God that was funny! Thanks so much for the best laugh I’ve had all day. What has amazed me is the number of people below who ACTUALLY DRINK THIS STUFF!!!! So glad it doesn’t give absolutely everybody the explodes, but honestly, how do you still drink it after you’ve read the ingredients list? The names of things that are actual food tend to be fairly short, three syllables or less. It’s not a foolproof way of establishing that what is in front of you is edible — “dirt” for instance, is a nice, short name but personally I wouldn’t eat it for dinner — but it’s a good start. Get past three syllables and you get to things that your head can’t give you a picture of, like “pyridoxine hydrochloride” That belongs in shampoo, doesn’t it? I’m not drinking shampoo. No wonder it cleaned you out.
The bottom line (see what I did there — I really am that shameless) is that if your idea of meal preparation involves nothing more than opening a lid, you’re probably in line for a Darwin Award, and those who love you (it takes all sorts, right?) need to cook for you.
Geraldine, thank you for your courageous public service. Now we all know that if we’re out and we need a meal we can drink the thing to do is to go to somewhere like Tank and order a smoothie made from identifiable ingredients. Or go to the pub for a beer.
