Before last night's premiere of NBC's new reality show about weight loss, titled "The Biggest Loser," (how original of them!) while they were in the home stretch of plugging it, Boy looked up from the book he was reading just in time to see and hear the last bit of the promo, delivered by that movie trailer voice-over guy with the raspy voice, saying something like this "... to find out just who will be the biggest loserrrrr."

Boy, looking puzzled and a bit amused at the same time: "How on earth are they going to determine who the biggest loser will be?"

Me: "...?"

Then it hit me! Having caught only the tail end of the promo and after not really paying attention, he thought that they meant biggest loser as in shape-your-thumb-and-forefinger-into-an-"L"-and-slap-it-against-your-forehead kind of loser.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Can you imagine what the premise for that show will be?

Imagine movie trailer voice-over guy (who moonlights for NBC on the side) dramatically saying: "Viewerrrrrrs, forrrr five rrrriveting weeks you'll decide who the biggest loserrrr will be: the 30-yearrrr old unemployed guy who still mooches of his own motherrrr orrr the serrrrial womaniser who steals costume jewels frrrom vulnerrrable old ladies?"

Fox, don't you go stealing this idea now, you hear? I know it sounds awfully tempting, but trust me, this won't allow you to stoop even lower. I think you've already outdone yourself with shows like "Married by America" and "Man vs. Beast."