Thread: The weight factor

Ajarn World

I realize that I’m straying on to very dangerous territory here but British people are definitely getting – how can I put this? – less attractive. They’re certainly getting heavier, there’s little doubt about that. I’m not sure whether it’s a diminishing access to decent healthcare or beauty products are too pricey but the younger generation seems to be taking far less pride in its appearance. I know I’m an old fogey of 44 and I’m in grave danger of becoming one of those who sits around in his favorite armchair telling anyone who’ll listen about how things were much better ‘in my day’ but what the hell is going on? You’ve got these high-street fashion trends for distressed and disheveled clothing – a look which very few people carry off with any aplomb – and everyone seems content to let it all hang out. By letting it all hang out, I am of course referring to bulges of fat and flabby skin.

I sat in a trendy Sutton Coldfield pub with my brother at 8.00pm on a Friday evening. This would be the classic watering hole for the Friday club crowd before they headed off to the bright lights of Broad Street in the Birmingham city center. I sat there nursing my three quid bottle of designer lager and stared around me open-mouthed. Perhaps my hormones aren’t in the same state of frenzy as they were twenty-five years ago but I’ve still got an eye for a good-looking girl (please don’t let the wife read this) and girls did look great too. Nowadays the chunkier the thighs, the flabbier the arms and the fatter the arse, the more a person has to show it off. If the exposed area is tattooed and pierced then that’s better still! Don’t people look in full-length mirrors anymore? I sat in that pub and don’t think I’ve ever felt happier and more relieved that my courtship days are well and truly behind me.

Is the fact that the average Thai woman is perhaps 15 kilos lighter than the average UK woman a good thing?

Is it right to be attracted to women who live in a country where life expectency is 10 years lower and most people can't afford to eat a high calorie diet every day?

someone mind quoting the op?

i don't want to take smeg off ignore for another rant.

Originally Posted by Smeg

Ajarn World

I realize that I’m straying on to very dangerous territory here but British people are definitely getting – how can I put this? – less attractive. They’re certainly getting heavier, there’s little doubt about that. I’m not sure whether it’s a diminishing access to decent healthcare or beauty products are too pricey but the younger generation seems to be taking far less pride in its appearance. I know I’m an old fogey of 44 and I’m in grave danger of becoming one of those who sits around in his favorite armchair telling anyone who’ll listen about how things were much better ‘in my day’ but what the hell is going on? You’ve got these high-street fashion trends for distressed and disheveled clothing – a look which very few people carry off with any aplomb – and everyone seems content to let it all hang out. By letting it all hang out, I am of course referring to bulges of fat and flabby skin.

I sat in a trendy Sutton Coldfield pub with my brother at 8.00pm on a Friday evening. This would be the classic watering hole for the Friday club crowd before they headed off to the bright lights of Broad Street in the Birmingham city center. I sat there nursing my three quid bottle of designer lager and stared around me open-mouthed. Perhaps my hormones aren’t in the same state of frenzy as they were twenty-five years ago but I’ve still got an eye for a good-looking girl (please don’t let the wife read this) and girls did look great too. Nowadays the chunkier the thighs, the flabbier the arms and the fatter the arse, the more a person has to show it off. If the exposed area is tattooed and pierced then that’s better still! Don’t people look in full-length mirrors anymore? I sat in that pub and don’t think I’ve ever felt happier and more relieved that my courtship days are well and truly behind me.

Is the fact that the average Thai woman is perhaps 15 kilos lighter than the average UK woman a good thing?

Is it right to be attracted to women who live in a country where life expectency is 10 years lower and most people can't afford to eat a high calorie diet every day?

ooooo

cheers PNM.

shan't unignore just yet.

Originally Posted by Smeg

Ajarn World

I realize that I’m straying on to very dangerous territory here but British people are definitely getting – how can I put this? – less attractive. They’re certainly getting heavier, there’s little doubt about that. I’m not sure whether it’s a diminishing access to decent healthcare or beauty products are too pricey but the younger generation seems to be taking far less pride in its appearance. I know I’m an old fogey of 44 and I’m in grave danger of becoming one of those who sits around in his favorite armchair telling anyone who’ll listen about how things were much better ‘in my day’ but what the hell is going on? You’ve got these high-street fashion trends for distressed and disheveled clothing – a look which very few people carry off with any aplomb – and everyone seems content to let it all hang out. By letting it all hang out, I am of course referring to bulges of fat and flabby skin.

I sat in a trendy Sutton Coldfield pub with my brother at 8.00pm on a Friday evening. This would be the classic watering hole for the Friday club crowd before they headed off to the bright lights of Broad Street in the Birmingham city center. I sat there nursing my three quid bottle of designer lager and stared around me open-mouthed. Perhaps my hormones aren’t in the same state of frenzy as they were twenty-five years ago but I’ve still got an eye for a good-looking girl (please don’t let the wife read this) and girls did look great too. Nowadays the chunkier the thighs, the flabbier the arms and the fatter the arse, the more a person has to show it off. If the exposed area is tattooed and pierced then that’s better still! Don’t people look in full-length mirrors anymore? I sat in that pub and don’t think I’ve ever felt happier and more relieved that my courtship days are well and truly behind me.

Is the fact that the average Thai woman is perhaps 15 kilos lighter than the average UK woman a good thing?

Is it right to be attracted to women who live in a country where life expectency is 10 years lower and most people can't afford to eat a high calorie diet every day?

There you go - whoops beat me too it!

^

it's a piss weak effort this time.

the flare, the imagination.

all gone.

He has reached his nadir I think.

As usual, the bored flamers fill the first page. I'll come back when the intelligent people arrive on page 2

Originally Posted by Smeg

As usual, the bored flamers fill the first page. I'll come back when the intelligent people arrive on page 2

why do you let thailand define you? get a grip.

it's certainly one of the most ridiculous of smeg's assertions.

it doesn't take a lot of money to be nutritionally sound here, somtam sellers in Petchabun are huge, chunky, bear girls.

Originally Posted by Smeg

Is it right to be attracted to women who live in a country where life expectency is 10 years lower and most people can't afford to eat a high calorie diet every day?

Higher taxation rates for fat birds in Brum is a great idea. I'll vote for any politician that wants to introduce it.

Originally Posted by Smeg

As usual, the bored flamers fill the first page. I'll come back when the intelligent people arrive on page 2

And you are post number 1 on page 1.

So does that make you the leader of the pack when it comes to bored flamers??

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

it's certainly one of the most ridiculous of smeg's assertions.

it doesn't take a lot of money to be nutritionally sound here, somtam sellers in Petchabun are huge, chunky, bear girls.

Smeg must have been the author (posing as a female) from the Post Bag months back that said all Thai women were malnourished.

Nowadays the chunkier the thighs, the flabbier the arms and the fatter the arse, the more a person has to show it off. If the exposed area is tattooed and pierced then that’s better still!

Oh Christ, Ben Elton's 'Blind Faith' is actually happening.

Naah, can't be bothered. Will let this one pass.