oxymorons and other morons

Oxymoron:

People keep saying that «thin is in» yet 1 out of 5 people are obese.

There are entire channels devoted to cooking yet the prepackaged food industry is worth billions. Have a look at what people are eating in an office cafeteria. Most eat out of little plastic bowls coming out of little carboard boxes. And we used to make fun of TV dinners...

We are obsessed with diets yet most of us eat at least 3 times a week at the restaurant.

We eat Japanese, Thai, Indian, Middle Eastern and all kinds of food from around the world but I am told 50% of people under 30 never baked a pie from scratch never mind cut up a chicken.

We are obsessed with fitness and buy 300$ running shoes yet we have never watched more TV (including sitting in front of a computer screen)

We buy $1000 flat screen TV's, have cinema rooms in our house, buy 2000$ german washing machines and yet we complain that the cost of living is going up.



And now to morons:

Again on the radio a reporter claimed that obesity is a self imposed illness so we should not be treated by our famous healthcare system.

So is anorexia, suicide attempts and smoke related illnesses, tennis elbow, sports injury. Should we stop treating them also?

Goodnight,

May your grandchildren visit Italy one day.

another hot and cold night

So I did not sleep too well again.
One minute I am sweating bullets the next I am freezing.
Since this make me kind of miserable I would like to share this week's

Most Miserable Survey/Research Award

These days every news item is backed by a 'new research has found' or 'recent surveys show' statement. How many millions were spent on research that everyone with an ounce of brain already knows the answer to. Here are a few I heard this week on the radio.

1. 'Obesity surgery reduces Type 2 diabetes.' Da... Correct me if I am stupid but I thought most Type 2 diabetes starts with bad eating habits and can be much improved with good eating habits. And since obesity surgery primarily stops you from eating then to me the results are obvious
2. 'Research shows that the taser guns are safe' Well maybe if they did their tests on excited and mentally ill or drugged people whose heart was already pounding at 100 miles an hour the results would not be so good... These are the people the cops use the guns on not the calm and relaxed people getting paid for tests.
3. There was a third one but I forgot it so I'll make up my own: People who don't sleep well have trouble remembering things...

Ciao and good night

May your grandson's team win.. .

;-)
Joanne