One of the most enjoyable experiences in life comes from taking the piss out of everyone and everything outside of yourself. It really is a super way of picking up one’s low self image at the expense of some other punter.

If you feel that way inclined then look no further than Channel 7’s Today Tonight (Aus). It really is a dogs breakfast of a show. More so if you actually feed your dog excrement for breakfast.

(Hmmm I feel better already)

Tonight’s Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece consisted of a review of the dangers of drinking alcohol with the range of super charged energy drinks available. Vodka Redbull, Yager Bombs, etc. The supposed aim of this story? Well, I assumed it was to paint a bleak picture of the detrimental effects such drinks can have on one’s health (or even social) status.

Here’s how they presented the story.

The intro claimed caffeine is simply a drug. Fine, no argument there from me. Keep in mind that the youth of today (and even the youth of yesterday) don’t seem too discouraged by the d-word. They showed a Redbull contains more caffeine than four cans of coke (Oh so not only is it a drug, but I can get heaps more of it by buying Redbull rather than coke... thanks for the tip).

They then turned to the effects caused by consumption. Dr Numbnut (possibly not his real name) explained the feelings of high energy and even euphoria you experience after only a few sips of these drinks (which made me want one right then and there). He then went one step further by describing drinking a vodka redbull akin to mixing heroin with cocaine. Ahhh...pardon? What? So are you telling me instead of spending three hunner on a gram of Charles I can get the same hit from sculling a few voddies? Hell, I AM IN!

And finally they decided to interview none other than three hot little blondies about drinking these drinks (in a brilliant move all three had the drink in question in their hands and were sipping away merrily). These girls giggled their way through this interview intimating how much they enjoy going out and getting ‘wired’ on these drinks.

So I take my hat off to this ground breaking journalism by Channel 7. Well done indeed.

And I must be off, as if I get my skates on i’ll be down at the boozer just in time for happy hour. Although I do need a little pick me up...