It’s time again for our popular feature “Truth or Spoof?” in which we relate a story so outlandish that we ask our readers to guess whether it is the truth, or satire. Here’s a hint: it’s always truth, because if people want satire they’ll probably go to another blog, anyway.
There is a new reality TV series called Fat Teens Can’t Hunt, in which overweight teens will be sent to Australia’s outback to live with remote Aboriginal communities. They will survive for a month on bush tucker, including witchetty grubs and local berries, or else go hungry. The producer - I’m not making this up - says the show is aimed at helping overweight children tackle overeating. So, if you thought it was aimed at publicly humiliating kids who have a problem, you would be wrong.
If you don’t think you can bear to wait for the series, I might suggest you buy a great book called “Lord of the Flies,” and see how this all worked out for a character named Piggy. Rob Taylor reports:
Britain’s Prince Charles pretends to eat a witchetty grub during a bush foods demonstration at the Desert Park in Alice Springs March 2, 2005. REUTERS/David Gray
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I have an idea for a reality show. Put someone on a flat little barge (maybe 10 foot square) in the middle of a small body of water. They have no food, no water, nothing to entertain themselves. All they have to do to win is to swim an easy 20 feet to shore. The catch? The water is full of pirahnas and alligators. Now THAT’S entertainment!
- Posted by KYou know it’s only a matter of time before they invent a diet that scares the weight off of you. Pre-portioned meals…one of the sides or desserts or sometimes the main course is poisoned. You never know what is poisoned, so you try not to eat hardly anything hoping that you won’t ingest enough to die.
No. I’m not psycho. I just read that and realize how that might look. Sorry. I’ll keep my comments to myself.
- Posted by KUh, we’ll be the judge of who qualifies as a psycho and who doesn’t, and they do seem to feel right at home here.
- Posted by Robert BaslerWe have issue with that last comment, Mr. Basler.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksNo I don’t. Shut up.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksWhat? Did the little thing poop on his lapel?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksIf lost in the forest and starving, it is often noted that one may roll over pieces of royalty and discover all manner of grubs and other edible insects making a home in the moist darkness beneath.
- Posted by Shawn Hendricks[thought bubble]
- Posted by Shawn HendricksWow! I could be famous. Like that guy, Alice Cooper!
Wait a second
Sorry. Hairball.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksBefore I’ll eat this, you can kiss the royal outback of my
- Posted by Shawn HendricksI didn’t mean you, I meant other people.
- Posted by Robert BaslerWe are safely back in the box. Thank you Mr. Basler, Sir.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksThank you.
It’s going to be OK, Shawn Hendricks. Take a deeeeeeeep breath and count with me; 1 … 2 … 3 … 4 … 5. Gooooood!
- Posted by Lady Weasel