Cheese- Banned on U.K. TV?

[4matsy]

WHAT

YOU WILL NOT KEEP ME FROM MY PRECIOUS

WE MUST DISPOSE OF THESE EVIL BLASPHEMERS

*me throws slices of sharp cheddar at the censors with ninja speed and accuracy*

If they can ban cheese, who's to say they can't ban something else that's mostly harmless?

You mean, like, say...pie?

[Darth Marsden]

AMERICAN pie, no less.

Jigglysaint is a madman. One of those great nutters that we all wish we lived down the road from so we could hang out with them whenever we're bored and need to go a bit crazy. A lovable loon, basically. That's why we all love him.

The basic idea of banning the word cheese from TV is insane. It's utterly bonkers. And, as with so many other things in life, madness attracts madness. Hence Cheese Porn.

But back on topic. Banning the word 'cheese' from TV: stupid. What's it gonna do, stop people eating it? Force supermarkets to stop selling it? Turn our kids into a bunch of cheese-dealing gangstas? HUH?

[Jigglysaint]

Well according to a chocolate bar I have here, it's about 200 calories, which came out to 900 Kilojoules. I would suppose then that an average Brittish portion of cheese would contain that many calories, which could be a lot.

It is true that the UK has an obesity problem. However, the problem lies in the fact children are raised wtih parents who graze on sweets and crisps(candy and chips for us North Americans), and the culture is making people fat.

There is a show on TV called "You Are What You Eat", and it's a show where a person who has an out of control diet has a specialist come in and do things like wiff their poo and make them eat nothing but healthy food for 8 weeks. One thing the female specialist does is make the person have a food diary for what they ate for one week. The results are often so huge it takes a giant table to display it all. I am fat, but I eat nowhere what these people eat. The food actually looks disgusting when you see it. It's actually quite an informitive show.

[Darth Marsden]

Yeah, that's a good show. We seem to like having people come into our homes and telling us what we're doing wrong with our lives. You Are What You Eat, SuperNanny, What Not To Wear...
If we had people like that in charge of the country, we'd be the best dressed, healthiest and most well behaved country in the world... but nobody would have any fun. I suppose the idea is to find the region in between, right?

[The_Amaster]

One of the problems lies in finding what kind of obesity a person has. For example, new studies show that while some people are gluttons who could diet any time they wanted to, other people have a gene in them that doesn't properly control their "full" instinct, so through no fault of their own, they eat more than they should. And what's with the thin trip everyones on. I mean, sure, you shouldn't weigh 350 lbs, but people are more and more obsessed with being super thin.

[Darth Marsden]

Honestly. Take your shirt off and look in a mirror. If, when you hold your arms above your head, you can see your ribs, then you're too skinny. END OF DISCUSSION.

...seriously.

[biggiy05]

Honestly. Take your shirt off and look in a mirror. If, when you hold your arms above your head, you can see your ribs, then you're too skinny. END OF DISCUSSION.

...seriously.

Some people are naturally skinny like that. I am one of them. At 6'3 almost 6'4 I weigh less than 150lbs, maybe just under 140lbs now. I eat throughout the day, not junk food but I eat healthy compared to some people out there. It's just the way some people are built.

[Darth Marsden]

Yeah, well you don't count. And nor does anyone else who posts here. You're all special.