In the car, my wife tells me about something she read online that has her very excited.
WIFE: There’s this company that will pay you $6,000 to eat just junk food for a month.
ME: Why are they doing that?
WIFE: They want you to eat just junk food and take their herbal supplement and see how you feel after a month. I guess their supplement is supposed to give you all the nutrition you need. I wanna do it!
ME: Is it just chips and candy?
WIFE: I’m sure you can eat fried food and burgers and stuff. It sounds great. We should both do it. Then we’d get $12,000. Just think, $12,000 for eating chicken wings and mozzarella sticks. It’s perfect.
Fire up the deep fryer! It’s greasy time!
ME: I don’t know that I could eat that kind of stuff for a solid month. Besides, I bet they want more diversity in their subjects.
WIFE: What are you taking about? A young, black woman – an old, white man. What could be more diverse than that?
ME: I was thinking more about environmental diversity, but since you put it that way, I guess they’d have to take us.
I hope their supplement doesn’t interact with my senility meds.
Snoozing on the Sofa 
Are you guys gonna do it?
I’d be curious to know how it goes. I wonder if it’s fast food ALL day or just dinner.
12 grand sounds good.
I don’t know that I’m a good candidate. Not that I’m the world’s healthiest eater, but I could imagine myself having the urge to sneak a floret of broccoli from time to time. Plus, I’d probably have to spend my $6K on acid blocking medicine. Sucks to be old.
good luck!
With the diet or with my wife?
Both!)
Thank you on both counts.
Sorry, but no amount of money could entice me to eat junk food. Nope. As for diversity, I howled at what you said, Scott. Good luck with what is ahead of you!
Thank you, Amy. I assume you are speaking about the rest of my life.
Assume away …..
Will do.
😉
And, here I was thinking…’they wouldn’t even HAVE to pay me to do this…’
My face is breaking out just thinking about it.
See? Even your face is excited about the idea.
So fun. Look forward to hearing what happens. Eat up.
I can already predict what happens: Rolaids stock hits all time high.
Oh yeah.
I like junk food, but I think I’d be junked out long before a month was up. If the company is offering 6000 bucks to anyone who will do it, it must not be as easy as it seems. All the study participants jonesing for broccoli, LOL. 🙂
I’m sure it’s not that easy. The French Fry release waivers alone are probably two days’ worth of paperwork.
Hilarious! …especially considering if they are wrong and you die of malnutrition, who gets the 6 grand.
They pay it out to the next of kin in the form of Tootsie Rolls.
Maybe you should take extra senility pills before this craziness starts. That kind of food could send you there quicker. Now what was I just saying?
I always appreciate advice from previous winners.
LOL! And I’m older..
I’m mean probably older than you.
Your word on that is good enough for me.
Anytime I can be of service…If I remember.
I have faith in you, Auntie.
Why thank you!
Oh, the grease buildup in my intestines. I’m almost certain I’d never live to collect. On second thought, I’m certain. 😀
You’ve got to mix the grease with enough alcohol to keep it from coagulating.
So that’s what I’ve been doing wrong. Thanks, Scott! 😀
More alcohol is nearly always the answer.
Practically the cure for everything.
In one way or another.
LOL.
Husband/Wife conversations are always the best, and this was a good one. Best of luck if you opt to try the food challenge – better sign up for a personal trainer to start exactly one month from now. Glad I came across your blog!
Are stomach transplants a thing? Just wondering out loud. Thanks for coming over.
Yes indeed they are.
Good to know. Maybe I’ll order an extra one.
Let us know how this works out after a month!
I’ll tell you how it went right now: we both moved on to other concerns and promptly forgot about it.
Love this!
Thank you!