That just ain't right
Sunday, July 24, 2005
I am going off topic for a special midday rant.
I took my son out to eat. In my desire to find somewhere he would eat something besides hamburgers and chicken, I took him to a cafeteria. Now, this wouldn’t be my first choice normally, but when you have a 6-year old you have to make sacrifices sometimes.
If you have ever eaten at a cafeteria on a Sunday afternoon, you know you get a lot of people straight from church. You also have people just looking for all-you-can-eat.
2 things struck me.
First, if you are so obese that you cannot stand in the all-you-can-eat line for 10 minutes without needing to sit on the benches on the side, you need to stop eating there. Seriously. Go some place where they will make you pay extra for seconds and thirds. Some place where you can’t load your tray with 2 entrees and 3 desserts. Perhaps you should have a salad, vinigrette on the side.
Second, I think the time has come for fashion police in this country.
When did it become OK to go to church looking like you just won best costume at the “Pimp and Ho Ball”. Add a foot long feather to those hats and you have the cast of “Superfly”. Some colors really do not belong on suits for men. Among these are lavender, cotton candy pink and canary yellow. I know fashion is subjective, but you shouldn’t look like you’re trying to find “dates” for the wife and daughters you brought with you.
If what I read in the news is true, it looks Like London has implemented a strong fashion law. I know they recently shot a guy for wearing a parka in July. I’m not saying I’d go that far, but the 60 year old with the acid washed black shorts, sandals and thigh high argyle socks was just begging to be shot.
After seeing all this shit I am going to have to spend thousands on therapy for my child. I fear he is scarred for life, and I expect he’ll have nightmares for weeks.
I took my son out to eat. In my desire to find somewhere he would eat something besides hamburgers and chicken, I took him to a cafeteria. Now, this wouldn’t be my first choice normally, but when you have a 6-year old you have to make sacrifices sometimes.
If you have ever eaten at a cafeteria on a Sunday afternoon, you know you get a lot of people straight from church. You also have people just looking for all-you-can-eat.
2 things struck me.
First, if you are so obese that you cannot stand in the all-you-can-eat line for 10 minutes without needing to sit on the benches on the side, you need to stop eating there. Seriously. Go some place where they will make you pay extra for seconds and thirds. Some place where you can’t load your tray with 2 entrees and 3 desserts. Perhaps you should have a salad, vinigrette on the side.
Second, I think the time has come for fashion police in this country.
When did it become OK to go to church looking like you just won best costume at the “Pimp and Ho Ball”. Add a foot long feather to those hats and you have the cast of “Superfly”. Some colors really do not belong on suits for men. Among these are lavender, cotton candy pink and canary yellow. I know fashion is subjective, but you shouldn’t look like you’re trying to find “dates” for the wife and daughters you brought with you.
If what I read in the news is true, it looks Like London has implemented a strong fashion law. I know they recently shot a guy for wearing a parka in July. I’m not saying I’d go that far, but the 60 year old with the acid washed black shorts, sandals and thigh high argyle socks was just begging to be shot.
After seeing all this shit I am going to have to spend thousands on therapy for my child. I fear he is scarred for life, and I expect he’ll have nightmares for weeks.
posted by R. U. Serious at 7/24/2005 06:22:00 PM
I'm R. U. Serious
From United States
I have nothing to say. I plead the 5th.
13 Comments:
but... did he find something to eat ? =)
Shit. I had no idea you could fit that much food on a tray.
Oooh, sounds like you've already made yourself the "chief" of the fashion police.
Whereas you and I may agree that lavender, cotton candy pink and canary yellow may not be suitable colored attire for most men to wear unless they're pimping, it's probably considered high fashion in some ethnic groups.
I really hate to bring this up, but this is the second time in a week that you've mentioned obese people. I think the other word you used in a previous post was "huge". It's pretty obvious that you're fat prejudice. I would pretty much bet that you don't even have one "friend" with an out of control weight problem. Am I correct?
Who are YOU to say where these people should be allowed to eat? Do you honestly think these people got obese just from overeating? Come on now, we all know people that overeat and never gain weight, we also know people that are overweight and don't eat all that much. I have a friend that probably eats less than your child does on any given day. Yes, he's obese. But it's not what he eats that causes it. There are medical reasons and other problems that have have contributed to his weight gain.
I honestly hope you didn't mention any of this in front of your child. I'm sure he'll learn enough from his peers to be able to make fun of others that are different than him without you adding to that problem. Teaching prejudice to a 6 year old is a bad thing. And yes, you're right, it sound like therapy may be in order, but for his daddy, the one that's truly scarred for life.
I agree with you on the pimp suits.
Everyone is so sensitive on the obese issue but let's be for real. True, there may be medical reasons for some people being overweight but this is mainly an "overeating issue". Prejudice is a bad thing but let's call a spade, a spade. I've travelled all over and never have I come across as many overweight people as there are in the US. Those medical reasons exist in other parts of the world too but why don't you see the level of obesity there that you see here?? Hmph.
Okay, I'll agree with that, but still, why the need to make fun of these people. I know a lot of people make "fat" jokes, I've just never seen the humor in it myself. It just seems in such poor taste.
The US is the richest nation in the world, therefore we see many things in higher levels than you would in many other countries. For example, drug addiction, alcoholism, obesity and yes, even plastic surgery addiction -- you name it, we've got it.
I just think scared bunny's kid is going to learn enough prejudice on his own without dear ole dad taking him out in public and pointing it out to him.
OK, I normally don't respond to the stuff like this, but do you really think I talk to my kid about what I write about?
No scared bunny, I don't think you talk to him about what you write, but you probably talk to him about important issues like obesity and what not to wear while you're out fine dining at the all you can eat cafeteria. Are you teaching him your prejudices Mr. bunny?
hahahaha I laughed out loud on this one... cause I agree with you 110% RU Serious. I too have seen it and it's just --- wrong!
CTKB: Lighten up (pun intended)!
Bunny could have called them "fat" or "lardy" but he used the term OBESE which is what DOCTORS use as a general term in medical reference to any situation where a person is carrying extra weight on their frame (roughly 20-30 lbs over ideal BMI).
Be it a food issue, a thyroid issue, or some other glandular problem (the glands like cake... I dunno)
It could be medical or it could be like bunny said - they take 3 desserts. Since it was not specified and it was not a medical opinion of any sort... calm the fuck down. Your claim is just as assuming as what you take from bunny's comment.
Worry about yourself and your kids (if you have any) and not head up the PC police. Find a cure for cancer with that extra energy.
There haven't been fashion police in Texas for years. That state sets the standard in gold lamme running shoes with a sequined hat. At least that what I see some guests from Texas wear when they come to the resort I work at. We promptly take them to a back room and hose them down. California has strict laws.....
Okay, maybe I did go a little overboard, but it just irritates me to no end to see blatant predjudice of any kind. It's not the fact that "the bunny" used the word obese, it's the fact that he went on to down these people. (eg, go some place where they will make you pay extra for seconds and thirds. Some place where you can't load your tray with 2 entrees and 3 desserts. perhaps you should have a salad, vinigrette on the side.) In a previous post he warned men to get lots of pictures from potential internet dates so you would be sure not to get stuck with some "huge" girl. I could care less what his personal preferences are in the type of woman he looks for, but if he's just trying to pawn off his predjudice in the name of comedy, that's just wrong. As an afterthough I just wondered what his son might be learning from him. So I asked.
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No, you just really aren't very amusing. Your posts don't rise to the level to be worthy of response.
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