Last night on the show "Fear Factor", contestant were required to eat "blood
balls" made of coagulated cow's blood wrapped in pig intestines. They had to eat
five within four minutes, nosing them out from among a platterful of live
earthworms without using their hands. No one completed the challenge. (Apparently
the blood balls were very dry and difficult to swallow.)
This makes
me feel much better about having eaten Taco Bell 'food' for lunch. Besides, I've
been trying to get hold of my doctor to ask if the results of a recent cholesterol
test are something I really need to worry about (total number is high, but all the
ratios are OK) so I may as well scarf down some more fat and clarify the
position.
The brouhaha on my list seems to be dying down, to the
point that people are starting to offer constructive suggestions. Many of them
are upset we didn't consult them. I don't agree here -- for one thing we knew what
the results would be and for another, this is what list moderators are for -- but
I think it may help if we take some of their suggestions to improve the new
policy.
I think today is Egret's day to leave for Ireland.
*snif*