What A Load Of Poppycock

[nicebloke1]

Why do we keep inventing health problems. A topic on tv this morning was...

How to improve the conversation around eating disorders.

Answer. Stop being bone idle and get in the kitchen and cook something instead of ordering takeaway crap. :0)

[Barmaid]

That is not how you phrased your question Nicebloke.  I completely get that poor food and lifestyle choices make some people obese and lead to health issues.  This is NOT the same as an eating disorder.  They are quite different.

[Atheist]

There was a fad, unfortunately spread from the USA aimed at teachers, which taught mad exercises which involved weird things including gulping huge amounts of water. Glad it seems to have faded out.

[vulcan42]

In the early days before the habit of carrying a cup of coffee in the streets really caught on, I remember seeing a young girl standing with a cup, talking to her friend. A man walks past and reaching out he drops a coin in her coffee, he thought she was begging.

[David H]

Just an aside. I love word origins, and poppycock is simply the British version of the original pappy cack or loose poo.