After all, we generally already know all the people in our house and we aren't just getting to know several others who have been thrown into the mix under the watchful eye of the television camera crew.

Chances are that the camera might catch us doing some very dull things. We'd be doing our laundry and the suspense of whether or not we will sort it into colours and whites wouldn't be enough to score any kind of impressive TV ratings amongst viewers. We'd be feeding the cat and we may get caught calling them baby names but we can all relate to that. The camera might also catch us playing internet bingo a lot.

An hour of gaming might look very dull indeed through the eyes of the camera even though we take our internet bingo very seriously ourselves. The truth is that the footage might look more like a still photo than action. There we sit in the same position for an hour, the only movement seeming to be a wee bit of keyboard tapping and mouse clicking. The action on our computer screens may certainly be far more fun and eventful than it would appear on the television screen.

Revealing our Secrets

When imagining ourselves as the subject (victim?) of a reality show camera we think of the embarrassments as much as anything else. There we are wearing that same pair of track pants for the third day in a row despite the fact that on day one we spilled pasta sauce on it. Of course, if we KNEW people were watching, we might be inclined to change our clothes which in reality would negate the entire idea of a reality show, wouldn't it?

While wearing the food encrusted pair of three day old track pants, chances are that the camera footage might embarrass us further by showing exactly how much time we do spend practically motionless in front of our computer screen playing internet bingo.

Yes, when there are no cameras on us we can innocently tell our family that we spent an hour online. That blasted reality camera would inconsiderately reveal that our internet bingo session was far closer to three hours and that we barely moved a muscle the whole time.

Unreal Reality

Yes, it is a very good thing that reality television shows are not all that real. The people on them know there are cameras watching when they decide what to wear everyday and when they play internet bingo. Watching people like us who let the dirty dishes pile up in the sink while we play our umpteenth game of internet bingo would just be too close for comfort.

Watching us race around to do our housework at the end of the day so we can pretend we didn't play internet bingo all afternoon would be a good laugh but we would never consider sharing that kind of revealing footage to the nation let alone our nearest and dearest!