Lachanophobia

I remember an episode of Maury Povich where a woman was afraid of pickles. So what do they do? Bring out a massive jar of pickles and charge toward her to scare the crap out of her.

Would she be able to eat vegetables if someone else did the cooking and disguised them as some kind of stew? As long as she did not have to touch or see the raw vegetable?

I live with a roommate (for the moment) who has refused to eat vegetables since he left his mom’s house. His diet consists of sodas, spiced meats, cheeses , popcorn and as many fried pork rinds as he can stuff into his face each evening. He claims he is allergic to vegetables. He is 63 years old, is morbidly obese, has has had 2 bypasses , is diabetic, has poor eyesiht hearing and memory. He has been unemployable for the past 15 years. He lives on disability and costs the taxpayers close to 50 grand every year in medical expenses.

All I can say to the young woman with the fear of vegetables is get over it. Or live the rest of your life as my roommate does – fat,alone and disabled. Needless to say I’m looking for a different living situation.