I just ate 10 ounces of brussels sprouts...ask me anything

[ForrestGump]

That's a lot more of those little things than it sounds. I've been shorting myself on vegetables and got a craving for 'em, so picked up a bunch of frozen things when I ventured out last night (coughy cold and all) to get much-needed consumables. For some reason, brussels sprouts sounded good. I ate eight ounces, took a few minutes' break, and then ate the remaining two ounces for dessert. Might be awhile before I eat them again. But I got some nutrition, at least.


Still, nothing compares to the time, 22 years ago, when I unaccountably ate 500 grams (roughly a pound, I think) of prunes in one sitting. I spent the rest of the day in a very small room, paying for that mistake. Not sure I've eaten a prune since... :o

[Squatch]

1. And how much butter went along with those sprouts?

[ForrestGump]

5. Zero. Ate 'em plain.

Like the medicine they are.

I'm so well behaved. :-)

[graywarrior]

2. I did that once and woke up with such stomach pains I thought

I was gonna explode.

[ForrestGump]

6. Sulphur strikes again!

I should go visit someone I don't like. :D

[Initech]

3. And you didnt feel like puking afterwards?

:puke:

[ForrestGump]

7. Not 'til you did that

:P

My coughing isn't exactly helping things, abdominal-wise...

[myrna minx]

4. A pound of prunes? wow!

Talk about colon blow.
http://www.milkandcookies.com/article/3113/

:wow:

[ForrestGump]

11. I could have done that commercial!

Impressive, huh? I still recall every detail of that small room... :-(

[eyesroll]

8. Are you sleeping alone tonight?

I hope so. :scared:

[ForrestGump]

13. Always, if not always in spirit

:D

Just as well, tonight.

Though I'm typically consuming vast quantities of beans, so I'm a little preadapted to handle the demands of this sprouts load.

[RevCheesehead]

9. I certainly hope you took Beano with that.

Otherwise, you're going to pay in a slightly different way. ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. PM, baby,PM........nt

[ForrestGump]

16. I laugh in the face of Beano!

I like fiber....fiber rules!!

[RevCheesehead]

27. Laugh now...

but beware the French Guards.



They will fart in your general direction.

[ForrestGump]

29. Ha!

But I know nothing about swallowing!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Oh my dear ForrestGump!

Now that's a few brussels sprouts!

I like them too, but not that many....

You sure did get some nutrition, though!

You have a little cold, huh? Maybe all these will drive that cold away...

Hope you feel better soon!

:loveya: :hug:

[ForrestGump]

17. Thank you, Ms Peggy...

:hug:

Yes, maybe the vitamins will fix me up, at last. :-)

[kmla]

12. Ask you anything? Ummm. Which direction is your ass facing?

'cause I don't wanna feel the "winds of change", if you're catchin' my breeze.

:7

[ForrestGump]

18. The answer, my friend is blowing

my mind. :P

Actually, as long as you're not underneath me -- and I'm pretty sure I don't have any DUers under me right now -- you should be okay. Residents of the Las Vegas Valley should, though, perhaps evacuate.

[supernova]

15. Here's your nutritional gold star

FYI - Radio station that plays xmas music format from Thanksgiving to New Year's is playing "Blue Christmas"

[ForrestGump]

19. Thank you, Ms nova!

Let's hope it's not an almost-posthumous award. :o

I might record "Blue Christmas" today, just for fun, 'cos I've got an opportunity...though I think this cough has thrashed my throat. :-(

[supernova]

20. Oh, it's not THAT bad, is it?

:hug:

If you're still feel like eating, you must not have strep. Have you considered.... *gasp* seeing a doc?


My late lunch right now: Roasted Pork Loin w/ SW dry rub and french green beans dressed in olive oil and s & P. :9
I might go completely wild later and have a tangerine. :woohoo:

edit: I'd love to hear you do Blue Christmas! If your poor throat isn't too bad that is.. :hug:

[ForrestGump]

25. Doctor? Nope -- I only go to them when bits of me break

:-)

Hopefully it'll fade away...I've had it reallty low-level for weeks now, the cold, and this cough is the most hurty part of the whole experience, just when I thought I was a day away from being fully restored.

I must say, your culinary choices sound a tad more exciting than mine. I might go wild with some OJ, though, soon -- top shelf stuff, with extra pulp...ooooooooooooo. :D

It'll be a miracle if I don't sound like Tom Waits when I try to sing, but I'll see how it goes. I'm unbreakable. :-)

[In_The_Wind]

21. Are you expecting ...

company

[ForrestGump]

22. :D

I don't want to, but I've got to get out to do important errands...I think I'm self-propelled now, though. It's a very efficient form of energy!

[In_The_Wind]

24. ha ha ha

Have a wonderful afternoon ...
BTW ~ Don't stand in one place too long!

[ForrestGump]

28. Thanks!

I'll hone my skills at looking around, perplexed, and then bellowing "Lord, almighty, who let that one go?!? Such is the power of my performance that people will begin to wonder if it was them. :D

[In_The_Wind]

30. I'm beginning to believe you ...

Does that mean I'm really in trouble?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. Just don't get into an elevator alone.

You won't be able to deflect blame when the door opens and somebody else gets on, if you're standing there all by yourself.

[ForrestGump]

36. Doncha just HATE it when you're in the elevator alone, trapped there

with the legacy of someone else's flatulence, and -- as if that weren't bad enough in itself -- someone else then gets aboard?

"It's not mine"

[In_The_Wind]

51. And they don't believe you or ...

[swimboy]

23. Are you planning on doing any prancing with DS1 later on?

:o :scared:

[ForrestGump]

26. That's between the two of us dude. Ixnay on the ancing-pray...teric-Sayo

might be ingwatch. :o

Okay, so I don't know how to speak Pig Latin. :-)

[AllegroRondo]

31. Have you tried the sprout flavored soda?

and does it taste like the real thing?

[ForrestGump]

37. Just cracking a six pack now

Good stuff. :-)

[Sanity Claws]

32. Does your "gas" smell like brussel sprouts?

Why did you do this to yourself? If you needed to do penance and atone for some sins, you could have said five Hail Marys, or done something else.

[ForrestGump]

38. If I WERE to produce said emissions, they would -- as is usual -- have the

fragrance of roses. :P

[MissHoneychurch]

33. why would you eat that stuff in the first place?

it is one of the few veggies I despise

[ForrestGump]

39. I was starving. Vegetable deprived. They tempted me.

Damned Belgians. :-(

[Dangerously Amused]

35. Why?

[ForrestGump]

40. In the words of George Mallory, with regard to climbing Everest:

"because it was there."

Of course, Everest ended up killing Mallory.... :-(

[Dangerously Amused]

55. You are certainly more daring than he.

Somehow I don't think even George Malloy would have taken on a mountain of brussels sprouts.

[Xithras]

41. Yummy.

I never understood why people don't like brussel sprouts. They're one of my favorite veggies, and they're basically mini-cabbages (they're related to cabbages).

[ForrestGump]

42. I'm not a huge fan of cabbages, or any of the

cruciferous vegetables, so my Brussels sprouts compulsion remains one of he great mysteries of the universe, along with Saquatch, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Simpson sisters' popularity.

[Oeditpus Rex]

43. A non-food, non-bodily function question

What did Elvis do 35 years ago today?

[ForrestGump]

45. Charmed his way into the Oval Office in search of a badge for his

collection. :D

Only one of the more surreal of his adventures -- he ran away from home, basically.

[SOteric]

44. Could you stand downwind, please?

[ForrestGump]

46. I'm several hundred miles downwind

Not far enough?

:-(

[datasuspect]

47. you will have green poop and stinky pee

[ForrestGump]

48. Here you assume that my bodily functions are the same as those of you

Earthlings... :P

[datasuspect]

49. are you one of those advanced models

that recycles waste byproducts and converts them to nutritious food particles and potable water?

neato!

[ForrestGump]

50. And I don't

take up much counter space!

[datasuspect]

52. i will never get tired of waste elimination

no siree

[samplegirl]

53. cabbage farts

are the worst!!!!!!!!

[ForrestGump]

54. All Quiet On The Southern Front, so far

Shhhh...be vewy, vewy carefuw...

[GreenInNC]

56. bean eating

I was in a Van Camps Pork n Bean eating contest a couple of years ago. Five 15oz cans in three minutes. I figured I got 420% of my daily fiber requirement in those three minutes. I won the contest by the way.

[NMMNG]

57. So how bad does it smell over there?