Just for fun: What is your guilty pleasure ( funny not dirty)

[leftyladyfrommo]

I just love Thomas Kinkaid paintings. And they are so hokey.

And I especially just love the ones that light up in the windows and street lights and stuff.

And the same thing with the Xmas trees that light up.

I know that every serious art critic in the world hates Thomas Kinkaid but I just love his stuff. It's so kitchy.

[Aristus]

1. Lambrusco.

A sparkling red wine.

The wine critics of the world look down their noses at it as the soda-pop of viticulture. And it was featured prominently in those cheesy 'Chill a Cella' wine commercials from the 70's.

But I love it...

[pipi_k]

4. I don't drink a lot

of alcohol, but when I do, and I want wine, my choice is always Manischewitz Concord Grape.


Delightfully cheesy.



PS...I'm also a fan of Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry. Not sure where that falls on the "drink from the bottle in a paper bag vs. drink from a real glass" continuum, but I love the taste of it.

[hifiguy]

9. Harvey's is perfectly respectable

Manischevitz, well.....

And speaking as an experienced tippler, getting even moderately sozzled on either of those is an invitation to the Mount Everest of hangovers. Sweet drinks are the WORST in that respect.

[pipi_k]

29. I think it was the

blackberry brandy mixed with beer that gave me a monster hangover when I was 17, oh so many years ago.

But being older and wiser now, I stick to having maybe a shot glass worth of the sweet wines. Well, even the coconut rum, to be honest.

Just enough for a bit of warmth in the muscles

[ZombieHorde]

2. Die Antwoord is my guilty pleasure.

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. Oh, that's hilarious.

It's so awful.

[OriginalGeek]

10. Even though I wouldn't buy their album

I thank them for their appearance on Letterman a while back. It was fun watching him try to comprehend their act. And he got several days of use out saying "I fink you freeky and I like you a LOT". I don't know why but it just made me laugh every time he'd say it.

So they have contributed to the overall happiness of the world and for that, they are OK in my book.

[hibbing]

32. I saw that

I watched that when it originally aired, I was wondering what far off planet those people arrived from. I then watched in online about another 100 times after that.

Peace

[Raffi Ella]

17. !

I can only take them in small doses but yeah.

[fizzgig]

49. we may catch them at riot fest tomorrow

still trying to figure out who we want to see earlier in the evening.

[ZombieHorde]

50. That would be fun.

Lots of dancing.

[fizzgig]

51. i am fully prepared to dance my ass off for two days

[hifiguy]

5. White Castle hamburgers.

When eating them it is pure

The next day it's more like

Yet I willingly go back several times per year.

[lovemydog]

40. I love them too.

My mouth is watering for them now.

Yum.

[yellowdogintexas]

64. Krystals are better and one of my guilty pleasures

[tabbycat31]

6. 19 Kids and Counting

This show goes against all my values, but I can't help but watch it.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. Oh, I do the same thing.

I am so appalled by those people. And yet they are kind of fascinating in a sick sort of way.

I feel the same way about the whole Kardashian clan. I don't watch their show but I just can't get over how totally dysfunctional they all are. And Kim has to be the worst dresser in the whole world. Her clothes just look awful on her.

[tabbycat31]

23. Ok this might make me totally trashy

But if you remember that show Wife Swap (another trainwreck piece of trash that I could not help but watch), I would LOVE to see a Wife Swap between Michelle Duggar and Kris Jenner.

I would love to see how the Kardashian girls and Duggar girls react to each other's mommies.

[Raffi Ella]

19. Me too!!

omg, it's like a car wreck, I can't look away. I don't watch it religiously, it's usually the reruns I catch when flipping late at night-

Has the episode where Jill gets married aired yet??

[pipi_k]

7. Have done this for years...

Every so often when I'm in some place that sells greeting cards and I have time to spare, I start reading the funny ones and end up laughing like hell.

I've even attracted the attention of people who wander over to the card aisle to see what's going on. And sometimes people already in the aisle will suddenly remember they need something in the foot care section...


There's a benefit to the store, though, as more often than not, I'll buy some of the funnier ones for my home stash of emergency greeting cards.

[OriginalGeek]

8. What if my funny guilty pleasure IS dirty?

It sure makes ME laugh anyway. And although I don't feel any guilt over it, I wouldn't want the cops to catch me doing it.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. That's private stuff. Counts but doesn't belong in this thread. n/t

[Sanity Claws]

11. Disco music

Love the beat. It gets me moving.

[ZombieHorde]

12. I like some disco songs too,

but I don't know what they are called. My wife listens to disco sometimes.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Disco was fun.

Nothing beats those glittery balls hanging from the ceiling. Oh, and the lighted up floors where the colors change. That was great stuff.

[Sanity Claws]

21. Did you ever try roller skating to disco music?

Great stuff.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

35. Disco dancing was a lot of fun. I like to dance.

I will confess I saw the movie "Saturday Night Fever" when it came out.

[leftyladyfrommo]

42. Everybody saw that movie. It was hot.

Weren't those clothes funny?

[Raffi Ella]

16. Watching British Beauty Bloggers on youtube~

Makeup and accents - those are two of my favorite things ♫

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. Have you seen those women who look just like Barbie?

That is so weird and I just can't looking.

[Raffi Ella]

20. Yes, they scare me.

One of them truly looks like an ALIEN. and she's a racists on top of it, at least that's the rumor.

[Throd]

22. Driving my environmentally unfriendly cars.

[LoveMyCali]

24. I hate to admit it but

Court room shows like People's Court, Judge Mathis etc. Some of the people on these shows are such train wrecks that I don't even know why I watch but I do.

[Jamaal510]

25. Watching YouTube videos

of people arguing on XBOX Live.

[GoCubsGo]

26. PBS Kids.

Some of the PBS kids shows are great! "Word Girl" is the best! It's hilarious! I also love "Arthur", "Clifford", and "Curious George." Sid the Science Kid creeps me out, however.

I'm generally not a Thomas Kinkaid fan, either, but I kind of like the paintings with the all the lights, too.

[fizzgig]

52. we love martha and word world

and curious george.

we don't have cable.

[kwassa]

61. "Word Girl" is outstanding entertainment. The modern counterpart of "Rocky & Bullwinkle".

Full of adult jokes, societal satire, and wit.

My favorite villain is Lady Redundant Woman.

[dr.strangelove]

27. Murder Mystery Weekends

My wife and I go to two each year. We get into it, playing the parts as hokey as possible. Its great fun.

[IrishEyes]

28. I really like gardening but you said nothing dirty and gardening can get really dirty.

Zombie movies. I love them. I also like a lot of geeky Sci-Fi/fantasy tv shows and movies.

[ZombieHorde]

76. How can loving zombie movies be a guilty pleasure?

Zombie movies are the only objectively good thing in this universe.

[Generic Brad]

30. Listening to my iTunes library in a quirky way

I am forever trying to listen to parts of my music collection that I have not listened to for years. If I really like something I play it all the way through regardless. But if the song is just ok, I search the list for something in the oldest year on my list.

Last week I was on vacation and it took nearly the entire week to listen to all the songs I had never played before and the ones from 2009. Right now I am poking around for songs I have not heard since sometime in 2010. And sorting by date last listened is cheating. I have more than 30 full days of music to do this with.

This is more enjoyable than my previous failed attempt to listen to all song titles A to Z. That got old around the time I got to the middle of the B's.

[lovemydog]

39. That's a cool one.

I bet you have a lot of varied music in your collection.

I tend to go more specific. Like I'll get on a Talking Heads kick or a Prince kick and maybe mix it up with some other stuff when I use my shuffle & go for a walk.

[NJCher]

69. I do stuff like that

Only with cookbooks and other books in my library. I have this practice where I take a book a day and take something out of it, like a tip for compost or, if it's a cookbook, make a recipe from it. Maybe it's a poetry book. If so, I read a poem.

After I've used the book, I put an orange sticky dot on the spine. After 30 days, I switch to the blue dots, taking off all the orange dots. The purpose of the dots is just a visual reminder that I already took something out of those books for the month.

Otherwise, why take up all this space with books? Books should be used.

However, this is OT.




Cher

[Generic Brad]

74. I like that!

I derive a sense of satisfaction from ensuring that I use everything I have. It prevents me from buying too much stuff.

[kwassa]

31. Minecraft.

Virtual Legos.

[yellowdogintexas]

65. mine is Farmville. nt

[Marie Marie]

33. Chocolate.

Dark, decadent chocolate.

[Tom Kitten]

34. A nice cold bottle of Moxie

Few people in Oregon have ever heard of it. But the local gas station started selling it! I told the owner if he kept getting it I'd keep buying it. He said I'm pretty much the only one who buys it. But he still orders it!

[hifiguy]

44. When I was in my early teens - back in the early 1970s

Moxie was available in Minneapolis and I had an inexplicable addiction to the stuff for a few months.

[Skittles]

36. Antenna TV

love watching Green Acres, I Dream of Jeannie, Partridge Family while getting ready for work

[Phentex]

37. Real Housewives of Melbourne...

I don't even care what they are talking about, I just LOVE their voices!!! I could listen to them all day.

[lovemydog]

38. Simpsons comics.

They crack me up.

[lovemydog]

41. Oh yeah, I like those neighborhood xmas tree lights things too.

The more garish & over the top the better, for me.

[leftyladyfrommo]

43. I love all the Xmas lights, too.

Having nativity scenes sitting all around doesn't bother me one bit.

It's always sad when everything goes dark again after the 1st of January.

[shenmue]

45. A little light-up tree that played music

I loved that thing.

[leftyladyfrommo]

46. Don't you love those little miniature Xmas ornaments?

I just like anything miniature.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

47. Fast food.

Unhealthy as all hell, but it's freakin' delicious.

Don't listen to anyone who claims fast food is "disgusting" or "gross". They are devious people of the devil.

[ecstatic]

48. Leasing cars, Reeses peanut butter cups,

Trashy Reality tv, horror shows/movies, rap music that sometimes has disrespectful lyrics.

[Bosonic]

53. Listening to in-game music

Even though I was done with the actual game in question years ago...

[JesterCS]

54. Lady Gaga! *hides*

Actually I find her attractive, and like the beat of the music, but I try not to listen to it unless I'm alone lol

[WinkyDink]

55. Jim Shore collectibles. Dilbert books. Supermarket tabloids. Kindle Bingo Cats.

[CTyankee]

56. The BeeGees. My little grandson rocked out to "Stayin' Alive"" when he was 6 months old...

He got that from me, I am sure...my son and his wife are too serious about music!

[riderinthestorm]

57. Doritos and a diet Mountain Dew

Several levels of awful. I know...

... But I love it.

I'm also a sucker for Taco Bell bean burritos.

Double

[leftyladyfrommo]

58. I had a Taco Bell bean burrito just yesterday.

With a taco.

I like them, too.

[leftyladyfrommo]

59. Tot's and Tiaras (or whatever it's called)

That show is so awful that I just can't look away.

[riderinthestorm]

60. A compadre! I've found you at last.

We're the only two on DU who have probably ever confessed to liking Taco Bell.



Even my Mexican employees like Taco Bell bean burritos (with LOTS of Hot hot hot sauce)

[leftyladyfrommo]

63. And a bean burrito is cheap!

I like their tacos, too.

[NJCher]

70. Hey

It's not Olive Garden!



Cher

[ZombieHorde]

77. I love the bean burritos from Taco Bell.

The red sauce on them is yummy. One of the best items on the menu.

[RebelOne]

62. I watch the morning run of the Jerry Springer Show.

I wonder where he finds these people. Their stupidity amazes me.

[mackerel]

66. My guilty pleasure? DU lounge

[Rowdyboy]

67. Reruns of "Frasier"

Yeah, I know enough about Kelsey Grammer to know that he is a disgusting man with Neanderthal politics. Coleridge called it "a willing suspension of disbelief". Whatever. I love David Hyde Pierce and their chemistry as brothers was extraordinary. Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin-the entire ensemble cast was phenomenal.

And the guest appearances by people like Patrick Stewart, Bebe Newirth and Shelly Long were wonderful.

My partner and I have seen them all half a dozen times at least-its our guilty little secret....

[betsuni]

68. I watch the following horrible reality TV shows:

America's Next Top Model, Hell's Kitchen, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Dance Moms, and even occasionally Keeping Up With The Kardashians, all for anthropological purposes, of course. And I love a disgusting Japanese snack consisting of fish paste stuffed with processed cheese -- even better when the fish paste 'n' cheese is wrapped with bacon.

[NJCher]

71. Pathmark Supermarket shrimp sandwiches

And they're on sub rolls.

I don't think I've had white bread since I was 12.

I had to stop this habit, however, when I totally dropped wheat from my diet.

I remember them fondly, however.



Cher

[Archae]

72. My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic.

Season 5 is coming out next year!

And how can you go wrong with so much voice talent including Weird Al Yankovich and John DeLancie?

[GOLGO 13]

73. Many have I...

WHITE CASTLE - Jalepeno cheeseburgers: I only want their jalepeno cheese burgers. Today I shall savor their majesty. Tommorrow they shall take their revenge on me. It's only fair.

FOSTERS - It's Australian for beer: Lovely huge oil cans full of decadance. I don't care about what you craft-drinking, low-calorie hipster drooling neckbeards are swallowing. Been drinking these since 8th grade and nothing can stop me.

PUNCH - Full bodied cigars: Not exactly top-shelf cigars but they have never let me down. It's a manly cigar.

Ameri-Trash board games: I will play Arkham Horror, Call of Cthulhu or King of Tokyo over your old, tired Monopoly or your elegant Euro games any time. May the devil take Milton-Bradley!!!

TYR - Viking/Pagan metal: Songs about not staying calm, going beserk and going to Valhalla is what all the cool kids are listening to.

Woodcut style of tattoos: Color, Japanese and newstyle is fine. But woodcut style is a timeless, elegant classic that will never go out of style. Remember, friends don't let friends get tribal, barb-wire armbands tattoos.

[Blue_In_AK]

75. ALIENS!

Giorgio cracks me up.

Also I'm a Big Brother fan. Derrick killed it this season.

[MerryBlooms]

78. Vacuuming. :/

Not just floors, but the furniture, counters, oven... too bad the cats head for the hills when I fire up, Big Red.