Ha ha ha. That's a nice little food joke for you. But today I want to write a little bit about food humor. I've had a lot of fun clicking through the following two sites that document foods that has gone horribly, horribly wrong, accompanied by the requisite snarky comments. Food and eating are such important components of our life that is is especially funny to see it go awry. Its kind of like watching wedding videos where the groom passes out or the bride sets her hair on fire with the unity candle.
But sites like this also seem to be a way of poking fun at the ridiculous things people are willing to eat. For every picture of a terrible fast food meal, there are a hundred people who ate that meal without complaint. And for every American who is repulsed by Tropicana Orange Juice with Rare Cheese Flavor there is a Japanese teenager who drinks a bottle of it a day.
So just for fun, check out these sites:
The Worst Thing I Ever Ate: A gallery devoted to images submitted by people who have just eaten the worst thing ever. My stomach turned at the image of mechanically separate chicken parts.
Cake Wrecks: This site is filled with pictures of "professionally" decorated cakes that have been massacred by inept and apparently illiterate bakers. It is very hilarious, but also a little sad that one might grow to employable age without being able to spell "birthday" correctly. Scroll past the pretty featured at the top of the page to see the unfortunate ones.
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