The Splosh UK Forum

Well, unusual offer of the week has just come from a production company working for Channel 5. Seems they do one of those shows where a couple whose marriage is falling apart have a team of experts come and put it right for them by getting them to do various things together. And guess what? They thought a huge food fight would be good as one of those things!

They were hoping to hold a giant banquet and let the couple go to town chucking the food everywhere (a bit like the trails for The Restaurant). Unfortunately, somebody higher up has suggested this might be a bit 'outrageous' for the show, so they will just be having a sensual banquet instead.

Shame, I was looking forward to being a marriage councillor - not to mention the food fight.

Offer them your studio for a few hours

Yes, the social work field could be a whole new market.

Bill

PS If any of you have any other ideas for sploshy ways to save their marriage I will be happy to pass them on to the producton company.

PPS Lyndsey from C5 also asks if I "know any couples who are having sexual problems right now" and to get them to contact her. So if you want your personal problems exposed on national television in return for a not very messy meal, do get in touch!

I'm assuming you're not expecting too many replies then!

Sploshy ways to save their marriage - they each sit chained into chairs, and have to yell out everything they hate about each other. And for everything they yell, the other person gets a bucket of gunge thrown over them by a team of throwers. So they get to yell and scream all the stuff that pisses each other off under this constant deluge of slime and muck.

No idea if it'd be theraputic or not, but it'd certainly be fun to watch!

I wrote a short story once on this subject. It's about a marriage counseler who developes "mud theropy." She (of course it's a she!) has the couple sit in a mud pit together. They use the mud, and only the mud, to communicate their feelings towards each other. They can throw it, wrestle in it, massage it on each other, whatever.
By the way, when will this program air, Bill?

As nentioned, they changed their minds about the messy elements so it is now a conventional "marriage in trouble" show. Think the first ones are going out now.

Bill