Generally speaking we are a grounded and happy-go-lucky bunch, but when hunger gets the better of us, even us JOEs transform into different versions of ourselves. Here is what can happen a hungry JOE.
Hunger does not bring out the best in people. The good people at Snickers® have seen that it makes people grumpy, irritable, whiney and generally unhappy. To help the Irish recognise when they’re hungry, Snickers has created the Hungry-Me Generator app; an online tool which shows your hungry side.
All you have to do is upload a picture, adjust the machine and see your hungry mirror image by choosing from five different hunger types. Know your hunger so you can solve the problems it brings with a Snickers®.
You can see our attempts below, plus some of our tales of what happens to a hungry JOE and make sure to give it a go yourself.
Adrian
As with most of us here in the JOE offices, I’d be a sports enthusiast, and while I’m no Cristiano Ronaldo, I do enjoy playing 5-a-side with a few mates when I get the chance.
Recently, however, I decided to head to a game after work in the evening, said to myself that I’d have dinner when I got home and there was no need for a snack, I’d have enough energy. Needless to say things did not go well. My legs turned to jelly within about two minutes, my belly was rumbling from start to finish, my usually sharp and pinpoint passing was more similar to that of Joey Barton than Xabi Alonso, and the less said about my shooting the better.
Then there was the fateful own goal that I’ll probably be remembered for more than anything else. I turned to give a simple pass back to a team mate, slipped over and as I was falling, for some reason kicked out at the ball to hack it away, and ended up firing it past my own ‘keeper. Strangely, I’ve not been invited back by that group since it happened…
By the end of the game, I was shaking as I came off the pitch, and while most of it was from hunger, a good bit of it was from the embarrassment of a pretty shocking performance.
Dec
When I am hungry I behave in an irrational manner and will often do things out of character. For example yesterday after work, while cooking dinner and suffering hunger pains, I had Sky Sports on in the background.
I suddenly became convinced that the Premier League is the only league in the world worth watching while cricket is a sport I cannot do without in my life. After I replenished my body with fuel, I soon came to my senses.
Conor
As a man who needs to eat about 15 times a day, when the tummy starts rumbling and my appetite has yet to be sated, I cannot claim to be responsible for my actions.
Earlier this week, for example, I was actually worried about losing to colleague Declan Whooley when he challenged me to a game of darts in the office; losing to Dec under normal circumstances would be an unthinkable prospect.
Thankfully, after a quick bite and a three-dart 101 finish later, normality was restored and Dec was put firmly back in his place.
Oisin
When I’m hungry I tend to do some pretty stupid things. Recently, the area I live in suffered from a fairly long power outage. Sadly, this meant that I had no way of cooking something to eat for my tea. For some strange reason I had an almighty hankering for toast, but without power my toaster was useless, so I had the genius idea (or at least it was at the time) to toast my bread over the fire… yeah, you can probably see where this is going.
So as it turns out, an open fire tends to burn bread rather than toast it. Needless to say I remained hungry until the power came back on.”
Eoghan
“Don’t make me hungry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m hungry.”
That’s right, that was a film reference, film reference fans.
When hungry though, I clearly can’t think straight and mix up my movie quotes, a dangerous game to play when you review films for a living.
Subsequently I come out with potential career-ending phrases like “We’re gonna need a bigger… Father Luke” or “I love the smell of… your Father in the morning Luke” or “Toto, I don’t think we’re in… your Father Luke.”
Right, I’m off for some foodstuff before I insult Luke… again.”
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