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SasH21
MissssssSasHHHHHH

Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Toronto
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The Taint:
Douglas Coupland wrote about “the taint” in his recent book, JPod. The taint is when, for example, someone in your office makes microwave popcorn…or brings in some stanky, nasty greasy fast food… and… the smell cloud spreads… spreads across and throughout the office like one of those phantom-monsters from a Stephen King story… it pervades your nostrils and buries deep into the cotton fibers of your clothes and of course, you find yourself feeling revolted… Another example is when you eat fast food in your car (or take leftovers home from your granny’s house) and for the next 2 days, the smell of cold french fries hangs in the car like a trans-fog. (footenote: some people actually will find themselves even craving it in a moment of weakness…a food-turn-on if you will). I wish the taint was banned. EVERYONE hates the smell of microwave popcorn except that ignoramus who nukes up a bag in the late afternoon.
So, upon reflection, perhaps we could harness “the taint”…for the sake of the fat kids children. It seems to me that “visual tainting” is most effective when it comes to food. That is, when the smell is neutralized (ie: you can’t smell TV or print ads). The beautiful photos beckon you to come forth and nosh á la Pavlov’s dog. For, without the smell, a picture tells a thousand words and that story begins to enthrall us…then she enchants us with that glorious image. Behold….the Big Mac!!!
Odor-less taint is like radon or carbon monoxide - the silent killer fattener. So perhaps…just possibly, the wicked smell of someone else’s “taint” could be enough to repel some of us from consuming these smelly processed foods. The chain of logic would then suggest we could put “taint” in the ventilation systems of our schools and thus, kids would be eager to run outside (that’s exercise). Of course, maybe kids don’t hate the taint the way we adults do. How do we help the kids?
Yep, that’s my story…and I’m stickin’ to it.
http://meekspeaks.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/solving-obesity-by-way-of-the-taint/
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Nov-13-2007 18:07
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