Fun and games.

The UK diabetes forum scene is in a semi-hibernating and pretty boring mode at the moment. Diabetes.co.uk is like watching grass grow since the lowcarb bad boys got banned, and set up the ‘eat to your meter’ rest home, for the easily upset and cakes and commiseration brigade. The standout entertainer at DCUK these days is A.M.Brennan, a medical student I am told. AMB makes old Sid look like a diplomat when it comes to rudeness and wearing the obnoxious crown. AMB should fit very nicely into the NHS when trained. A residency at the Stafford Hospital would be an obvious place for his talents. The Bonkers Brothers are pretty quiet these days as are the Slippery Sisters, Phoenix and Cherub, Jopar seems to have called it a day altogether. So, the forum of flog lumbers on with over 50,000 members, most have never posted, and can you blame them, why interrupt a good snooze to post on the dullest diabetes forum in the UK, other than Kenny’s place.

One thing you can’t accuse diabetes abc of doing is spreading poor information, because there is no information. In fact there has not been a post since January the 23rd. Say what you like about Ken, and most people do, he was great value for money on the entertainment front. Ken took dietary lunacy and bad forum  moderation, to a height even Felix Baumgartner fears to go, but xyzzy at eat to your meter is giving Ken a run for his money. It’s Kenny’s style all over again. You know how it works. You take on a mod, swiftly more mods come to his assistance, followed by a bunch of forum serfs. Before you can say ‘get them cereals down ya’ you are into the world of Déjà vu, and wondering, maybe it’s not as cold outside as you think, and time to head out to a river with some Pike lures and a decent rod and reel.


Eat To Your Meter, I had high hopes for that place, although on reflection, you have to wonder about the sanity of an outfit that wanted me as a part owner and board member. Did they think I would roll over and join the bonkers portion control and low GI diet aficionados ? These days I am reading a lot about short bread and digestive biscuits and Donna kebabs, jeez, bring on the horse meat a far healthier option, and certainly lowcarb. I thought ETYM would be a trail blazer, cutting edge, nil/minimal meds and a beacon against junk food and big pharma corruption, not a chance. It’s play it safe, middle of the road, and a carbon copy of DCUK at its worst. The last thing the UK needed was another mutual appreciation society for some of the mods and their toadying sycophants.

There are some good and knowledgeable people posting, but their patience and interest is waning, they have better things do than watch paint dry, let’s face it, you get thanked over there for posting this  ‘I was falling asleep after lunch again today’ Yes dear, I’m falling asleep reading the bloody posts. The larf of the week has to be when the biscuit munching Donna Kebab asked “I'm sorry if this is off topic, but i'm really wondering what an average week of meals looks like for Eddie. Does he eat vegetables or only meat?” Took me back to the ‘Does he take sugar’ era, anyone remember that ? Where is Borofergie when they need him, loafing about on some tropical beach I hear, what a slacker. Talking of arch slackers where is Carbo these days ?

His last post on his cesspit blog was on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, even the comments have stopped coming in. Has his one, overworked anonymous multi poster done the off ? Who knows, but what about Carbo himself ? The rumours are rife, from he succumbed to chronic dysentery brought about by a massive Orlistat overdose, to a bad back. One thing’s for sure, he has got very lazy in the posting department. There was a time when you could set your watch with his posts against our blog team, but not any more. We played our part in his exit visa from a mods job at DCUK. We had a hand in the failure of his diabetes for death forum, surely we have not seen the last of him and his wondrous blog. Make an effort lad, get off that commode and start pulling your weight !

Eddie