Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > I am not allowed to take pictures of her anymore. I used to take pictures
> > of her along with the rest of the family at family functions but my wife
> > accused me of taking pictures only when she was eating. Our son pointed out
> > that she is always eating.
>
> I suspect your wife wouldn't have pointed that out
> if there wasn't at least some truth to that.

She has a soft spot for her because she was her first niece and swallowed
the excuse that the girl was premature and force fed as a baby so never
learned to turn off her hunger. As I indicated, my son suggested that it is
not easy to get a picture of her not eating because she is always always
eating. He stayed with her overnight once and told me about a trip to the
grocery store where she stopped at a convenience store and bought a large
bag of chips and ate them all on the way to the grocery store, then stopped
at the convenience store on the way home and bought a second large bag of
potato chips that she ate before they got home. That is two large bags of
potato chips consumed during a trip to the grocery stores. Don't you find
that alarming?

>
> > She is not as enormous as you might expect, and the issue is not her
> > size.... until she sat on her husband's knee while he was seated in an
> > expensive leather swivel chair. It just ain't built for close to 700 lb.
> > My issue with her is that she eats so much. She can clear a buffet single
> > handed and still sneak through the pantry when she thinks no one is looking
> > and open up boxes.... even boxes of crackers when there are already some of
> > the same crackers on the buffet. YOu don't need to steal food when it is
> > being offered for free.
>
> I seem to recall a comic book from my childhood
> which was mostly about a girl who was constantly
> eating.
>
> Ah, yes. Thank you, Wikipedia.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Lotta


I remember that comic. She is not exactly like that. She would never
order such a huge serving in one shot. She would have a small one and eat
it very daintily, and then another, and another and another.