Bataan Death March of Milkshakes

Sometimes I don’t quite believe things that come out of my TV. I’m not talking about nudity, violence or strong language. Those things I do quite believe and I'm usually fine with. A few weeks ago (honestly-I’m not making this up) Maureen O’Boyle was reading the news from a teleprompter on Channel 3 and she spouted out that someone was “seriously killed.” Then the other day I was watching Man Vs Food and the host Adam Richman was attempting to drink 15 (I think) milkshakes. He failed and immediately afterwards said that it was the “Bataan Death March of Milkshakes.” Maybe it was the brain-freeze but considering the commonly known history of starvation and cruelty of what was known as The Bataan Death March, that was an incredibly stupid thing to say. Think about it. If you want, you can click here to see what Wikipedia has to say about the wacky shenanigans that went on. I normally like this guy as we share a love of food but that was a stupid thing to say. I googled around to see if anyone else heard him and commented on it but couldn’t find anything. Ironically I did find this excerpt from the book Bataan Death March by William E. Dyess, Charles Leavelle and Stanley Lawrence Falk:

Our talks about food sometimes drove us crazy. I recall one agonizing session that had to do with chocolate milkshakes. I said if I could have all the thick milkshakes I could drink I would give five hundred dollars for them. This seemed to hit the spot with the others. Our misery descended to new depths.