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How About A New Reality Show?

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elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

...Or sitting in a restaurant, trying to explain what "gluten-free" REALLY means to your eye-rolling waiter, and then watching the platters of pizza, fettuccine alfredo and breaded finger foods drift past to other tables.

....talk about challenges! :lol:

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Generic Apprentice
Generic
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My B-F suggested they have to take Immodium also, to get the constipation side of things followed by ex-lax. So they can get the full effect of the block up then blow out. I would like to vote in the women from my daughters school who is completely rude and doesnt care about anyone but herself. I brought paper work in from the DR. and it still wasn't good enough.

angelbender Newbie
angelbender
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"Or - Having 10 minutes to find 7 different public restrooms in the downtown area."

Ooooooooh! This could be whole 'nother new reality show! Feed 'em EX-Lax and see who can find a bathroom the fastest

............IN TIME TO AVOID AN "ACCIDENT"............

How about "How to Get Home With Soiled Garments Without Anyone Noticing?"

amybeth Enthusiast
amybeth
Posted

ROTFLMAO -- "I'd like to buy a bowel" --- OMG!!!!!!!!

One of the challenges must include grocery shopping in a regulary grocery store and reading the labels - winner must be the fastest and have only gluten-free items in cart - 3 meals/day for a whole week.

Want to make it harder ? Give them a budget!

Everyone else will have points taken away for hidden glutens, time spent over 1 hour, and tears shed.

OH - and the starting line has to be in the store's bakery or bread aisle.

he heee.

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

Fantastic...I would watch a show like this. I, too, would also love to buy a bowel. A brand spankin' new, undamaged, pristine lower intestine. Too bad we can't spin the wheel for one of those. :rolleyes:

UR Groovy Explorer
UR Groovy
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Edited June 2007

I am removing this post. It has no impact on the thread, and I'd rather just forget that particular day. It's personal. :)

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted

How cruel... I love it :lol:

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UR Groovy Explorer
UR Groovy
Posted

I'm removing this one too.

mouth Enthusiast
mouth
Posted
I keep seeing commercials for new shows that look boring. I think we need a Celiac reality show. How about this:

Contestants are nominated by Celiacs and those with gluten intolerance. The ones chosen are those who have given their Celiac friends the hardest time.

Contestants get one session with a dietician not well-versed in gluten-free eating. They are then given up to two hours a day of internet research for a week before the actual competition

The night before the first full day, each contestant must consume a double dose of Ex-Lax, just to get in the "mood".

Contestants will be monitored by camera constantly - at home, at friends' homes, out to eat, etc. Any time even a speck of gluten is consumed, the contestant will be required to take a double dose of Ex Lax. For blatant cheating, a triple dose of Ex Lax and a bottle of Syrup of Ipecac must be downed immediately.

Contestants will be required to explain Celiac to all friends, relatives and co-workers - probably 10-20 times during the course of the show. They will be required to eat out and make "safe" choices, but if at any time they don't ask for the chef before ordering, the Ex-Lax rule will take effect. Any product they buy at the store without thoroughly reading labels and/or calling the 1-800 number on the package will also give them the Ex-Lax treatment.

Anyone have anything to add?

:lol: THIS IS TOO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! I'D LOVE TO SEE IT.. GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.. ANY HELP IS GREAT HELP@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP IN TOUCH.. MOUTH

almostnrn Explorer
almostnrn
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Oh thanks for the laugh!!! I think its a wonderful idea and it would certainly clear up Celiac disease to anyone who wasn't clear about what it is!

A couple of other ideas...

-Frequent blood tests to check levels of all the important things like thyroid that were destroyed by undiagnosed celiac

-Can't leave out that fun filled scope and biopsy routine!

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted

Was meant ironical, anyway... <_<

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
Was meant ironical, anyway... <_<

Of course it was! Made me laugh :P

UR Groovy Explorer
UR Groovy
Posted
Was meant ironical, anyway... <_<

I know

Mtndog Collaborator
Mtndog
Posted

OMG- how could I have missed this thread!

You can buy a vowel. I'd like to sell a constipation-I mean consonant. :P

kbtoyssni Contributor
kbtoyssni
Posted

Hilarious! Thank you! Housemates should also periodically speak in foreign languages to simulate brain fog. Contestants must then read technical journal papers in a subject they have never studied and take a test on it.

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

Maybe sometimes at night someone could come in and change all the packaging and newspapers to something that sort of looks like English but isn't really.

And if the house could be on a platform so every once in a while it tips just a bit so you get that off-balance feeling that you aren't really sure about.

marciab Enthusiast
marciab
Posted

We should tell them that this is only going to last 1 week, afterall most people are accustomed to being sick for a week.

But after the first week, tell them "We are sorry, but you will have to stay here one more week".

Do this repeatedly until they crack ... Then we have to let them go ... :lol::lol:

We can't keep them the standard 11 years it takes to get a diagnosis ...

Marcia

2kids4me Contributor
2kids4me
Posted

This thread is too funny! :lol:

I say during week 3 or 4, just when they might be "getting it" ...........put them on a plane, during which no gluten free food is available because they forgot to request a "special meal" when booking / or if they did remember - it wasnt put on the flight (oops sorry).

The flight is a minimum 4 hours long and they arrive after midnight, thus limiting any food selection even more. The next morning, they need to go food shopping and in an unfamiliar environment - find gluten free food other than fruits and veges to eat.

The final week challenge - same as week 2 EXCEPT they are given 6 year old celiac child to a accompany them on the flight, and one non celiac friend who eats in front of them and keeps offering gluten foods. The non celiac is hungry when you land and wants to go to a fast food outlet. The child has to be happy / not hungry on landing, and sit quietly while watching "friend" munch on a cheeseburger fries and a milkshake .

Snappy comebacks required for flight attendents and non-celiac friend as they comment on "fussy eating", "whiny child" and queries as to why the child has to eat"special", or "say one french fry cant hurt".

Sandy

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marciab Enthusiast
marciab
Posted

I'm sorry, but I just had to bump this thread ... This cracks me up ... Marcia :lol::lol:

little d Enthusiast
little d
Posted

Im sorry I thought that this was too cute to not say anything

Can we whack them on the head for those of us that get headaches? How about caffeine pills at night so they can't sleep?

and no tylenol in sight

Make all of the contestants live in a house w/ 1 bathroom!

with a closed sign on the door

I think I may pee my pants!!!! Hysterical!

I can just do my pee pee dance

some of them have to be randomly rubbed with fiberglass insulation so they get the DH effect.

Please not the fiberglass how about pioson ivy or maybe both

Yeah, but they can't be voted off to go to a hotel, they have to be voted into the "new intolerance" house where they are assigned a new food intolerance, but not told what it is.

the worst hotel intown so they can get a feel for the anxiety that we sometimes feel

Do you think this could get some people to understand

donna

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