One of the more unsavoury (and therefore compelling) programmes on TV lately is Embarrassing Illnesses on Channel 4, where individuals sporting particularly sensitive diseases, afflictions and (best of all) mutations reveal all with the dual benefit of both getting treated by trained medical staff and entertaining the viewing public.
Kicking off a recent episode was a man who thought he’d grown breasts – apparently a not unheard-of complaint. The things splayed across his chest had grown to such proportions that his arms no longer hung at his side, causing him to look like looked like he’d recently been carrying two rolls of carpet under his arms.
After a quick fumble, the doctor told him not to worry because they weren’t actually comprised of breast tissue, and were instead, just fat. “What’s that doc? They’re just moobs, oh that’s alright then.”
Next, the doctor (and the viewer) was treated to the sight of a bristling crop of anal warts dwelling in the nether regions of a particularly portly lady. “Whoah!” said the doctor, a little unprofessionally, on sighting them. “Whoah!” we echoed at home as they loomed into view. Luckily a nurse was on hand with a special freezing gun which turned them into little meaty icicles which would subsequently drop off.
As entertainment goes, it’s not the most tasteful, but it’s fascinating nonetheless.
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