It is highly likely that the committee's approval of this culinary extravagance in the form of the disgusting-smelling and undefined-tasting dirty-green concoction became a turning point in the life of the eccentric mechanic from the Mjølner expeditionary base. The old saying goes, "Give someone an inch, and they'll take a mile." That's exactly what happened in Jo's case. Encouraged by this small concession from the base leadership, he believed that if he could outsmart the system once, he could probably do it again the next time.