Call me old-fashioned, but maybe there is such a thing as stars sharing too much information with their fans.

Just as a for instance, Elton John was performing in Australia today when he abruptly left the stage.  When he returned minutes later, he told the audience he had gone off to throw up.

“I thought I’d better chunder (vomit) in the toilet than all over the front row,” he was quoted as saying.  Wow. I guess that’s what makes him a superstar.  Here’s the story:

Elton John arrives for the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie “Casino Royale” at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square in London November 14, 2006.  REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico

Jones Soda, the people who make all those vile flavors you’d never put in your mouth, have announced green pea-flavored soda just in time for the holidays.

I’m just hoping the person who thought this up put it in a written memo, because actually saying, “Boss, let’s make pea-flavored soda” out loud sounds, well, even worse than it really is.

Remember, these guys already make flavors like fish taco, Brussel sprout, turkey and gravy… Even the head of the company won’t drink the stuff. The Jones chief executive says he drew the line at making chicken curry soda, adding, “That was just wrong.”  Here’s the story:
 

Jones sodas in an undated photo. REUTERS/Handout

This U.S. Marine is enjoying a Bloody Mary, minus the vodka, lemon juice, Worcester and Tabasco sauces, and celery stalk. In other words, he’s drinking - well, you do the math.

This is the latest in our series of postings on times when you probably would rather starve than eat.  For more details, check out cricket cuisine, worms on the menu, the animal head restaurant and my favorite, frogs in a blender.   

U.S. Marine staff sergeant Rex Borsil drinks cobra blood during a jungle survival drill in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila October 19, 2006.  REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Recently, we blogged a story about the popularity of cricket cuisine in Vietnam, billed as finger food for beer drinkers.”

Today, we have a video report to go with it. Katie Juhl reports:

We’ve had a run of stories about odd tastes in food recently. You may want to check out worms on the menu, the animal head restaurant and my favorite, frogs in a blender.

Ewwwwwww! This is like one of those gross-out games that kids play, and these guys in the picture win for sure.  They’re blending up a big old batch of skinned frog, which some folks think cures fatigue, sexual problems and other stuff.  You should thank me for not choosing some of the other photos from this series, and you should send me money for not using the one of a happy customer chugging his soda fountain glass full of lip-smacking pureed frog.                                     

 Bertha Piranes prepares to blend a skinned frog to make a juice popular with working-class Peruvians who believe the drink can cure illnessess ranging from fatigue to sexual impotency, at a market in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, August 16, 2006.  REUTERS/Mariana Bazo 

Sometimes it’s amusing to imagine the very worst person your son or daughter could possibly bring home to introduce as their betrothed. You know, your worst nightmare. 

Okay, here come some contenders. One government worker has been fired and another demoted following allegations they were  leaping naked from  filing cabinets, having sex in office lavatories, and vomiting in cups which they left for other people to find.  Yes. Suddenly, the Ricky Gervais character from “The Office” is looking pretty good by comparison, isn’t he? Here’s the story:

Actor Ricky Gervais is seen in the award-winning British sitcom “The
Office,” in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Handout