Corporal Snark

Corporal Snark is a fictional character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22. Corporal Snark was originally the mess sergeant. To prove that the soldiers had bad taste, he poisoned their mashed potatoes with soap chips, causing a diarrhea outbreak. Because of this, he was demoted and replaced by Milo Minderbinder. Snark felt he proved himself correct because the men ate the soap and came back for seconds.

See also: Corporal Snark, Catch-22, Fictional character, Joseph Heller, Milo Minderbinder