Top 5 Guilty Pleasures

We all have them. Whether it’s a bad song that we always sing along to or an unhealthy habit that we just can’t quit, there are always things we cherish but rarely speak of. Do you admit you have a problem? – Probably. But it’s OK!! I have made list of some common guilty pleasures based on recent observations, as well as my own interests. I can prove that we are all just as guilty! Read on…

5. 60s Girl Groups

Decades before Destiny’s Child and the Spice Girls, there were groups like The Shangrilas and The Ronnettes who were making corny pop music for the dumb 14 year old female. The lyrical content of these songs are extremely childish, yet we can never get enough of them! Just look through my iTunes playlist… “Leader of the Pack” by The Shangrilas? Why the hell do I have a song about a young girl’s crush on a bad boy??

4. Wilfrid Laurier University

Any UW student knows WLU as that “high school down the road”. After working and attending classes there, however, I just can’t resist drooling over the sparkly floors of Peter’s Building, the spotless washrooms at The Schlegel Centre, or that Ham Fusilli sold at Comfort Zone. (Their cafeteria beats Brubakers anyday!) And of course there are GIRLS – species that were once thought to be endangered in Waterloo.

3. Elton John’s “Rocket Man”

Admit it… you’ve heard this song everywhere and you secretly love it but you are probably not a big fan of Sir Elton’s fat face and hideous fashion sense. In addition, he has some other songs (eg. “Candle in the Wind”) that are so shit that we are too embarrassed to listen to anything else he does. Make “Rocket Man” #3 on the chart!

2. Fantasy Sports

There was once a time when the only things boys fantasized were girls. Today, however, boys tend to fantasize baseball statistics, and hockey statistics, and football statistics - whatever statistics they can crunch in front of their computer. Can you blame us though? We’re building our own imaginary sports teams and making statistical predictions – which I’m sure the boys from the 40s and 50s would have only dreamed of doing!

1. McDonald’s

OK… Now the big one! How many complaints have you heard about those burgers with “cardboard” patties or their McNuggets which, until recently, wasn’t made of actual chicken? How many stories of back line teenage employees adding their own “ingredients” to their recipes? Have you all seen Supersize Me? I know it’s scary, but we can say that their food is probably not the healthiest. Yet we STILL EAT THERE! Last Saturday, for instance, me and a couple mates made our journey through the freezing cold to King & Columbia – just so we can have our Big Macs and McChicken Sandwiches. SOOO good!