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Monday, July 31, 2006

Trash The Grossest Thing I Have Ever Seen on Primetime Television

Posted by DAVID SCHMADER on July 31 at 20:23 PM

Okay. So, I was just watching Wife Swap, and as usual, the setup involved a finicky neat-freak woman trading places with some sort of grime-friendly hippie with seventeen pets that sleep in her bed.

To display the depth of the comparatively filthy woman’s filthiness, the camera closed in on a corner of her child’s bedroom, where there was an infestation of ants.

These ants could be seen as they marched across a discarded pair of little girl’s panties.

These panties were unclean, with a small but clearly visible brown streak, upon which the ants were feasting.

Ew.

Ew, ew, EW.

How can showing such a thing on television be legal?

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OH.MY.GOD.

How can it be legal? Because no homosexuals were in the camera view at that moment. Is it tasteful? No. Entertaining? Only when David Schmader writes about it.

Posted by jenniferjane | July 31, 2006 8:49 PM

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At least you didn't have to see any breasts.

Posted by catalina vel-duray | July 31, 2006 9:02 PM

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I was just roasting a bowl and doing a litttle surfing and I saw that and thought "WTF am I just high or did they show ants eating poo out of a pair of panites?" I guess it's better than that "Restorers" show on PBS.

Posted by lisa | July 31, 2006 10:08 PM

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When eating maggots and crawling through sewers passes for entertainment, it may be time to - as I have - divorce yourself from television for a while. Just until they start trying again.

Posted by Bauhaus | July 31, 2006 11:09 PM

5

David,

ROTFLMAO AGAIN!

and Lisa too fucking funny!

Reality is stranger than fiction.

Posted by Danny | July 31, 2006 11:20 PM

6

they kept zooming in over and over, so if i had any doubt about what i saw, they showed the panties with ants on the stain enough times for me to really confirm (unfortunately) that was in fact what i saw. I was a deer in the headlights, but I should have changed the damn channel!!!

Posted by Audrey | August 1, 2006 7:24 AM

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You know, stuff like this is *not* going to sell me on high-definition television.

Posted by Napoleon XIV | August 1, 2006 8:56 AM

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napoleon. your comment made a tear come out of my eye. funniest comment yet... heh, gross.

Posted by jls | August 1, 2006 9:44 AM

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lol@ Lisa & Napoleon

But in defense of the hippie lady, ants ARE cheaper and more earth-friendly than laundry detergent.

Posted by him | August 1, 2006 11:18 AM

10

They cancel Firefly after 12 episodes, and shit (literally!) like this stays on the air for fucking ever? WTF?!

Posted by Geni | August 1, 2006 11:31 AM

11

What's worse, I think I see a plot forming for the "Bug's Life" sequel.

Posted by Napoleon XIV | August 1, 2006 2:57 PM

12

Its so strange, they will "blur out" someone's butt crack but are happy to show a skid mark on some panties. EW and EW!

Posted by Suz | August 1, 2006 3:53 PM

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