Does it really taste like people? I hope I never find out.
sure it tastes like human flesh but as any true connoisseuir can attest to, it's all about the texture 
seriously though, I never made any assumptions as to whether or not this is a hoax simply because I heard about it at "The Museum Of Hoaxes".
Posted by Chuck in Providence, RI on Fri Jun 03, 2005 at 05:38 AM
seriously though, I never made any assumptions as to whether or not this is a hoax simply because I heard about it at "The Museum Of Hoaxes".
The only thing I seem to be able to currently buy from HuFu(tm) are shirts, aprons and DvDs because all the HuFu(tm)Classic Stips are on back-order...
The DvDs are all movies that feature "flesh eating" as a theme like "Cannibal: The Musical", "Alive!" and, of course, "Soylent Green."
Bon Appitite
Posted by Michael on Fri Jun 03, 2005 at 08:43 AM
The DvDs are all movies that feature "flesh eating" as a theme like "Cannibal: The Musical", "Alive!" and, of course, "Soylent Green."
Bon Appitite
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