Fiber One Bars: Gastrointestinal Health Gone Horribly Wrong
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I want to talk to you about the most insidious product ever made by man. It’s called a Fiber One Bar. It’s a product that comes in several flavors, all of which are totally delicious, and it’s actually healthy too. OR AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT THEY TELL YOU. It turns out that “healthy” can be relative. Which is why I'm now going to tell you a little story, after which you can let me know if you think this sounds "healthy" or not:
Some time back—I needed distance from this story before I could tell it—I found some delicious candy bars in a box my dear wife handed me to take to work during one of my destined-to-fail dietary phases. I only glanced briefly at the product packaging, the picture really, and saw that it was some sort of honey-glazed oaty thing with drizzles of caramel on top. Now, I happen to be the world’s singularly biggest caramel fan. So, since I would probably eat dog shit if it had enough caramel on it, it should come as no shock to you that I was more than happy to indulge in a couple of oaty honey caramel candy bar things. So I did. I ate two of them. They were fantastic. Props to General Mills for making something so delicious.
However, they will burn in hell for what they did to my body.
First off, how about a warning on that crap? How about a big red sign that says, “DUDE, DON’T EAT TWO OF THESE THINGS OR YOU WILL FUCKING EXPLODE!!!!” And I really think they need all four of those exclamation points and the profanity. I’m serious. That is a natural disaster waiting to happen. You know how scientists say that the caldera bubbling up under the Midwest of the U.S. is going to blow up and kill millions of people, maybe even billions? Well so will eating two Fiber One Bars, especially if your normal fiber intake is like – 400% of the recommended daily amount and has been for, say, ever.
So here’s what happened. Me, caramel loving dumbass that I am, ate my two Fiber One bars happily and then, a short while later, headed off to a class. (For those of you who don’t know me, I take graduate classes at night.) So, off I went, ready to dazzle my peers with my insights and philosophical whatever gleaned from whatever it was we had read that week. Yeah. Off I went.
Turns out there was a test that evening. A long one, one of those blue book tests that’s all essay answers. You know, the kind where everyone in the entire room is absolutely silent, heads down, writing away in unison, the only sound the muffled scrape of graphite on paper lightly amplified by a wooden desk. You can hear every sniffle anyone makes. Every gasp or irritated guffaw upon discovery of a mistake or a question for which some student has no clue. And you can damn sure hear every last goddamn rumble of my fat ass passing 6,000 PSI of methane through the twists and turns of my gastrointestinal tract. I didn’t know what the hell that was, but those bubbles were rocketing through my tubes faster than all that shit blowing out of BP’s ruptured oil well in the Gulf ever did. The big difference was, I had to keep the cap on, if you know what I mean. I couldn’t let anything get out. Apparently I had more respect for the environmental concerns of my peers than BP does for the Lousiana coastline, if you get what I’m saying. Not to mention my dignity. So no, uh, nothing could escape. And, since I was in the middle of a test and couldn’t leave or it would look like I was going out to check my notes or something, and since my rotundity gives my abdomen the acoustical qualities of a cello, everyone in that damn class heard everything. RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE, went the bubbles, rattling around the corners of my gut tracts like bobsledders on the brink of losing it at every turn. RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE they went again after hitting the clenched, shall we say, back door valve, and then running back up the track. That gas pack was like a horde of evil fat kids shooting sleds down a hill at breakneck speeds, only to run back up and go again. Over and over in a macabre gastrointestinal nightmare. It was awful. And every f-ing face in that room was looking right at me.
How could I hide it? How do you hide the sound of a thousand elephants tap-dancing on a giant wooden stage? It’s not like I could look around at the people next to me and give them one of those wide-eyed “Dude, what the hell did you have for lunch?” expressions as if it was them making all that noise. You know, one of those moves that would throw the rest of the room off my trail. I couldn’t. Trust me, I tried, and nobody was buying it.
So I looked back at my blue book and tried to fathom what I would say to the question, tried to just suck it up and finish my test. I was an ace student, never missed anything, discipline my strength. 4.0 GPA. The master. Focus.
I had nothing. Couldn’t think of a thing. I felt like this was my first day in the class and I’d never read any of the books. All I could think of was the sensation of the methane kids jamming up at the top of the hill, getting ready to rocket through my pipes again, screaming all the way, drawing attention to my bloated shame. I think I drew pictures on the pages for a while. Pictures of hot air balloons and cannons going off. I wanted to bury my head in my desk, just slam my face right through the top. It would have felt good.
The teacher finally looked up at me, she being only a few feet away, and said, “Are you okay?”
Well, that brought some snickers from across the room. Two douchebags in slacker cloth and piercings just couldn’t hold it in. So they snickered. And not the candy bar kind. The laughter kind. The kind that turns two laughing douchebags into four. And then eight, and so on.
Ho ho, hah hah, Shadesbreath has gas and is probably going to die.
I got an A-minus on that test. The only A-minus I’d ever gotten. An F-ing A-minus. Did you know that if you drop the “mi” from A-minus you just have A-nus. There’s a shocking coincidence don’t you think?
So anyway, I guess my point is, never, ever, no matter how healthy you think you want to be, or no matter how much you love caramel, NEVER eat two Fiber One Bars unless you want to die… of shame.
If I were a caldera, I would have blown myself up just to take out those two douchebags.
Needless to say, I did not die. I wanted to, but I did not. I did wish, as I slipped into bed that night, for some sort of restitution from my wife, the one who tried to kill me with those oaty bars. I’m not proud of it, but I confess to having nodded off to sleep with visions of the gastronomic blast that would send her flying across the room to crash into the doors of the cabinets opposite her side of the bed, flung there violently by the mighty release of the pressure she had caused. I could imagine her sort of slumpy, lying in the heap of wrecked wood and shattered glass, shaking the splinters from her hair and blinking a sleepy, “What the F---?” at me. To which I could mumble, “I feel much healthier. Thanks for thinking of me today," between snores. That would teach her.
However, if you do happen to be in the market for a fiber bar, I can tell you with absolute and total authority that Fiber One Bars work famously. Have one.
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Watch it, Shadesbreath. Fiber One may make you their spokesman and then you will really be, pardon the vernacular, in deep doo-doo.
Funny, funny hub.
I thought those bars looked too good to be true!
Freaking hilarious! Even the tags on this one are funny! OMG. I'm pretty pissed off at Fiber One bars but mostly because I do NOT think they are delicious, I think they are imposters, and I've never made it through one. Being a thirty year old toddler, I ditch them for actual candy, and I'm happy about it. This is one very funny piece, though. Great writing.
Amazing experience, brilliantly recounted-- and especially nicely augmented by your page ads.
On the other hand I have found toast made from double fiber bread, to be quite fulfilling (no caramel involved).
I think you have the makings of a lawsuit, or at least a new suit of clothes.
A fabulous tale (or is it tail?) I cracked up (huh, huh, I said crack) at your showing the word anus made from an A minus. Very funny, I'll stick with my metamusal.
Masterfully expained ordeal, you sure have a way with words Shadesbreath... no doubt about that. I haven't stopped laughing yet... way toooooooo funny and your art is awesome too.
another thumbs up that's for sure
kindest regards Zsuzsy
That's classic. I did hear of a guy dying from the stink of his own fart - whether it's true or not, who knows. I was waiting for you to say you crapped your pants in class!
Are you sure it was the fiber one bars and not the 8 beef and bean burritos you ate for lunch. Of course I had a similar gastro-intestinal experience from a 44 oz purple slusky thing from Sonic. I spent 20 minutes in a construction site porta-potty in July. It is fun to sweat your ass off as you shit your brains out.
Great drawings too!!
You kill me. Especially:
Did you know that if you drop the “mi” from A-minus you just have A-nus?
Word to the wise: Stay away from Activia, even if their spokesperson is Jamie Lee Curtis.
L.T.
I see ahostagesituation beat me to the tags, but that's okay. 'mommy that man is scaring me' is quite droll.
I'm also a caramel junkie, Shades, but if my husband comes near me with one of those bars I'll simply have to leave him. Or maybe he's self-destructive. Who knows?
I think BP ought to take responsibility for your outbursts. Aren't they doing a nice job in the gulf?
Love your humor and the cartoons are hilarious! Love the one of your wife getting blown across the room! LOL!
Shades, I think it was the fact that I was dehydrated to begin with and the super high sugar content of the purple drink was too much for my system. Or it could have been the blue cheese and steak pizza (OMG it was so good) from the night before, but that should have affected me earlier in the day rather than early afternoon.
My very favorite is, of course, dropping the "mi" from A minus. The BP video was perfect. Only after the comments did I check out the tags. I'll start paying atttention to those.
Have you seen National Lampoon's "Van Wilder" Do you remember the scene where a student takes an exam after a chick has given him a milkshake and, before he can get to the men's room, he is pulled aside for an interview?
Hilarious, as is this hub!
The movie is a silly college flick, but after this hub, you absolutely MUST see it, or at least that one part.
I never want to grow up!
Absolutely binding...err...I mean spellbinding story, Shades! I was on the edge of my seat!
You really should add an Amazon capsule to capitalize on this product review. I just checked, and they sell Fiber One bars by the case. Although, anyone buying these things in bulk is probably involved in terrorist activities and should probably be on some kind of watch list.
Funny and Useful!!
Shades, I did a quick search of pizza places in your area and no luck, but if you are ever in Pensacola, FL, go to Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen and Taproom. along with the 36 beers on tap they have killer pizzas including the Black and Blue: "Seared filet mingon, maytag blue cheese, red and yellow onions and fresh cracked pepper. Please refrain from body slamming your fellow diners for the last slice" Direct quote from the menu. of course it is $24 for a 16" pizza, but worth it.
Point well taken... Perhaps in these "dismal" times we should toss a couple of the "energy bars" into the gas tank and light the exhaust pipe! Entertaining, and well said!
Remember what farts are - little particles of poo floating up your nose - change floating to blasting in your case. The BP video fitted well and very clever for coming up with the A- anus.
Better buy your wife a gas mask if you decide to indulge again, or it could be grounds for divorce!
Another bastion of greatness bites the dust. There I was thinking that if everything went to pieces for the male of the species, at the very end, there was hope that the Colossus of manhood named Shadesbreath would see us through! I thought of you searing the eyeballs of any female of the species who dared to speak to you of the latest fashion, her girlfriends or her favourite celebrities, with a simple glance and watch her pitilessly wilt like a snail with a bucketful of salt dumped on its back before your fearless gaze.
And what do I find? Your wife gives you a bar of candy and in five minutes you are jumping through hoops and sitting up for lumps of sugar. Does the wife let you out of the basket at night to join her in bed?
Oh, the shame, the shame!
Joking aside, are you now what is called an anal retentive?
And I have a simple question. Since the teacher showed signs of being sympathetic, why did your not grovel a little to be allowed to go to the loo where you could express yourself freely?
So many questions, so little answers! :-))))))
I just discovered it's possible to empathize while laughing one's A$$ off!
Hilarious! And funny and clever tags, too--I didn't know you could make entire phrases into tags! Wheee!
As for the bars...eh..not crazy about them, so I don't reckon as how I'm in any immediate danger, as they might say down east.
SB, I am so proud--an A- "under pressure" as it were. I'm sure your wife was merely jealous of your perfect A's and was simply leveling the playing field while keeping you healthy. Frankly she did deserve the cabinet landing but I totally understand and sympathize. I will have to confess that I will never think of Old Faithful in the same way again and I will be sure to bring a goodly supply of Fiber One bars when I visit Yellowstone to keep in practice for the big one.
Love the drawings which are evidence of a sick but extremely funny mind which I am embarrassed to admit is frighteningly similar to my own. I will not admit in the presence of such HP legends that I have similar cartoon videos playing in my head at inappropriate venues such as funerals and dropped platters of lasagna. I do, however, have a recipe for a home version of the health bar using flaxseed, popcorn husks, raisin bran and maltitol in case you run out of your stash. =:)
I have had those Fiber One bars- freaking good stuff!! I went easier on them than you but after one week of one a day I was getting the effects- so no more of that. They will stay out of my house,along with double stuff oreos, due to being too good to stop eating. Entertaining hub!!
The fiber one bars are delicious. However, you are right, under no circumstances eat more than one at a time. You and everyone around you will pay. Loved your story and your sketches.
Fiber bars are instant death but Oreos are a slow sinful death. Once I had the Double Stuff, I wondered how I ever ate the regular ones before. Worse stuff ever is sugar free candy -that is like suicide!! I'm not even tempted by it, took only one time!! I'd rather go through labor again than eat sugar free candy.
Loved it. Not that I have ever experienced anything like it at all, being English I don't fart. OK, ok I can't keep a straight face while I'm saying that. Have you tried lentil soup? That always clears my pipes.
I was intrigued by what you had to say under the “What Have You Lost Using Hub Pages”. I really liked what you had to say there- then I came across this… hysterical! An amusing topic that because it was written so extremely well that I felt as if I were watching this event occur rather than reading it. Granted, there were a few moments I wish I hadn’t been able to visualize so vividly due to your impressive writing, but I think that is the sign of a really spectacular writer. Still laughing and I really enjoyed your story! Thank you for sharing.
Serendipitous indeed! :) Life is a tapestry of exquisite moments put together to create a sublime destiny of fate…
Hilarious Shades. I love caramel too but we don't have Fiber One in Australia. That's a good thing I think. Love your (f)art and your story, the humour really comes through.
Ohh imagine the Tazzie Devil from the Bugs Bunny series eating them, that would be hilarious to watch.
There's a sugar free ice cream with sorbitol I should warn you about before your next class.....I found out the hard way....in the checkout line of an exclusive QUIET little shop.........
I needed a good laugh today, and you supplied it, hook, line, and stinker. Not only that but fiber one bars sound almost as cleansing as that pysllium you can buy at the health food store that makes you choke if you don't dillute it. Thanks for sharing!
Maybe this is why I have never been able to eat a whole one of those things...somebody was watching my er' backside. What makes this so funny is that we have all had those moments (maybe not quite so 'tense') congratulations for having the intestinal fortitude to publishing your experience. Exit me, still laughing.
LOl, hehe, graduate school, are you taking social sciences? Good luck and thanks for the laugh.
If I am your teacher I could have whispered in your ears, Go and I will just pass you, hehehe.
Maita
Too funny because I've lived it, and yes, the little bastards are scrumptiously always beckoning me to the snack cabinet.
How can you think of Val Kilmer and not at least pay homage to his Doc Holiday in Tombstone? Hell, even when he coughed up goo and blood, he was still hot!
I was going to ask you what you meant by "the candy bar kind" because I couldn't figure out what kind of laugh that would be...but then I realize you were referring to a Snickers bar...which oddly enough, or maybe not, has caramel too....but I digress...
I just bought a box of those Kashi bars today. My sister says they are healthy and will fill me up...but I fell for the chocolate and flaky coconut (Almond Joy fan). Even though they aren't the Fiber One bars...I'm going to take your advice anyway.
Hysterical piece that nearly caused me to blow coffee out my nose. A true sign of a master at work! :)
Well done, Shadesbreath!
I voted this hub up for funny and awesome. You are like the combination Jerry Seinfeld/Jon Stewart of HubPages (I hope you like those two comedians, I mean the reference as a compliment).
And the sketches that accompanied this hub, you did them? They're very good.
P.S. I would try to say something witty in reference to the topic itself, but glancing through the comments I can see I have already been beaten to the punch. Besides, what else could any of us say on this topic that hasn't already been said much more effectively by the master? (Psst! That's you, Shadesbreath. The Master of Chuckles!)
See you around.
I have found the most delicious candy ever, NOT a fiber bar. Have you tried Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares? There is one that is milk chocolate with a caramel filling! Yummy!
Much Ghirardelli is dark chocolate, but not these. Look for gold wrappers. Make sure they say milk chocolate with caramel. If you shop at Sam's Club, you might be able to find a big bag of the squares reasonably priced. I love your description of the cookies!
Wow I'm so follwing you after this! that was histerical! I was laughing so hard my family just looked at me like I belonged in an asylum, but dear God that was worth it!
Shadesbreath,just another example of how one man's meat is another man's poison. Watch out for any packaged food that claims to be "healthy"! There's also an innocent looking yogurt out on the market that has about the same effect.
Hysterical! Your revenge is not sweet by the way. LOL I loved every word of it and have decided to up my fiber. Thanks for the most humorous thing I read today.
Shadesbreath, this is very fine work indeed. I hope those evil little fat kids reeking havoc in your intestines were banished, and passed without doing too much incendiary damage to your family or home.
Hey Shadesbreath, sorry to hear about your dilemma, I'm sure your wife didn't do it intentionally, but then again, who knows. LOL! Thank you for the laugh. I know the feeling, kinda sorta, because there were a couple of time in school where I was caught off guard with a test, but had chosen to eat a nice healthy breakfast before I went to school. However, I didn't get the shame aspect you felt, but I know the bodily frustration you went through and I know it wouldn't have been any fun. But, reading your story was obviously funny. Thank you for sharing. :)
I actually like the feeling of those little anus bubbles - as long as they make no noise! I could tell you a few stories relating to gas combined with first dates and riding in a car to the dance in a taffeta dress - I could tell you about meeting the man of my dreams one afternoon at a barbecue and cutting a nice juicy one just as he was asking me for my phone number! I could tell you, but I won't cuz, your story is best of all and I could never compete! I will have a couple fiber ones next time I need to do a nice cleaning of the colon thing - yes?
Oh my G!!! I've been gone and this was a fantastic if somewhat explosive read for my first night back on the hub....I'm laughing so hard it hurts.
maybe a bite an hour next time?
Nothing like a clean colon, mm? An A-minus? you are human, after all! You have not fallen from grace, my friend. I like you and everything, But I ain't sittin' next to you in class...
and your wife? If she stayed in the bedroom that night, it speaks of true love...
I am full of giggles here
Awww, I'm glad you missed me!! Thanks for that warm description of shock.....LMAO
I always thot about hub and hubbers while I was out in the jungle wondering and wandering, it was quite a painful withdrawal. My ego wasn't fed and it did get grumpy!
I had to move my co-parts from Florida back to Oklahoma, and it took all my focus to keep body and soul together. The sons were in two vehicles ahead of us driving like crazy people which caused me to have 3 nervous breakdowns during the 1350 mile trek "home." Next time, I'm just traveling with the dog. Maybe hubbie if he whines, I'm so easy.
Geeeze I missed reading your wit and wisdom!
So, here I am, back in the saddle again, blisters and all!!
Aww, thank you Shades, you ALWAYS made me feel good...I have a tale to tell, and it's written, but in the editing box, as it is a little "dark" and you know me, I write about Hell, but I don't want the reading of it to be Hellish. LOL I'll lighten it up a bit and hit the ol' publish button.
I find the world is less and less kind, so I'll do my best. Yep.
Will do...it is a bit edgy, but it describes what we've been thru lately. Hey, the Edge of Hell I think is going to be the title@!! thanks for the inspiration. coming soon...
Ummm, yeeahhhh, we call em Fart Bars around here. The peanut butter ones were my fav. I thought if I just kept eating them my system would get used to the 400% of fiber overload. But no, had to stop buying them cause it was getting worse! Like disgustingly worse.
Reminds me of the Colonix shit. Ever tried that? Cause I would love to read about it. ;)
Thanks for the laugh.
That's probably the second best thing I've read on the Internet, after my favourite news story from The Times. I'm going to buy a load of those bars and leave them around my office to deter thieves.
I laughed so hard, thanks for such a great story. Am staying away from them bars. LOL thanks again!
I hate those internal rumbling noises. I've deemed them I.F.'s short for "internal farts". They are particularly annoying because at least a fart you can hold in, I.F.'s rumble on happily, sometimes as loudly as regular farts, without your ability to control them. I've tried all sorts of fiber supplements to get my intestines on track, but every once and a while, if I happen to eat food that I like, bam! I can't go for a week. Stupid intestines.
You make me laugh. I am new to hubpages, but I have read quit a few of the articles. You are by far the best. I could not stop laughing as I read this article. I think you could do stand-up comedy. Thanks for sharing. It is time to read another one of your articles.
So funny, so real, so human. Since I've begun contributing to Hubpages, in perusing the far reaches of my mind for "interesting" fodder, I realize "everything" is of interest to a writer. Now, I have to choose one topic from the cornucopia of everyday life experiences. Your's is great. Thanks
Thanks for great stuff!
This absolutely cracked me up. Reminds me of the time I went camping and we had two big boxes of Fiber One bars from a wholesale club. I ate way too many of them during the trip (probably more than two on some days) and, needless to say, the car ride home was not a very pleasant experience. There's really nothing you can do to help it, either. Just gotta let it pass...
Well - now you've done it! I laughed so hard I had to go back and read your hub again. What fun. You are hilarious. I will never again pass by a fiber one bar without laughing myself silly. Thank you. A new fan!
Greatest Product Review...EVER. Its the first Hub besides mine or hubbies that I've ever posted on my facebook. Don't expect too much traffic, my friends suck.
I feel your pain. For the record never eat a whole roll of breathsaver mints at one time. They have the same effect.
Damn them for what they've done! Very well articulated and stamped into my mind. Personally, I'm not a big caramel fan myself - avoided a disaster. Although, I can recall your situation in class. Been there, gassed that, but maybe not quite as painful as your lovely experience. I can even recall sitting in lecture hall just with my stomach incessantly grumbling and cursing for whatever reasons - brewing alcohol from the night before, my poor college student diet, or many other stupid reasons.
Great hub!
And my "friends" on facebook took great offense with comments of TMI (too much informtation) when I stated in a basic comment that Fiber One Product line should be changed to Fiber Blast! Thank you! Can't anyone take a joke?
I anm going to post this on my FB and say that "at least I was polite"....people can be such poops.
Let not the Facebook friends discourage you from your mission! You are doing heroic work, here.
I wwas just putting out a kind warning! Hey, I will give their kids F1 bars in their Halloween bags. A few of them in fact. Nothing wrong with a good laugh about an unpleasant human condition. I felt like a little kid being disciplined! Lighten up people. Hope they dont faint when they see the Gax Ex commercial. Thanks again. I was in tears at work with laughter. I mean all of this in all clean (out) fun! Cheers.
I wish I had read this before now. Yesterday I had my first one and today another. Guess I didn't suspect yesterdays bloating was related to the bars until today. They may taste good but they are not worth the horrific bloating.
"Correctol" is the same....women's gentle laxative..yes, if you're a female bear waking up after a long hibernation.
I get the same reaction with Fiber One (any of their products).
Take care...had to put an extra 2 cents in.
People must have some serious problems out there to warrent such products. Anyways, I need to read your other posts especially about cats. BYE!!
This is brilliant! I stumbled upon this after having eaten two Fiber One Brownies the other day. I laughed so hard I cried at your description--you are spot on! I take it the "One" in Fiber One is actually critical dosage information!
Hilarious! I have tried some of the "health" bars and at least you got one that tasted good. Most of the ones I tried tasted like shhhhhhhh it! I bet the wife is pretty proud of herself for giving you such a great memory:) lol. Now my stomach hurts from laughing! I'm sorry it took me so long to find this little gem. I wonder if MY husband would like to try a few....I'll wait until I'm sure he's doing research at one of the court houses - he could give the other researchers something to talk about! LOL
Funny and clever, and love the illustrations. Tap dancing elephants - fantastic. And then yet more super cartoons.
You're right about fibre bars too, apart from the spelling, so informative as well. Probably some kind of moral message in there too.
Shadesbreath - I agree - it would be funny and if you knew how much people love to gossip at the courthouses! Everyone in the metropolitan area would hear about that:) Wicked - and I love it! I am pretty positive that if I gave him to yummy health bars he would also eat them both. The research rooms are really small too:) haha! I am going to buy a box and keep them as a staple. Everytime he says the wrong thing - I will pack a special oat bar in his lunch - wonder how long it would take him to make that correlation?
Hilarious, great writing! Especially that I think we've all been there at least once. I sure can relate to all the funny metaphores you came up with...
On fiber :
Anyone with a foul mouth like yours should have had a bad expericence with Fiber One. Too bad it wasn't loaded with soap..lol. Never could understand people using the "f" word freely. Low mentally for sure. You got what was coming to 'ya...dude.
I created an account here JUST so I could commiserate. I discovered fiber one bars on a quick trip to the tiny little corner grocery on my campus. I saw them on a shelf and vaguely remembered my high school teacher harping about the dangers of low fiber intake (all invariably ended in death) and decided I would take SOMETHING from high school to heart. I set them on my desk for a few days until one early morning when I had to take my roommate's sister to a bus stop. It was early and the ride was lengthy, so I chowed down on two, and tucked another in my bag.
About three hours into the trip, I chowed down on the third one.
The agony was indescribable and didn't even kick in until later that afternoon. I have delicate intestines anyway, but this was like some sort of medieval instrument of torture was trying to give birth to triplets in my midsection. Not only that, but my other roommate had invited me and our two other roommates out to dinner at her prestigious grandparents home.
I cannot fathom how I managed to make it through the night, still speaking competently and coherently without any punctuating moans. I too, was in the same predicament and could not give birth to my triplets of torture. At some point, I noticed that I was stabbing myself in the hand with my hosts' fancy silver dining fork to distract myself. Three! How could I have eaten THREE!? I suppose I deserve what I got, but I'm absolutely sure that my roommate's grandparents thought I was a strange, antisocial, grunting neanderthal, who was only allowed into college out of pity and was also thus invited to dinner out of pity.
How could something tasty be so physically monstrous? The bumpy ride home was another level of Hell and it was only the remains of my pride that kept me from begging them to just open the windows and let me die peacefully.
After forcibly removing myself from the company of decent folk in order to protect an innocent society for several hours more, I returned to my room and discovered the box's tiny, discreet warning about gastrointestinal discomfort much to my disgusted, faintly ironic chagrin.
It's been a few months since that disastrous dinner date, which clearly was as painful for my hosts as it was for me; I was never invited back. Only today have I decided that I've healed enough emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and most of all physically to try and reintroduce (SLOWLY) fiber back into my diet. I had just one fiber one bar eaten in halves throughout the day. And still... it is agony.
I completely understand your pain. :( I also hate blue book tests. Loved the article, both because I could relate, and it was hilarious!
Yep, I know this problem well. It's the inulin (not to be confused with insulin), a vaguely-sweet substance that "counts" as a fiber, but actually feeds hungry, gas-producing bacteria in your GI tract. But it ups the number of grams of fiber on the nutrition information label!
Avoid INULIN and CHICORY ROOT...the same stuff. The same goes for Jerusalem artichokes. They're full of inulin, and they are deadly. Enjoy this hysterically funny recount of one woman's unfortunate experience with the stuff:
I am completely honored you find my agonizing description to be so well written and delighted by the follower before I even wrote anything! I hope I can live up to your expectations!
Shades: I think the "Jerusalem" in the name is a corruption of the Italian girasole (sunflower), but, hell, let's blame this on the terrrrists anyway! ;)
I just read Shanna's painful account of her experience with chicory root, and have to agree that she has tremendous writing talent. Hope she writes more on HP!
F*ck I wish I'd read this an hour sooner..... I just ate two of them damn things..... uuuggggghhhh FML
Following :)
very funny indeed - although I must say they do have a warning on the box. Of course it's in small print and not as cleverly worded or outstanding as yours is LOL... Definitely stick to only one a day or if you do suddenly increase your fiber intake (healthy) drink a lot of water. The best advice is do so gradually with actual fruits and veggies and all that good stuff :)
I'm in college classes though and I totally felt for you while laughing at the story at the same time - lol great hub.
Oh my! I burst out laughing over and over.
You are hilarious and I'm certainly a fan!
Voted UP and funny.
Try eating a whole box and i'll be impressed, then come back to me...
I ate a half a box, and by male v female fitness standards, females only have to do half as much (and sometimes even less) as males, so technically, by my roundabout, nonsensical logic, I've eaten a whole box before.
Impressed now?
Not related to topic exactly however, but do you illustrate as well? I am pursuing a Catholic Annulment and would like to include a few illustrations (boy the Archdiocese will be happy ;))..how much do you charge for a small pic to fit in the margin or between paragraph of a gagged bride being dragged by a runaway horse and carriage?
thank you for your reply...I will get back to you by the end of June.
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psychicdog.net Level 4 Commenter 22 months ago
LOL I'll take your advice Shadesbreath especially if I'm doing a test!