Absolutely ridiculous!
Mood:
irritated
Absolutely ridiculous! Man sues creators of "Fear Factor" because one of their episodes made him sick...
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NBC's 'Fear Factor' Sued for Rat-Eating EpisodeWed Jan 5, 2005 04:03 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Watching contestants eat dead rats on NBC's gross-out stunt show "Fear Factor" so disgusted a Cleveland man that he has sued NBC for $2.5 million, saying he could not stomach what he saw.
In a handwritten four-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Cleveland on Tuesday, paralegal Austin Aitken said, "To have the individuals on the show eat (yes) and drink dead rats was crazy and from a viewer's point of view made me throw-up as well an another in the house at the same time."
His suit added, "NBC is sending the wrong message to its TV watchers that cash can make or have people do just about anything beyond reasoning (sic) and in most cases against their will."
He said the show caused his blood pressure to rise so high that he became dizzy and light-headed, and when he ran away to his room, he bumped his head into the doorway.
In a brief telephone interview with Reuters, Aitken said, "I am not at liberty to discuss the complaint unless it is a paid-interview situation."
A spokesman for "Fear Factor" said the show would have no comment until it sees a copy of the complaint. The spokesman said the program did feature an rat-eating scene in New York's Times Square on Nov. 8.
Over the years, contestants on the program have eaten some weird things, including ground-up spiders and live worms.
Reuters/VNU
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Ever heard of turning off the f*ckin' TV?!
More about me...
Mood:
hungry
Well Tripod's "Site Builder" function has been on the fritz lately and I wanted to add this to it but I figured I'd add it to my blog for the time being :)
1. What time is it: 10:56
2. Name as it appears on birth certificate Bryan Lawrence Dehler
3. Nicknames: BMan, B-Diddy, B-brotha
4. Piercing: none
5. What is the most recent movie you've seen in the theater: Meet the Fockers
6. Eye Color: blue
7. Place of birth: Mather AFB, CA
8. Favorite foods: Mexican and Italian
8b. Favorite meal: Chicken with new potatoes and green beans in a dill gravy
9. Ever been to Africa: Nope
10. Ever been toilet papering: Nope
11. Love someone so much it made you cry: Yes
12. Been in a car accident: Just a minor one, no injuries. $1300 in damage done to my car though
13. Croutons or bacon bits: If I had to choose, probably croutons...but I'd prefer both :)
14. Favorite day of the week: Saturday
15. Favorite restaurant: anything with a buffet lol
16. Favorite flower: don't really have one, but if I had to choose I'd go with rose
17. Favorite sport to watch: football
18. Favorite drink: non-alcy: Mountain Dew; alcy: Brain Hemorrhage
19. Favorite ice cream: cookie dough & Tin Roof Sundae (neck in neck)
20. Disney or Warner Brothers: no preference
21. Favorite fast food restaurant: Wendy's
22. What color is your bedroom carpet: brown
23. How many times did you fail your driver's test: 0
24. Before this one, from who did you get your last-mail: my baby Liza :)
25. Which store would you max out your credit card: ohhh Fry's or Best Buy or the like (anything with electronics)
26. What do you do most often when you are bored: I don't usually get bored...if I get bored I'd watch TV or play on the computer...
27. Bedtime: don't really have one, but as age catches up I find myself going to bed too early: around 11 or 12
28. Favorite TV Shows: King of Queens, Seinfeld (reruns of course), Big Fat Obnoxious Boss (although I think it might have been cancelled)
29. Last person you went to dinner with: mom, dad, Grandpa Dehler, Aunt Bev and Uncle Bruce (Grandpa's b-day party)
30. Ford or Chevy: Chevy
31. What are you listening to right now: silence lol
32. What is your favorite color: blue
33. Lake, Ocean or river: no preference really
34. How many tattoos do you have: none
35. Time you finished this e-mail: 11:05
36. Which came first the chicken or the egg? Chicken...who would have been around to help the young chicken grow up otherwise? ;)
Happy Birthday Grandpa!
Mood:
happy
Today is my paternal grandfather's 83rd birthday. Happy Birthday Grandpa! I'm at work right now - working at Electra Credit Union. I can't wait to spend dinner with Grandpa and some other family members, including my parents and hopefully my sister :)
New Weblog!
Mood:
happy
Well I started a weblog quite a while ago but never really kept up on it. Recently I had been working on a website for myself (
bdehler2004.tripod.com) and forgot all about the weblog. A few days ago, Tripod was having difficulty allowing me to access the programs they use to alter the website and so I clicked on the "create a weblog" button instead.
Of course, that one worked without any trouble and here I am, creating a weblog once again :) Hopefully since it is attached to my other website I won't have trouble keeping up on it. Guess time will tell huh...?
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
-- from the movie "Billy Madison"
"Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed."
-- William Jennings Bryan
(In other words, don't count your eggs before they hatch)
"When seeking a companion, become the type of person you would like to attract!"
