Guilty Pleasures

I was reading the Guardian online the other day and there was an article about people's guilty pleasures. Some examples included things like watching their cat yawn, listening in on other peoples conversations/reading text messages over peoples shoulder, the smell of petrol, murder she wrote etc.. I remember one particular application I did asked to name a guilty pleasure of yours, looking back the answer I gave was pretty s**t, I said about the salad cream addiction I have, but I'm not guilty about it at all, in fact I tell pretty much anyone I meet about it! In essence I think I answered the question what are your peculiar pleasures in life?

Talking of guilty pleasures one that came up more than most was the Daily Mail Online and I know that me and Joe both share this pleasure. Reading the message boards is hilarious, especially if you start with the worst rated! As many on the guardian message board mentioned it makes you feel a lot better about yourself.

As well the Daily Mail another guilty pleasure has to be watching trash TV, I'm not talking the Hills or any sh*te like that here, the Hills and programmes like that are just crap where some people swan about doing nothing in particular and just look cool. The kind of programmes I'm talking about are things like Date my Mom, Sweet 16, Flavour of Love and my current favourite the Rock of Love! They're absolutely amazing, in fact some of the best shows on TV. For those that have never seen them here's a run down:

Date my Mom: Guy goes out on date with 3 girls 'moms' and chooses which girl to date from these. The best parts of the show come in the things the girls tell the mums not to say on the date (but say anyway!!!) and the cut away to the guys with the cheesy lines. Some particular favourites include the mom who talked about her daughter getting her period at a restaurant, the mom who was flirting with the guy in the pool and him using the lines "there was a lump in my throat....and in my pants!". This ends where the guy chooses the mum of the girl he wants to date. The bitter losers abuse the guy "Your not good enough for my daughter anyway etc..." and show what you could have won, while the winner runs over to the guy, hugs and they run off into the sunset, literally! It always adds extra comedy when the guy picks the worst of the pack!

Sweet 16: American spoilt brats get a 16th birthday party which involves getting a big expensive car, a rap group to sing at their party and everything else they want. The comedy comes when its not the right car/rap group, they embarrass themselves by trying to look cool by performing a choreographed dance routine on stage or one of the guests spoils the party. Their reactions to any of these are priceless!

Rock of Love and Flavour of Love: These are pretty much exactly the same show but both equally brilliant. The basic premise is you take one famous guy, a load of women/whores/attention seekers who want to date him and stick them on a show where they try to get dates with said man. You have to complete tasks to win the dates and when your on a date you have to impress or you could be kicked of the show, this usually means that the women go around snogging the face off the guy at any given opportunity and you best put out or your off! As well as this the girls usually get bitchy and cat fights happen pretty much every episode. Amazing! One of the greatest moments came in Flavour of Love, but I'll let Jimmy Carr explain it below much better than I ever could!

Hopefully I'll do more guilty pleasures in the future!