A jocular one-line saying about cannibalism is:
“The frustrated cannibal threw up his arms.”
The joke was posted on Twitter by Tripp Perry on September 13, 2011.
“Bulimic cannibal at rave throws hands up” is a similar cannibal joke.
Twitter
Tripp Perry
@CFPIII
The frustrated cannibal threw up his arms.
8:53 PM - 13 Sep 2011
Twitter
Aisling Keane
@SmashKeane_
Replying to @mduffywriter
@mduffywriter The frustrated cannibal threw up his arms. 
#anydreamwilldo
6:43 PM - 3 Nov 2011
Twitter
Jenna Bracken
@j__brack
frustrated, the cannibal threw up his arms.
#punny
4:26 PM - 14 Jan 2012
Reddit—Punny
The frustrated cannibal threw up his arms. (self.Punny)
submitted September 3, 2014 by PotatoPotahto
Facebook
Dad Jokes
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The frustrated cannibal threw up his arms.
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Reddit—Oneliners
The frustrated cannibal threw up his arms (self.oneliners)
submitted June 14, 2017 by dermernerk21
Twitter
LOL Tweets™
@lolmgco
The frustrated cannibal threw up his arms
4:01 PM - 14 Jun 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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