Monday, March 7, 2011

Unhealthy

I didn't open the article, but I saw NPR's headline to the note of the "truth" about the "chip aisle".  Talk about recycled news that I presumed was common knowledge, but I guess I should consider myself nutritionally blessed if the vast rest of society really hasn't realized until now that chips are not "good" for you.  In fact, I could have told you this based on harsh personal reality as far back as four years ago.  Four years ago is approximately when I discovered Trader Joe's banana chips.  As far as I was concerned, pull the plug on romance, success and adventure, and look no further; I'd found my destiny.  They were crispy.  They were just the right amount of sweet.  They went superbly well with a cup of coffee.  They were 220 calories per bag; (as a co-indulger friend of mine aptly put it, they were like "eating air"). 

Yeah, according to TJ's skewed nutrition labeling.  No need to rehash the traumatic details that involved months of suspiciously empty shelves where the b-chips used to be and my excruciating patience while I awaited their return (practically starving to death in the meantime).  I merely assumed they'd sold out; the b-chip factory could not keep the supply up with the demand; it figured, in my estimation, because how could such a perfectly delightful indulgence go unnoticed by the rest of the market-frequenting world?  Sure, this irritated the hell out of me because I wanted to be among the only b-chip fanatics, but such is life with things that are grand and irresistible; (badminton being another fantastic example...here I was in 7th grade PE thinking that this was the best undiscovered sport to mankind, and low and behold it's played in the Olympics).  Anyhow, to condense this story since I've wasted enough of my prime years on Joe's banana tricks, it turned out the nutrition facts had been severely miscalculated to the note of they were off by about 1,000 calories.  Instead of a bag for breakfast and another for a snack, this was three quarters of one's recommended intake for the day!  Needless to say, chips aren't good for you (thanks, NPR), and I've sworn off TJ's b-chip variety for permanent.

Other things that should come with a bad for your health warning is old men in shorts and Ugg boots.  Yikes.  Who told you that was ok?  No one.  Obviously.  No picture necessary.

Bad for other people's health, specifically their auditory health, is going to be my future attendance at movies.  I intend to come equipped with an air horn.  The next time someone talks I'm not wasting my time with glares and nudges to the back of their seat.  I'm simply blasting them with a warning screech; (I've yet to determine how many warnings seems fair to the general public, as it may depend on variables like what kind of movie and which movie theater and whose company I am in, but I'm thinking after three blasts of the horn it's taser time (i.e., "shut the flip-flop up, mother snicker")).

Life sometimes can be unhealthy.
Unhealthy: –adjective
  not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition

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