Fad Dieting
Joel: You Don’t look so hot. Are you okay?
Beatrice: I’m Perfectly fine.
Joel: Oh, and you’re Grouchy, too. Don’t tell me. You’re Dieting again.
Beatrice: Just leave me alone. I’m not Popping pills or anything like that. I’m just trying To shed a few Pounds the natural way.
Joel: The natural way? You mean like that diet you were on a few months ago where you only ate Monday, Wednesday, and Friday? Or that other diet you were on before where you drank 50 cups of water a day?
Beatrice: Those were Fad diets that didn’t work. I’m Onto a new diet that’s Guaranteed to take way those unwanted Pounds and to reveal my Slimmer self.
Joel: You sound like a commercial, or an Infomercial. Is that where you found this diet, on some late-night infomercial?
Beatrice: It doesn’t matter where I heard about this diet. It only matters that its Scientifically proven to help people Lose weight.
Joel: All right. I need to shed a few pounds. What’s the secret diet?
Beatrice: I’m not telling you. You’ll only Make fun of it.
Joel: No, I won’t. Tell me.
Beatrice: All right. I only eat orange-colored foods.
Joel: What?!
Beatrice: I said, I only eat orange-colored foods. I’ve eaten a lot of oranges and carrots.
Joel: I can see why you’re so grouchy. You’ve lost your Bleeping mind!
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