Monday, November 20, 2006

Homogenized Sphincter


One thing I like to ask people when they're eating a hot dog is, "So how's the homogenized sphincter?" They pause for a moment to compute that, and then keep right on horking it down. Especially when they're drunk. Or a kid who doesn't know what sphincter means.

Nowadays, when apple juice and spinach can be infected with E. coli, a type of bacteria that originates in the gut, it adds new meaning to the phrase, "Eat shit and die."

Eating can be pretty risky. And I tell ya, I'm willing to take that risk every day, day in day out, as often as possible!

"Eating is risky, but not eating is even more hazardous to your health." That’s what my old food microbiology prof used to say. True dat.

If you want to choke down some interesting info about the fast food industry, check out the new movie Fast Food Nation. If you eat fast food, you should see it. Afterwards, you'll WISH it was only sphincter in those burgers!!! Ah, just kidding! Or not... Guess you'll have to see it to find out.

4 comments:

Rosie said...

haha. I hate McDonalds, and have read the book, and want to see the movie. But still there is something alluring about eating soemthing that barely fits the definition of food.

I indulge occasionally. And yes, I like homogenized sphincter too. At least I know where my food comes from.

Al said...

Is it just my imagination or is all this food that is contaminated with E. coli coming from organic farms. I know the new "melon" E. coli produce did and the spinach did. Because these farms are declared "organic", are they using pumped out septic tank efluence as fertilizer(yiiiicccchhhh)? Think I'll stick with the commercial "non-organic produce.

deejinator said...

Yum, Yum...Sphincter and bacteria. Two of my favorites. Maybe its time to just freeze dry everything and eat like the astronaughts.

michie said...

Usually sphincter and bacteria don't co-exist, since they pump hot dogs up with nitrates and then cook them.

I don't know what's up with the organic farms... obviously there's a mistake going on somewhere for this to be happening.

Choose your poison.