Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The Surprising Benefits of Food Poisoning

When you buy something that doesn't work, you generally get to return it for a full refund, right? So why can't we do the same with food you buy at a restaurant? If I get takeout and it gives me food poisoning, should I not be entitled to at least a refund? Why not? I'll return the food to them, no problem there, except it'll be a little bit used.
What? A three-headed, rainbow-vomiting panda is much cuter than what I was doing. This masterpiece courtesy of  Derek Chatwood...the legal action adverse, Derek Chatwood.
In case I didn't put a fine enough point on it, I was recently assaulted by a food borne illness. I had leftover takeout for breakfast, didn't bother heating it, and ended up painting the walls of my office bathroom with the contents of my rum-tum-tummy. Not to mention violently rocketing regurgitant (my new favorite synonym for vomit) out my car window as I tried to race home. Thankfully it was raining. But, in my attempt to be an optimist, I'm trying to look on the bright side.

Again, much cuter than what I was doing. Source
I'm thinking about advertising food poisoning as a quick weight loss method. "Need to lose that stubborn last five pounds? Have you plateaued in your exercise routine? Looking for a quick and easy method to get those rock hard abs all the celebrities are flaunting nowadays? Or maybe you just want a day off of work? We have the solution for YOU! For the low price of $49.99, our experts in thinness maintenance will undercook some chicken and within hours, you'll be shedding those pounds by orally catapulting the entire contents of your stomach into a bowl or improvised side of the road based on immediacy.

"You'll be able to resist temptation because you won't be able to keep anything down. Weight you didn't know you had will start working its way out of every pore of your skin as you sweat to a new, healthier you. And while you're losing that extra weight your abs will become involuntarily shredded as you flex them whilst uncontrollably vomiting. Just a side benefit of our

"But it doesn't stop there! Tired of the struggle against dingleberries? Worry not! As the agressive vomiting starts to subside, it will be replaced by agressive diarrhea! More pounds shredded and with the sheer velocity of the liquid being expelled from your body, you won't need to waste time sitting when you use the bathroom! Active defecation for an active lifestyle!
STILL cuter than any image from my actual day. Yet I'm somehow still married....as of this post anyway. Source
"Why wait, lose weight NOW with the magic of food poisoning!"

I await my Pulitzer.

22 comments:

  1. Nothing like a little food poisoning to kick start a diet! Now you just gave to give up sweets in the name of Jesus (you know, for lent) and you'll have a bikini bod by summer!

    (No but seriously, the "dieting for lent" thing pisses me off. DONT ACT LIKE YOU'RE MORALLY SUPERIOR TO ME FOR GOING ON A DIET IN THE NAME OF JESUS)

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  2. I've also found the a really bad cold virus to be an excellent means of weight loss. There's the natural loss of appetite that comes with it &, if you're lucky, it's comboed with vomiting & diarrhea as well. Plus, as an added bouns, it converts your body into it's own natural sauna.

    WIN-WIN!!!

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  3. The part about shedding your abs is true. In more sore post-vomit fest than I am after the gym. Wait, I don't go to the gym...

    Regardless, one can't deny the fact that looking in the mirror after a bout of food poisoning is a "dayyuuummm" moment.

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  4. Amazingly I have never had food poisoning but it sounds like super fun times! Personally though I think I'd prefer the tried and tested method of tape worm weight loss. Less vomit and mess.

    Also, I think that the three headed rainbow barfing panda is mentioned in the bible...Didn't Ezekiel see it in the sky? Maybe your food poisoning was meant to be a holy spiritual awakening.

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  5. I applaud your use of bright rainbow-based liquid expulsion images throughout this post. Sadly, the rainbow of most vomit I have seen (and there's a lot around here on a weekend, it's a classy neighborhood) runs more in the beige-to-orangey-brown spectrum.

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  6. The last time I violently puked I lost a lot of weight. Thankfully though, I've not been sick in seven years, touchwood!x

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  7. You should receive a Nobel price for this!

    You could also do some human testing in fat camps first or get celebrities to endorse it. You'll make millions.

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  8. Your product sounds like the perfect gift to get my fat wife for Valentine's Day. Please don't tell her I said that.

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  9. A three headed puking panda hahahaha. You know when I get a stomach virus and my temperature gets really high, I see shit like that. It's cheaper than acid and the high is cleaner (metaphorically speaking).

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    1. I forgot to sell it as a cheap hallucinogen! It was right there and I missed it.

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  10. And don't forget to add a nice healthy heroin addiction to really take your weight loss to the next level.

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  11. I have always loved "technicolor yawn" as a description of puke. I've given up puking, for lent.

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  12. Anything that promises weight loss is a big seller. You are going to be rich!

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  13. Oh honey, that is terrible! Bless your pickled heart. And bless the cleaning lady at your office.

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  14. Vomiting is such a great ab workout. Too bad your teeth will erode to nothing. I need to learn how to puke rainbows. Glad you're feeling well enough to be blogging again.

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  15. Yeah, if I wasn't so weak after food poisoning, I'd like to show up at the restaurant looking like death and ask for a refund. Bad form maybe, but it could save someone else from going through explosive projectile fun time

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  16. It's like bulimia but without the guilt! What's not to love?

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  17. Hahaha! Ahh I hope you're feeling better. I actually had a mate who would take excessive laxatives on a thursday night if she planned on wearing a tight dress on the friday... although that may well have been an eating disorder... xx

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  18. I caught the flu recently and spent 8 straight hours howling, yes howling, in agony in my bed in between sudden violent expulsions of liquids from my body. When the pain finally subsided to levels I could barely tolerate, I thought about this having a positive impact on my waistline.

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  19. Food poisoning is also great if you're have problems with your sugars being too high. A day w/o eating 'cause you're busy saluting the porcelain gods will guarentee that your sugars will get back to normal and you won't have to worry about trying to figure out how much you really need to increase your meds.

    A personal testimonial is available upon request.

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  20. Another pro is you get a closeup peek of how you have neglected cleaning the toilet. You puke because of the food poisoning and you puke some more thinking of all the crap germs(pun intended) you are seeing up close and personal. After the heaving you make a promise to clean the disgusting basin as soon as godly possible.

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  21. Disgusting... oh how I relate.
    In a van you have to lean a little farther out the window.
    Felt really sorry about the motorcyclist.

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