Monday Madness: You ate what?!?

So I wrote a piece a couple of weeks back about who tried something first and where did they get the idea.  I was kind of focusing it on medications a bit as I have always wondered who came up with the ideas.  There is another line in my train of thought.  It is, "YOU EAT WHAT?"

I have a lot of thrill issues and have no problems stepping up and jumping in for a good adrenaline rush.  More than once I have been told I'm crazy for trying something.  I mean, being on Survivor looks like a fun vacation/wt loss camp to me.  I'm good with that and it's not going to change.  There is one thing I can't do, I repeat CAN NOT do and that is to force myself to eat something.

Have you ever watched Fear Factor?  I haven't much as I don't watch a lot of TV but from what I have seen, I can't even watch it if I wanted to.  Some of the stuff they make the contestants eat makes me want to hurl just watching it.  I couldn't do it.  Does anyone remember Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom?  Poor Indy gets thrown into a dinner with eyeball soup, a snake slit open with little ones slithering out, and monkey brains amongst other delicacies.  Almost ruined the whole movie for me.

I understand that there are cultural differences and tastes.  I don't judge anyone for what they eat as long as it is moral and ethical.  I'm certain many people just grew up with it.  (Literally if it was their pet dog.)  But dang!  Take for example a Bluet (sp? couldn't verify).  It is an egg with a pretty much grown chick inside that people eat whole, feathers and all.  Who on earth thought to try that one out?  And haggis?  You decided to stuff what inside of what and eat it?  One of the first fast foods!  

My brother is great with this stuff...he will try anything!  Loves Rocky Mountain Oysters!  I did not inherit that genetic trait.  I'm sure if any of us toured processing plants and actually saw how some of the food we eat is made, we would all be eating apples and cucumbers.  The other food topic I'm not touching is the aphrodisiac one.  For heaven's sake date the right person, don't test drive every food option you can think of to put in your mouth.  Choose chocolate strawberries or an ED doctor, that's about it. 

So, now that I am sufficiently nauseated, I actually can't write anymore.  Yuck!  But the topic is out of my brain now and I'm not going there again.  I hope that I have helped you all in your weight management plans by ruining your appetites.  I know it's worked very well for me.  Maybe I'll market it as the next great breakthrough in dieting...simply think about disgusting food and all you will want is fruit, vegetables and water.  I let you know if it works out for me.  Later Mates!