"Jinx Minx" > wrote in message
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> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> On Jan 6, 11:46 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
>> On 04/01/2011 1:08 AM, phaeton wrote:
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>> > It has been my understanding for about a decade that the growing
>> > obesity problem in the U.S. has pretty much had a 1:1 counterpart in
>> > Canada. Canada reports it less (their news is less about
>> > sensationalism) but generally all the same bad lifestyle habits that
>> > the U.S. has developed in the last 25-30 years, Canada has also
>> > adopted.
>>
>> There is no doubt in my mind that kids seems to be a little fatter these
>> days. I think that where we differ is in the really, really, really fat
>> people.
>>
>> I am not going to say that Americans are fatter than Canadians or than
>> Europeans. A lot of Americans are very fit, or appear to be. The thing
>> that puzzles me is the number of really, really fat people. Within
>> minutes of crossing the border I see people way fatter than you usually
>> see here. I mean, absolutely huge. I don't know how people allow
>> themselves to get that fat. Maybe I should rephrase that to allowing
>> their loived ones to get that fat, because people the size I am thinking
>> of do not do it on their own. They are enabled.
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> Here's the difference between a thin man and a fat man:
>
> When the thin man notices his trousers are getting a little snug,
> he says, "Got to lose a few pounds". The fat man says "Got to
> buy bigger pants."
>
> You'd probably say that my husband and I are really, really fat.
> We are. I'm about 260 (5' 8"), and he's about 360 (5' 5").

Christ! You are borderline morbidly obese (39.5 BMI) and he's well into it
(59.9BMI).