My aunt loves gameshows. I'm not exactly sure what it is that draws her to them, but my guess is that the draw is similar to how it draws the rest of us. We literally feel the emotions of the people competing. My aunt doesn't get a lot of social interaction in her daily life, but I would guess that the gameshows give her a measure of excitement that she would otherwise be lacking.
This post has little to do with any of that though.
A few days ago we were watching a rerun of Family Feud (and when I say "we", I mean she was watching it and I was being nice and sitting through it. I enjoy some of what she watches, but I usually have other preferences. She would say the same about the shows I watch). The survey topic was: Name something that kids dare eachother to eat.
Worms. I believe that was the number one answer. Vegetables. No one got that one. Boogers. Yes, that was another correct answer. I was cooking dinner at the time, but I heard the answer and laughed from the kitchen.
Then I hear my aunt's voice - "Huh? What's that?" I thought she had misheard, so I repeated. "Boogers! You know - kids dare eachother to eat their boogers!?" No answer. I stuck my head out from the kitchen area. "Really? You don't know what is booger?" (grammatically incorrect, but that's pigin for ya).
"Nope," was her answer. She went back to watching the show. I popped my head out again. "Auntie Sally!" I exclaimed. When she looked up I made a fake nose picking motion.
Her response: "Ew! I wouldn't eat that!" as she furrowed her brow.
I hope not!!!
o_O
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