Public Service Announcement: DO NOT eat an 8-oz. bag of dried apricots at one sitting.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Just don't. Really.

Trust me on this.

[Systematic Chaos]

1. Was it anything like the time I ate a large handful of prunes on a school night?

It hit 5 minutes before P.E. class the next day. I spent the entire time in the locker room bathroom. My classmates couldn't stay far enough away from the area.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Let's just say

that too much dried fruit will do interesting and dramatic things to your digestive system.

[Brother Buzz]

7. "Eat prunes at night and wake up with that get up go feeling"

"Relax with a prune"
"Be a regular guy, eat prunes"

Old sayings from the Healdsburg ("Buckle of the Prune Belt&quot , California prune pickers

[Curmudgeoness]

2. I will take your word on this. Another warning

is not to eat a whole bag of Oreos at one time. Black in is black out, and that can scare you big time.

[hlthe2b]

6. My sister and I did that when we were children... I don't think either of us has eaten an oreo since

I know I haven't.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Not half as scary as fresh beets.

Bright red in is bright red out. Looks a lot like blood, and can scare the hell out of you if you forget that you had beets for dinner.

[Curmudgeoness]

15. LOL, I never ate fresh beets, but I have heard this.

I bet that would be an eye-opening experience.

[trof]

21. Same for borscht. Red in - red out. Scarey.

[BiggJawn]

4. Bet that was just the shitz...

[Moondog]

5. It rendered you astonishingly

"regular", did it?

[CatholicEdHead]

8. Regular and gassy?

[HopeHoops]

9. Stock up on the TP.

[amyrose2712]

10. OMG! I did that while I was the ONLY one working a GNC when I was 18. All I will say is the

store was left unmanned for a little while. Nuff said?

[av8rdave]

11. Hope it wasn't/isn't too bad

Brings back a painful memory.

Having a diabetic daughter, I'm always on the lookout for good sugar free or low sugar snacks. One day years ago, while out shopping, I spied a bag of sugar free gummy bears. I bought them for me, as I love gummy bears, and figured it wouldn't hurt me to eat some sugar free ones.

A couple hours after eating some, I got terrible stomach and lower abdominal pain. It got worse as the evening wore on, and there was no relief. I felt like I was completely obstructed somehow, with no way to make the pain go away.

It took a good 24 hours before I felt normal.

The next day, as I ruefully looked over the bag, I noticed the fine print: "May cause gastrointestinal distress."

No $#!t. Come to think of it, that was a big part of the problem.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. There is no warning on the apricot package.

There should be.

[MilesColtrane]

24. Sorbitol goes through your intestines like Sherman's troops marching to the sea.

[av8rdave]

30. Unfortunately...

It went through mine like a cogent thought through Bush's brain. And just as painfully slow!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. You should have followed up with a bag of dried apricots.

[av8rdave]

34. Sounds like that would have been the logical solution

I remember going to a motorcycle show that evening. I was in so much pain I couldn't even swing a leg over any of the bikes. I had to give up and go home.

[Trailrider1951]

42. Yeah, I've done that too

OMG, Sugar Free Hershey's miniatures.....the culprit is the sweetner: sugar alcohols. They taste like sugar, but they do not act like alcohol, they act like Ex-Lax!

[Grantuspeace]

12. I think sitting is the key word here. n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

16. When my cousin was in med school, she lay down on the couch to study with a full 2-lb box of prunes.

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She thought no more about WHAT she was doing until her hand repeatedly
scratched the bottom of the now-empty box.
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Yes.
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Whatever you were thinking. Yes. +100.
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[Brickbat]

26. A friend's roommate in college did the same thing; his mom bought him a bulk (and I do mean

bulk) size bag of raisins, and he sat and nibbled while he studied one night. Nightmare.

[Doc Holliday]

17. Homemade

oatmeal raisin cookies in large quantities should probably be avoided as well.

I'll get back to you in a little while.

[dembotoz]

18. have a similar thing with peanuts

in the shell

somehow i developed a taste for peanuts in the shell and i eat them shell and all

the peanut shell has to be pure fiber
lord knows there is no nutritional value....

so you are at a ball game and say you eat half a bag with a beer or two.....

and then the cramps start......
and you are like
what is going on
and you get a bit worried becasuse it can be painful
and then you remember...........

[trof]

22. Ok, I never heard that before.

You just pop 'em, shell and all?
Whew.

[marzipanni]

28. If peanut shells are like sunflower shells

they could cause intestinal blockage. I knew a guy who had to have surgery to remove a ball of sunflower shells from his intestine.
After reading this perhaps you'd like to reconsider the way you eat peanuts-
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/13602.html

[dembotoz]

31. valid advice if i ever rate an obit of du i hope it is not because my pooper exploded....

[surrealAmerican]

19. It's too bad, too...

... because they taste so good.


You definitely have to ration them out.

[mysuzuki2]

20. I hope everything came out alright!

[DinahMoeHum]

23. My family has always called them "movers" for a reason. . .

Too bad some people have to learn the hard way.

[MrScorpio]

25. Drink a lot of water when you eat this stuff

It'll save you a not of pain.

[Grammy23]

27. Ooops!

My mom made some stuffed prunes for a party one time many years ago. (She had made a platter of food to nibble on and the prunes were stuffed with cream cheese. They actually tasted pretty good.) Anyhow, I absentmindedly stood their eating them and talking to friends when all of a sudden I realized what I was eating. It took a while but, yes, they did the job and worked their way through the system. I still laugh at myself for just standing there eating them and commenting on how tasty they were until I came to my senses and realized what I was eating. I presume you've heard the old saying about prunes: Is one enough? Are three too many ????

[grasswire]

29. salted & black pepper pistachios

6 oz.

Gastro-intestinal pain for days.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

32. Cue "that scene" from "Dumb & Dumber"...

[backscatter712]

35. Also be careful with habaneros and other extremely hot things.

Not only are they hot going in, they're hot coming out...

[Xipe Totec]

38. They're good for your memory, bad for your nails...

You will forever remember that you ate them, as you claw the sides of the bathroom stall, leaving your nails behind.

[LynneSin]

36. Posting from the throne?

[AlecBGreen]

37. my older bro ate like a dozen green apples in one sitting

he was sitting the rest of the day

[LynneSin]

40. I once ate 4 Fiber One Bars in like a 2 hour period

I never had gas as bad as that

[AlecBGreen]

41. UGH!

that must've been explosive! My wifes Mung bean soup had a similar effect last night. I was told in no uncertain terms to keep the blanket & sheets DOWN or I would suffer her wrath. It was a tough night

[Xipe Totec]

39. Sitting, is the operative word...