BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL

Subject: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: 53
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 12:37 AM

i heard on the radio today that if you are 35 pounds over weight you are considered obese, hmmmmmnnn. BOB

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: khandu
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 12:50 AM

What about 35 lbs. underweight?

khandu

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 12:54 AM

No Bob, if you are 35 pounds over weight you are considered a Mudcatter, and not only a Mudcatter but a candidate to join a band of lookalikes that includes Mmario, Big Mick, and I forget who the third crony is.

If you look around in the Member Photos section you will find several comfy-looking folkies looking back at you.

~Not Built for Speed

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: RangerSteve
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 07:01 AM

Technically, Arnold Schwarzeneger (sp?) is overweight. So we're in good company.

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 11:22 AM

Look, lets say you're a rocker playin a small club...20 fans show up. Disaster! empty room, angry promoter, depressed band....

Now when you're a folkie, and 20 people show up...THE ROOM SEEMS FULL! Everyone's happy! Just like an old time country audience but with fewer rhinestones!

Fat Folkies make fine fans.

Cheers

Rick (only 20 pounds overweight..therefore a positively boney folkie)

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: brid widder
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 01:06 PM

You can't get too much of a good woman!

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: CarolC
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 01:11 PM

BOB, I just wanted you to know something. I'm feeling a lot of pain right now over the loss of a dear friend. Looking over the thread titles just now, I couldn't see anything that I wanted to open up and read. Then I saw the title for this thread. I just wanted you to know that I love it and I think it's poetry. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face on this, a very sad day.

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 01:12 PM

Hugs, Carol. Write (PM) if you want to talk about it.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: swirlygirl
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 01:13 PM

Only 28 more pounds to go then and I can be a Mudcatter...yay!

Roll on the ice cream!!

:)

xxx

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 01:36 PM

35 pounds overweight according to what scale?

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 02:50 PM

Hmmm,

53's obese, somewhat stupid, and politically naive

Guess what?

He's an American!

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: fat B****rd
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 02:58 PM

Only 35 pounds ?? I'm doomed !! Sorry to hear of your friend, Carol C.

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 03:02 PM

So where does this leave me? I'm underweight. Always have been. Yet I am a folkie. What could the explanation be for this extraordinary juxtaposition?

I am reminded of an argument Bob Dylan had with some reporter back in the 60's. He kept insisting that he was not a folk singer and that he played neither folk nor folk rock, although the reporter wanted to talk to him about precisely those subjects. He ended by saying something like: "When I hear the words 'folk music' I think of a room full of fat people sitting around playing guitars."

Looks like nothing much has changed in the last 40 years, eh? :-)

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 03:02 PM

Well, GUEST, I'm sure we are all grateful for your input.

Any other brilliant & unique insights youre willing to grace us with?

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 03:12 PM

Guess that makes me Queen of Mudcat then!!! I've been being good all year and put on 6lbs! (good means not eating the chocolate motorbike in one sitting).

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: 53
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 03:19 PM

i just went out today and bought me some larger drawers and some larger jeans, so i can fit my fat ass in them, and by the way rick i weigh 184 but i've gained 20 pounds since november of 2000 when i had to quit my job due to my illness, i have a meeting with my attorney tomorrow, and hopefully he's heard something about my disability claim, if we don't get something going soon, there won't be any need for other things just an urn. BOB

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: 53
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 03:21 PM

Carol C. i'm glad that i was able to spread a little joy into your life at this time, i hope things will get better for you soon. BOB AND GLENDA

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: 53
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 03:22 PM

Paul from HUll, thanks for running a little interference for me with that so called guest, i really appreciate it. BOB

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 03:28 PM

No prob. friend.

.....& I hope the meeting goes well tomorrow, & that you come back to us with some good news.

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: 53
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 03:33 PM

thanks man, i;ll let you all know just as soon as i get home. BOB

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: swirlygirl
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 04:39 PM

Do you think 112 pounds is too much to weigh at 5 feet tall?

:o)

xxx

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 05:37 PM

I just checked with "HealthCanada" and it would appear that I'm actually 30-35 pounds over weight. I think they must be joking. Someone six feet tall SHOULD only weigh 178 pounds? That's ridiculous. I stepped on the scale and I'm tipping it at a sylph-like 215. Hell, Mick has a LEG that weighs more than that!

Rick

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Cap't Bob
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 07:12 PM

Actually Big Mick is a lite weight. I doubt if he weigh over three bongs. They don't call me ballast BOB for nothing. Last time I checked I weighed in at five bongs. (??? the 300 lb scales goes to the top and then makes the sound ~ bong ~ bong ~ bong ~ bong ~ bong~) Cap't Bob

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 07:22 PM

Dear Paul in Hull,

There was a good deal of truth in what I said.

Is your arguement against what I said, or the fact that I couldn't be bothered to give myself a 'nom de plume'?

Curious to know

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 07:42 PM

gratuitous insults and public attempts to embarrass or harass someone who is doing you NO harm reflects a personality with more problems than those you are trying to make fun of.

....if you think that anonymous insults makes YOU look smart & superior, you are VERY sadly mistaken. If you just get off on being arrogant and tasteless,....well, nothing we can say will cure THAT infirmity!

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 07:46 PM

LOL, Cap't Bob!

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 07:49 PM

(I sometimes comfort myself with an image of a nameless 'guest' who bad-mouths everyone who does not meet his standards being 'outed', like Dorothy yanking the curtain open on the Wizard of OZ.....would LOVE to see the squirming and protesting!....but, hey...I'm just an old curmudgeon with an attitude...*grin*)

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 07:50 PM

FACT Bob '53' isn't the world's brightest ma

FACT He is quite fat

FACT He is an American

FACT His political views have little basis in fact

FACT He continually posts to threads with the wonderfully informative "I don't know"

Thank you Bob.

Thank you America.

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Rolfyboy6
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 07:51 PM

"I ain't no fool, I don't want no woman with no skinny legs"--Joe Tex. 'Nuff said.

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 08:04 PM

LOL! I'm taking no sides in this latest mudslinging match...but I can't help but laugh about it!

I have just checked the scales and I weigh...127. That's with my shoes and clothes and wallet and change (which probably weigh 5 or 6 pounds). I'm 5' 10" tall. Seems like I must have gained a little weight, anyway, cos I used to weigh around 118. How about that.

I'm still not overweight, though. I would venture to say that CarolC is also not overweight, but we are both folkies...so there ya go.

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 08:06 PM

But remember when some bloke started a thread onthe themes of American being fat it turned into a flame war of sorts, and it suggested it was the most terrible insult.

I can't see much difference between body size and show size. It's just the way you are, some are fat and some are thin, and some can't seem to decide which they are.

Mind 35lbs is a hell of a lot to lug around in a shopping bad. You have to be pretty fit to be comfortably fat.

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: BanjoRay
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 08:09 PM

Guest doesn't even seem to know what his own name is.

Cheers
Ray

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 08:15 PM

Thank you, BanjoRay

Your great intelligence humbles me

I am not worthy to share the same planet as someone of such wisdom as you

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 08:26 PM

"I am not worthy to share the same planet as someone of such wisdom as you"

....amen

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 09:05 PM

Such humility is rarely seen on the Internet.

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Hollowfox
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 09:22 PM

Capt Bob, I hate to tell you, but you're not standing on the scales, you're standing on a parlor clock.

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 09:53 PM

"I can't see much difference between body size and show size."

That should of course have been "I can't see much difference between body size and shoe size." In case I mystified anybody.

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: 53
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 10:42 PM

bear in mind that this is what i heard on a radio show and i'm just posting it ,so that others can see and be aware of what the world thinks is fat. at 184 pounds i think that i'm fat, and i think that i'll get even fatter, so what the hell, eat, drink, and be merry. BOB

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: 53
Date: 20 Jan 02 - 10:52 PM

another thing that i read in the newspaper, is that the heavier you are, the more you fart, just think about all that intestine you have to hold the shit in your body. makes sense to me. BOB

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Chip2447
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 12:24 AM

HMMMMM. Being overweight by 35 pounds makes me obese. Fair enough.
Any of you "UNDERWEIGHT" mudcatters, let me know I can sponser about about 120 pounds worth of surrogate tonnage to get you into that comfy folkie zone.

Chip2447 (approaching 21 stones, american and my politics really suck)...BTW, I'm the perfect weight for my height, if I were 8 feet tall...

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: catspaw49
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 12:50 AM

Geeziz Hawk! 127??? Hell man, my dick weighs 127!!!

Hey Rick....I can't figure the charts either but I know I'm up too damn high. I was at 225 at Niagra and now I'm at 241 (6 pounds down since January 1---I'm in a contest with Hippie Chick).

AND GUEST TURNIP......Lemmee tell ya' something.....We are fat because we can afford to buy tons of food and grow even more! We are Americans dammit and generations of our ancestors have come here and fought and died for the right to fuck-over the rest of the world! We waste more food than most nations produce and we really don't care. We keep our thermostats set at 75 in the winter and 65 in the summer because we can produce and buy more energy than any other ten countries combined! We drive gas-guzzling SUV's, RV's, vans, and high performance sports and luxury cars because our gas is still cheap and even though we bitch about it, we'll keep buying it because we can and because we're Americans and wouldn't be caught dead in some of those pissant little tiny foreign cars. As a matter of fact, all of our foreign imports consume more gas in their American setup than they do in their home country! We're fat and we need some of those big cars and SUV's to be able to get in and drive to the grocery so we can haul back enough food to get our families through a week...except for the parts we throw away...although it would feed half the third world for a month.

Now....I've admitted it! What a load off my mind.....I feel so much better now Guest!!! And you should too because you're right!! Now take this buck and go out and buy a coke to go with that smile and shut the fuck up!!

............fockin' dumbass cocksucker............

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 02:12 AM

Hell man, my dick weighs 127!!! Spaw - is that grammes or ounces?

Genetics proves that fatter people survive lean conditions better. All you skinny bits out there wouldn't survive more than 3 months into the winter if you didn't have central heating and thermal vests.... it's the middle of winter and I'm still wandering around in thin shirts and sandals in Britain!!! And I've only had one cold!!

So THHHhhhssssssssssssppppp!! to you Skinny Bints!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 03:16 AM

And I've only had one cold!!

will you be boasting quite so much after a heart attack???

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Peg
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 10:13 AM

It is my understanding that stress (perhaps caused by bitterness and anger) is a much more common cause of sudden heart attack than being overweight...so, American-hating GUEST, you seem to be in more imminent danger than the jolly and centered folks here who are carrying a few extra pounds...

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 10:28 AM

Well, I think we have all misjudged this particular GUEST, especially yourself 'Spaw.... he's considerate enough to care about your well-being even after your post to him.

*G*

Funny how the 'health issue' always gets trotted out by those who see overweight people as a good target for their dysfunctional attacks.

(I'm actually NOT overweight by this criteria, but I think I certainly LOOK it......well, around the middle anyhow)

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: 53
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 10:58 AM

i'm opn my way to the grocery store today and i will start my slim fast diet tomorrow. BOB

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: 53
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 10:59 AM

i'm on my way to the grocery store today and i will start my slim fast diet tomorrow. BOB

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: GUEST,Desdemona
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 11:02 AM

I think "Guest" is probably feeling so cranky because s/he's hungry & needs a nice, hearty meal!

NB---neither am I "overweight" by these standards, but wouldn't it cut down the fun in life substantially if you denied yourself the enjoyment of yummy food? Our cultural standards have led us to a place where something like half of all 10 year old girls consider themselves "too fat", and worry about their weight when they should be climbing trees and playing with their friends. This is progress?!

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 11:07 AM

By the way, GUEST (the one that asked me "Is your arguement against what I said, or the fact that I couldn't be bothered to give myself a 'nom de plume'?")

Which do YOU think? Do you REALLY think that I'm more offended by your anonimity (even with your reasons for it) than I am by the fact that youre pointlessly slagging people off?

Well....possibly you do....

Subject: RE: BS: THE FATNESS OF IT ALL
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 12:09 PM

Are you suggesting that I am insubstantial, Spaw? Well, I don't think that a 127 gram willy is anything to go around boasting about...sounds pretty unimpressive to me.

Anyway, there are advantages to being thin...

If you see someone coming and want to avoid their notice, you just turn sideways, and they will pass by without seeing you.

More thin people can pack into a phone booth, thus setting a higher record for so doing, which is the whole point of the exercise.

Thin people can walk on thin ice without falling through (usually). Ditto for the crust on deep snow.

Thin people can sit on rickety chairs without trepidation.

Thin people can squeeze through small apertures with ease.

Thin people make good hang-glider pilots.

Thin people can handle hot climates much better...which makes me wonder why the hell I was born in Canada! I should've been a Cuban or a Mexican or something like that.

I could go on and on about this, but I don't want to make you feel any more insecure than I know you already do, cos I'm a compassionate, sensitive, and caring guy, so I'm gonna stop right now!

- LH