It’s just one of those wicked telling signs, one of those sad little cultural punches that make you cringe and sigh even as you stifle a laugh and roll your eyes at the state of it all, as you read the one about how an increasing percentage of people — mostly women but half of the men, too — aren’t receiving their proper dosage of medicine when given a shot in the rear by a nurse at the hospital because, well, their butts are just too damn big…. All part of the wider trend: larger caskets and heavy-duty toilet seats, thicker mattresses and industrial-strength office chairs and redesigned school systems to accommodate the enormous increase in obese children. They’re altering the design of cars to fit fatter American butts and reinforcing restaurant chairs, and it’s also the reason most SUVs are sold to overweight, aggressive males because have you seen the average American try to squeeze into, say, a Miata? Like a melon into a coffee cup, baby. Not pretty….
December 11, 2005 7:07 AM
