Cattle blood yuck

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Llkoolaid

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 07:10 am Click here to edit this post
They were all disgusting, that is the one thing about survivor that I don't like. I would have been booted on any of the three survivors.

Aja

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 07:36 am Click here to edit this post
I had to laugh at their 'collection' method.
I grew up on PBS and National Goegraphic, so none of that was shocking to me, they've been bleeding cattle like that for generations.
What shocked me was the little, square inch, gauze that he used to 'sterilize' the area to be punctured. He rubbed it on a tiny area, then steps back and shoots the arrow.. think he hit the exact spot he 'sterilized'? LOL, I was watching for that and don't believe so!
That piece of gauze was so foriegn to them and the process, I could only imagine how it was taught/explained to the tribesman.
Then, another tiny piece of gauze was used to sterilize the wound site afterward, for the benefit of whom? the animal? PETA?
I just got such a kick out of that... while everyone else was being grossed out or shocked by the drinking part, my jaw completely dropped at the use of a 1X1 piece of gauze~

Judy

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 07:39 am Click here to edit this post
I must be part vampire- this challenge didn't bother me at all.
Maybe if the competitors had of been gagging, etc. it would have bothered me.
The blender food challenge on BB2 was much harder to watch. That was just disgusting.
For me the hardest part would have been the milk. I HATE milk.

Roe325

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 09:02 am Click here to edit this post
As far as PETA is concerned, they have no right being upset. these things are going on all over the world because people need to eat, and not everyone feels as they do. they are not eating a dog or cat! as far as the pig on survivor 2, it happens everyday all over the world, in Puerto Rico it is done on every holiday. and it is done in the same way. do they think if they don't show it, it will stop happening?

AJA, very observant and so true, I was thinking the same thing, I was waiting for the band aid!

For me, the hardest part of any of these challenges would be the so called food challenges. there was not one that I could have done. And I know that so I would not go on a reality show. What really bothers me is when a devout vegetarian goes on a show and then is shocked when asked to eat cow brains or bull balls or what ever. you know the risks for goodness sakes. if you cant do this don't go on!

if you cant swim, learn, if you don't eat every thing under the sun stay home. etc. etc. boy, think I woke up on the wrong side of the bed!! time to walk away from the survivor board.

Joan

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 10:33 am Click here to edit this post
Roe325, I don't think PETA is as upset about the practice as they are the fact that CBS used that practice for ratings. The people in Africa do this for survival, CBS did it to get more viewers. It was the exploitation of the practice and the exploitation of Michael and the pig that bothered them the most from what I have read. Of course, they are also opposed to the practice in general but moreso when it is glorified for the almighty dollar.

Mindyrama

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 12:37 pm Click here to edit this post
Well gross food challenges would be the only thing keeping me in. I'd love to go on one of these shows, but I'm afraid I'm not athletic enough...so for a million bucks, I'll eat just about anything. The blood wasn't as gross to me as worms or bugs..I have to admit though, that big glass would have been tough! The little shot was a breeze, but that was a HUGE glass of blood. Pass the bull balls please....

Enbwife

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 12:42 pm Click here to edit this post
Disgusting! They seemed to enjoy it though... I thought they would kill the cow so I was upset at first. I think I'd rather eat bugs.

Tillie

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 08:10 pm Click here to edit this post
I am pretty sure I could have done the shot glass but not the full glass - it seemed almost 16 oz. That would have been very difficult to down. I am very impressed that the ladies were able to do it -- each team was so quick to select a woman to do the 'tie-breaker' I wonder which men would not have been able to drink that full glass of blood?

Snee

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 10:32 pm Click here to edit this post
i retch when i have to drink warm V-8. no hope for me in that crowd! EWWWWWWW!

btw, there are dairy farms around sneeworld so i've known about that 'milk is strained blood' thing for too long. i'm allergic to milk so it's no matter, but just thinking about it grosses me out....*shudder*

Demented_Freak

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 12:09 pm Click here to edit this post
I think it would be alot easier to drink blood than to eat a live larvae or worm.

But I love rare steaks ;) so I do not understand the gross out aspect.

Joan

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 12:21 pm Click here to edit this post
I was thinking the same thing Demented! People get steaks with blood all over the plate and don't lose it.

And what is this strained blood thing?

Voyeur

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 12:46 pm Click here to edit this post
The strained blood thing is what milk is. The mammary glands filter the blood to hold back things like red blood cells, and then things like milk sugar, proteins, fats, hormones, white blood cells, immunoglobins, etc., are added to the filtered blood to make milk. Anything that is under a certain size just comes through as it is in the bloodstream.

Joan

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 12:59 pm Click here to edit this post
Ah, I suppose that is one way to look at it but by the same rationale, urine is strained Coke or whatever you drink and...well...I think you see my point.

Voyeur

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 02:14 pm Click here to edit this post
Well, no, but that's okay. There's a big difference between filtering and distilling.

Car54

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 02:34 pm Click here to edit this post
Waaaaaay too much information..no thanks, not thirsty now.

Spygirl

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 03:34 pm Click here to edit this post
I think all of the people who are quitting smoking on this board and who are afraid of gaining weight should come over here and read this thread. Not only am I not thirsty anymore, I'm not hungry either

Sunshinemiss

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 06:08 pm Click here to edit this post
ROTFLMAO!

Definitely too much information.

Twiggyish

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 06:22 pm Click here to edit this post
I will not pass that info on to my daughter! She loves milk.

Donut

Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 11:35 pm Click here to edit this post
just saw Who Dares Wins, the aussie dare show on Game Show Network and he was paying people in the street to drink a cow blood milkshake, saying that the Masai drink it. Is there nothing that is not stolen??Those survivor writers must be hard at work watching other game shows. Whats next- giving the survivors Nquil as a reward?