Fat Chance - USA

May 2005
In America's deep south, everything is deep fried. To fight a major obesity epidemic, Arkansas Governor Mike Hukabee has ordered a state wide crash diet.

At the Arkansas state fair, the gastronomic delights on offer leave most healthy thinking people with stomach ache. 'You know, we are famous in the South for frying everything. We fry our grandmothers,' reports one stall holder, brandishing a corn covered, oil soaked, deep fried sausage. But Governor Mike Huckabee wants to trim the fat. 'I was digging my grave with a knife and fork' he states, showing off his new physique, itself recently trimmed by over 50 kilos. Now he has become the first politician in the west to enforce annual weigh-ins for every one of Arkansas's 400,000 children. He has also imposed controls on school dinners and compulsory physical education.

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[sl1991dkb]

The fat chick can't get on the top of the rodeo! XD ......... well done McDonalds!

[SuperOriginalGuy]

I do eat a lot of shit, yes. But I'm not a lazy ass motherfucker, I actually run around and play sports and I'm not even near over weight. Listen fat people, if you want to live a longer life then 1. Stop feeling sorry for yourself 2. Don't blame companies for making you fat (it was your choice to eat the shit) 3. Exercise for AT LEAST 30 minutes a day 4. Eat vegetables and fruit, especially blueberries, watermelon, and drink water more than you would drink soda, milkshakes and bullshit.

[deliciousgamer]

How can anyone be fat? I would kill myself if I looked like that.

[myawesomespacenuts]

sad thing is since I live in America these people look somewhat normal to me.

[collegeman1988]

When we run out of fossil fuels, obesity will no longer be an epidemic.

[InspectorMontelbano1]

I thought I was bad when my weight reached 95kg (210lbs), I am a male and 5"7 tall, but I changed my diet and hit the gym, and over the last 15 months have lost 20kg (45lbs). My question is, how do these obese people get so big?

[MrJunglebobo]

I'm so happy I'm not fat... I just realize, that being fat is not good at all, so I'm trying my best not to be so. I can't understand, how all these fat people don't get it too

[33melonpaws77]

@Uk12Us arent you smart. and how are you going to fit most of the usa on an island? how about helping ppl instead of being a big quitter.

[33melonpaws77]

I like Huckabee, he sets a great example!

[Uk12Us]

America lets just tax the fat and kick them out.Lets send them to their own island.We should go back in time and tell the Founding fathers about this.

[Natasha8xox]

The portion sizes in America are ridiculously large! A small coke in america is equilavent to medium or large coke in The UK!