I couldn’t remember how I got here; my mind racing to recall
the suppressed details. What was at stake? Did I have to go on or should I just
give up now. My intestines knotted from the smell. Curse you Joe Rogen.
Joe Rogen was the host of Fear Factor. It was a game show that had people do some crazy things including eating some really gross stuff. The picture is "Fear Factor Pizza." After reading the description of it, the meal worms are the most appetizing part.
I never watched the show, but I just looked up that pizza and watched a clip. I had to cover the screen with my hand through most of it. Why, people, why? Make it stop.
Anyway, I really liked what you did in the beginning of your piece, and I thought it had a dreamlike quality. I also could identify with getting myself into unpleasant situations and questioning what the heck I had gotten myself into.
You definitely answered the question for me, anyway. :) Thanks for that creepy little image that will haunt me all day long. Think I'll have a salad for lunch...
Don't know who Joe Rogen is, but that pizza looks well past its best-by date. Reality show? You win the gross-out factor, hands down.
ReplyDeleteJoe Rogen was the host of Fear Factor. It was a game show that had people do some crazy things including eating some really gross stuff. The picture is "Fear Factor Pizza." After reading the description of it, the meal worms are the most appetizing part.
DeleteI was never able to watch that show. It freaked me out WAY too much. Ewww.
ReplyDeleteI hardly watched to either. I could never believe the things people would agree to do for the chance to win some money.
Deleteoh cripes. i thought it was pecan pie till the end. now i shall go vomit, tyvm. ;)
ReplyDeleteOy! Good writing; gross photo. :-)
ReplyDeleteI never watched the show, but I just looked up that pizza and watched a clip. I had to cover the screen with my hand through most of it. Why, people, why? Make it stop.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I really liked what you did in the beginning of your piece, and I thought it had a dreamlike quality. I also could identify with getting myself into unpleasant situations and questioning what the heck I had gotten myself into.
Thank you, Marcy. I couldn't watch the whole clip either.
DeleteIt looks to me like if you wait long enough most of the toppings will crawl away. You need to let your pizza age a bit, that's all.
ReplyDeleteSo the answer to the Question is No. Definitely, No. I love the racing thoughts, the "What was at stake?"
ReplyDeleteOh my, that looks disgusting!! Ewww! I think I would pass on eating that if I were you!
ReplyDeleteUrm... I don't think I would even ask that question, having seen that ;) Great take!
ReplyDeleteFear Factor! I think I only saw one segment of one episode, but it haunts me to this day: an aquarium filled with cockroaches.
ReplyDeleteYou definitely answered the question for me, anyway. :) Thanks for that creepy little image that will haunt me all day long. Think I'll have a salad for lunch...
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