Diarrhea slip ‘n slides. What’s not to love? A lot, apparently, as NBC has pulled its upcoming competition reality show Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide from its schedule following an outbreak of “awful, explosive diarrhea” that shut down production, People reports. That’s right. Not just explosive diarrhea. Awful explosive diarrhea—one of the worst kinds of explosive diarrhea, as everyone knows.
The network had already made the call to pause production in early June following the outbreak, which reportedly affected as many as 40 crew members, but now it has lost its planned post-Olympics premiere with no replacement date to speak of. TMZ has gone so far as to declare that Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide has been canceled, but that hasn’t exactly been confirmed at press time. All I can say for sure is diarrhea slip ‘n slides.
DISCUSSION
Hey Jezzies! June 30th marked six full months of non-drinking for me. It’s been much less of a struggle as time goes on, but then a series of unfortunate events will happen that humble me and show me how much of a journey this still is. Take today, for example. I decided to take a solo hike to get some fresh air and ended up knee deep in poison ivy. I got home and got cleaned up and then the towel rack came crashing down as I stepped out of the shower. Then I started cooking for tomorrow’s bbq and stupidly set a hot Pyrex on the counter and it promptly shattered into a million pieces. Getting increasingly frustrated, I decided to go back outside to tidy the patio and I knocked over a stack of chairs and one got me right in the jaw and rung my bell—a terrible sensation I’d previously never experienced. Not sure who I pissed off in the universe, but I’m now laying in bed icing my face and drinking mint tea, thinking about how far I’ve come that I didn’t reach for the bottle after the third or fourth accident today. Cheers to a safe 4th y’all!