Now that I'm leaving the old homeland again, I should mention a theme that has run through our visit: fat. There are a lot of really, really big people here.
To be fair, it's a nationwide epidemic, and certainly we see our share of gross, cylindrical children with a lot of Carl's, Jr. and Playstation and not very much of veggies and exercise. But people here in the Midwest are really, really, really big. We barely make a dent in the portions they serve us here.
Some short illustrations.
We were winding our way through southeastern Kansas on our way to Springfield, when we came to a stoplight in the town of Parsons. The light was long, and across the street was a residential neighborhood. A Very Large Man was out on his lawn seeing someone off. He was in shorts of course. Very discreetly, in front of all of us at the light, he grabbed at his shorts to pull them out of his ass. But when you have that much on you, it's not an easy task, so he managed to pull his shorts half way down before finishing. Ewwwwwwww! we cried.
Later, driving into Springfield, at an intersection, I looked left to see if there was traffic. On top of a nearby parked car was a large woman talking on the phone. She was wearing...shorts! Of course. She lay on her back with bent knees and spread legs, so we could see the cellulite dripping off her thighs. Ewwwwwwwww!
Just another reason why I don't belong here. How about throwing in a salad once in a while?
Posted by yozhik at July 31, 2003 12:41 AM