Sweet Concoctions and Dark Secrets… Revealed!
You know when you’re trying to open your chocolate pudding and the foil cover splits in half? I hate that. I wind up having to stick my finger in the pudding so I can peel back the uncooperative portion. Then of course I lick the pudding from my finger (waste not want not, people) leaving it vaguely chocolaty and sticky. So hours later after my hand has brushed across my clothes numerous times, that one finger is covered in all kinds of lint and looks like a mossy piece of fruit someone should dispose of. Seriously, that foil lid has a severe design flaw.
Chocolate pudding magnates, if you are listening, please see to it that something is done about this. I am sick and tired of having my favorite dessert ruined by faulty packaging. I want to one day again enjoy this sweet treat I fell in love with as a child.
Moving on…
Do you guys watch “The Moment of Truth“?
From the site:
On THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, the challenge is simple — answer 21 increasingly personal questions honestly, as determined by a polygraph, and win up to $500,000. This is the only game show where participants know both the questions and the answers before they begin to play. Prior to playing, participants are strapped to a lie detector and asked a series of questions by a polygraph expert, who records their answers. At any time, between the polygraph and the televised game, participants can change their answers or walk away from the competition.
So the more money you stand to win, the more invasive the questions.
OK. I will admit I have a special kind of love for this show. It amazes me that people are willing to put their darkest, sometimes controversial, secrets out there in an attempt to win money. But as high as the cost of living is, I can’t really blame them. The mortgage needs paying, groceries need purchasing, and gas isn’t buying itself.
Have you ever had sexual intercourse with your cat while reciting lines from “Full Metal Jacket“?
Um…
Well??
They might as well call this show “Ruin Your Life for $500,000″. In a recent broadcast, a contestant “told the truth” and admitted to not only cheating on her husband, but also being in love with someone else the day she was married. They followed this by asking if she thought she was a good person, she answered “Yes”. And you know what?
It was a LIE. She LOST everything.
And did I mention her family was sitting on a couch only a few feet away? Oh yeah, the camera kept cutting to her husband to catch his reaction. Ouch. You know those ads for Southwest airlines where a character does something stupid or embarrassing and then you hear the voice-over ask: “Wanna get away?”
Yeah, her and the family totally experienced one of those moments.
There is something about this show that seems inappropriate (I know, right?), but my DVR is set to faithfully record it every week so I can curl up in my chair and watch the morbid deliciousness of it all.
And so I ask: Would you consider destroying lives being a contestant on this show, answering questions better left unvoiced on National TV for the chance to win $500,000?
It’s way more fun to watch at home and cringe, so I’ll pass.
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27 Responses for "Sweet Concoctions and Dark Secrets… Revealed!"
ummmmmmmm NO! And I don’t have any dark secrets but by the time that they get finished it would look like I am a whore that cheats on a hubby i don’t have, nor have I had sex,but I Screw my cat while being and thinking I am inlove with someone else!
So Jillian, I will pass!
LOL!!!
Single
I don’t have any dark secrets… but I can’t see myself going on that crazy show.
When you think about it, most of the questions are so vague. Like tonight, the whole “have you ever had sex with one of your friends wife?” Well, shit, the answer could be yes from 10 years ago. Meanwhile the wife is in the corner boo-hooing.
What amazes me about it is that they take the polygraph beforehand, and know the questions that might come up. Yet, as they sit there in the seat, they always act so shocked about each question!
Ok, I’m shutting up now.
I can’t even be bothered grappling with those little snack packs for the lick of pudding inside. Who are those for, Lilliputians? Pudding belongs in a big ol‘ green mixing bowl covered in Saran wrap in the fridge, right next to the tub o‘ Cool-Whip.
Oh man I can’t believe you buy pudding in a tin can… and here I thought you were wizz in the kitchen, not going to come visit now.
Not on the show… but I would love to host this show… hee hee… Who is game???
Single in the City- What the…? No dark secrets? I thought all of us women had something to hide!
But yeah, as much as I need the money, it’s not worth putting extremely private matters out there like that.
Monique- No no no… you never have to “shut up” here. I want to hear what’s on your mind! But I agree, some of the questions are vague… you make an excellent point there.
LOL… you know, I think they act shocked because they are hoping that THAT particular question wouldn’t be picked for the show. But then, they should know by now that all the potentially “juicy” stuff is going to get through.
.45- I cannot tell you how much I laughed at “Lilliputians”. And what you describe here reminds me of my time at home. I guess I should quit being lazy and just make the pudding my damn self.
Carl in Spain- Here here! I’ll have you know the pudding comes in a plastic cup. And Woah woah, I AM a good cook! One week at my house and you’ll leave with plenty of meat on your bones.
Arv- Oh yeah, the host of the show tries to act all caring and whatnot. I really wish he would stop with the added commentary and just ask the questions. Sooooo…. what dark secrets are you hiding?
LOL! I do hope that the Chocolate magnates listen to your cry of dispair Jill!
PS: You have been blogrolled!
I’ve watched that show once. I saw it as rewarding Jerry Springer guests for behaving like Jerry Springer guests (minus the pie throwing).
And what does it say about the contestand when they would tell life changing secrets on television for money and not to their loved ones’ faces in private. You wanna pay your mortgage, get a job! Guess what people; money does grow on trees, you just gotta know how to pick it.
John F.- I’m afraid my cries will alas fall upon deaf ears.
WhatIGotSoFar- Remember when the guests on Jerry Springer actually got a few hits in? Those were the day.
Oh, it says a lot about the person. But I would imagine they know the risks before doing the show. Although the contestant I’m referring to in this post said she wasn’t “doing it for the money”… instead she claimed she “had some stuff to get off her chest”. So yeah… THAT sucks.
Let me know when next you harvest your money tree… you’d help out a fellow North American, right?
Maybe you can design a new foil and patent it.
They would have to come to you then
Dood, do you not have running water where you are from?
What about soap?
You could you know, wash that sticky finger eh?
That might help.
Jillian I have never seen this show… then again I don’t have a lot of time for TV… but I am off to check out my satellite guide…
hehehehehe… better to watch someone else’s humiliation than your own right? LOL
We watched this the first night it came on. Then I noticed my boyfriend was all twitchy. When I asked him what was wrong he said, “I’m afraid you’re going to start asking me questions I dont’ want to answer.”
Yeah, you better believe we had our own little game show going on after that remark!
I hate when that happens to my snack pack!
I do fully enjoy watching The Moment Of Truth. I am amazed what people will admit to on NATIONAL TELEVISION. All in the name of MONEY.
But I do wonder how much of it is TRUE.
Oh and I wish they would answer quicker. Whats with the long wait imbetween every commercial?
commercial…
Oooops
I MEANT to say “whats with the long wait imbetween each question.”
sheesh I need more coffee
That happens to me with yogurt and forget drinking a Capri Sun.
I will make sure that the chocolate pudding muckety mucks get back to you…I have friends in high places.
I saw the promos for that piece-of-crap-show and thought to myself…”Well, now this is a new low in television history…can’t wait to watch it! LOL! There’s something so appealing about stupid, dumb-asses ruining their lives, and the lives of other dumb-asses who choose to be with them…yanno? hee hee!
You know what other packaging is impossible to breach? Capri Suns. Seriously, who invented those? Am I the only one who has to stick the straw in the bottom or cut a whole in the package and pour the drink into a cup because I’ve never been able to properly insert the straw in the designated area?
John F.- You know, you might be on to something!
Mike- How dare you come on here with your logic? We don’t need any of that here. But, c’mon… it kinda ruins the moment to get up and wash my hands while trying to enjoy this treat. Really… no one does that.
Dawn- LOL, that’s my philosophy!
Mimzie- Oooo, I hope delicious truths were uncovered!
Meleah Rebeccah- I hate waiting for them to answer, too! The questions are enough drama as it is… why prolong it??
Beeker- Good to know I am not alone. I actually get excited the few times the lid doesn’t split!
Random Chick- LOL… AMEN! I’m am so hooked on this show. I grad a drink and watch to my heart’s content!
Mrs. R.- Hahaha, I hate Capri Suns. I just ram the straw right in the middle of the package and drink away. Although I did manage to drink a few properly here and there. I think the stars were aligned in a specific way or something!
hahaahh!
Loved the amount of focus u have given in the post to the chocolate pudding!!
Need to get my hands on a few of these…sans the foil though:-)
I wouldn’t be on that show for all the tea in china. sure i have some secrets, nothing bad, but nothing i want to share with america or they wouldn’t be secrets. i would just tell my husband or wife, keep lying to me until one of us is dead. i think the people who go on that show want to get money for the divorce they are about to go through. dumb butts.
Ekta- LOL. Thanks. I am a girl that takes her pudding very seriously!
Natural Woman- I love the expression, “all the tea in China.”
We make the same joke about the divorce! Oh well, as long as I’m entertained!
I do it. Why not? I have very little to hide that I haven’t already made public in some shape or form.
Besides, people get off on everyone’s suffering. Unfortunately which is why there are more emo/sad blogs than the positive happy ones. Go fig.
And as a Wii owner, I seriously love that Southwest commercial.
TOPolk- See, the fact you have little to hide means you wouldn’t get picked as a contestant for the show. LOL… you know no one wants to see a guy with nothing to hide.
I mean I would watch, but I have admitted several times to being easily entertained!
I suggest licking the lid of the pudding as opposed to wiping it with a finger.
Easy way around this pudding dilemma.
Freeze your pudding cups then simply bust open the cheap plastic (over a bowl is preferable to over your palm). Then you have frozen pudding (reminiscent of Pudding Pops, best treat ever FYI!) that slowly turns into a thawing sludge of chocolatey glory.
This requires patience and foresight, two things hard to summon when you’re talkin bout pudding.
Twisted- See, your finger gets covered in pudding when you are trying to get the other half of the lid peeled back.
Grumpus- That sounds damn good. Also, I haven’t had homemade pudding in FOREVER!
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