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Gluttony: Are we all sinners?

Author(s) -

Giles S.H. Yeo

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the biochemist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 1740-1194

pISSN - 0954-982X

DOI - 10.1042/bio03506004

Subject(s) - creosote , art , meaning (existential) , explosive material , python (programming language) , art history , psychology , history , computer science , engineering , psychotherapist , archaeology , operating system , waste management

Gluttony. The word evokes visceral images, like that of the grotesque Mr Creosote from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, just prior to him accepting that final ‘wafer-thin mint’ and suffering the now infamous explosive consequence. The two defining characteristics of Mr Creosote are first, his comically morbid obesity and secondly, his inordinate desire to eat more than he clearly required.

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