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Okay. Very much in the vein of Bill Hicks and his obsession with "COPS", I have a confession.
I really like Fear Factor. Not the UK version, which missed the main point by having two teams up against each other and no elimation - I mean, come on, the main fun of Fear Factor is seeing five people all trying to use whatever psychokinetic powers they can muster to make the other person fail and then take that walk off set - but the original US version.
And not only that, it's the gross out bits that do it for me. The one where they had to pull rubber donuts out of a bath full of cow's blood with their mouths, and the big hairy biker dude guy completely freaked out and charged off set yelling and showering blood over everything is possibly one of the funniest things I've seen. And the way that people get grossed out by eating insects? Priceless. I've eaten ants and crickets and, frankly, they're just like the crispy bits at the bottom of a bag of chips. Packed with protein too.
And now I see they're doing it with couples, which just adds that spice of "That was your fault honey" "No, it was yours, dear." "I don't think so!" "Yes it was!" "I want a divorce!" to the show.
So anyway, that's my confession. My name is Dai, and I'm a Fear Factor watcher. Pity me.
I really like Fear Factor. Not the UK version, which missed the main point by having two teams up against each other and no elimation - I mean, come on, the main fun of Fear Factor is seeing five people all trying to use whatever psychokinetic powers they can muster to make the other person fail and then take that walk off set - but the original US version.
And not only that, it's the gross out bits that do it for me. The one where they had to pull rubber donuts out of a bath full of cow's blood with their mouths, and the big hairy biker dude guy completely freaked out and charged off set yelling and showering blood over everything is possibly one of the funniest things I've seen. And the way that people get grossed out by eating insects? Priceless. I've eaten ants and crickets and, frankly, they're just like the crispy bits at the bottom of a bag of chips. Packed with protein too.
And now I see they're doing it with couples, which just adds that spice of "That was your fault honey" "No, it was yours, dear." "I don't think so!" "Yes it was!" "I want a divorce!" to the show.
So anyway, that's my confession. My name is Dai, and I'm a Fear Factor watcher. Pity me.