Comments on: Fat is Contagious! http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fat-is-contagious/ Dr. Edward Morbius: Guilty! Guilty! My evil self is at that door, and I have no power to stop it! (Forbidden Planet) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:32:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Marge http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fat-is-contagious/#comment-12524 Marge Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:11:00 +0000 http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-12524 Thanks Anazeteo! I needed a good belly laugh. Pun intended. Thanks Anazeteo! I needed a good belly laugh. Pun intended.

]]> By: mysteryofiniquity http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fat-is-contagious/#comment-12521 mysteryofiniquity Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:38:47 +0000 http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-12521 Anazeteo, Good Goddess that IS RICH! I had to laugh out loud at this woman's retort. Why can't I think that fast. And yes, I've been on the receiving end of "skinny evangelists" who after enumerating your particular "sins" LOVE to say, "...but you have such a pretty face!" Thanks for giving me the link!!! Anazeteo,

Good Goddess that IS RICH! I had to laugh out loud at this woman’s retort. Why can’t I think that fast. And yes, I’ve been on the receiving end of “skinny evangelists” who after enumerating your particular “sins” LOVE to say, “…but you have such a pretty face!” Thanks for giving me the link!!!

]]> By: Anazeteo http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fat-is-contagious/#comment-12515 Anazeteo Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:19:30 +0000 http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-12515 You're gonna love this: <a href="http://diannesylvan.typepad.com/dancing_down_the_moon/2008/02/for-racu-an-ane.html" rel="nofollow">Book People and a Skinny Bitch</a> You’re gonna love this:

Book People and a Skinny Bitch

]]> By: Quester http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fat-is-contagious/#comment-12481 Quester Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:40:07 +0000 http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-12481 It's a book by one of the writers/creators of Red Dwarf, but does not fit into the Red Dwarf cosmos. I don't always recommend his books (I have to be in the right mood to enjoy them), but his premises intrigue me. His other book (outside of Red Dwarf) that I own is _Incompetence_. It's set in a world where no one can be refused employment based on race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, or competence. _Fat_ is set in a world where charging overweight people more for riding in airplanes is quickly followed by charging more for all forms of transportation, then health care, etc. etc. This becomes justification for other prejudices, official and unofficial. In other words, both books are set in a world as ours might be come very soon. It’s a book by one of the writers/creators of Red Dwarf, but does not fit into the Red Dwarf cosmos. I don’t always recommend his books (I have to be in the right mood to enjoy them), but his premises intrigue me. His other book (outside of Red Dwarf) that I own is _Incompetence_. It’s set in a world where no one can be refused employment based on race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, or competence.

_Fat_ is set in a world where charging overweight people more for riding in airplanes is quickly followed by charging more for all forms of transportation, then health care, etc. etc. This becomes justification for other prejudices, official and unofficial.

In other words, both books are set in a world as ours might be come very soon.

]]> By: mysteryofiniquity http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fat-is-contagious/#comment-12474 mysteryofiniquity Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:33:00 +0000 http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-12474 Quester, Good to see you over here! I used to watch Red Dwarf when we could get it on our channel lineup, but haven't seen it for a long time. I loved it. You know, Dr. Who for the dorky set. :-) I had not heard of "Fat" though. Is it a book or a movie? Quester,

Good to see you over here! I used to watch Red Dwarf when we could get it on our channel lineup, but haven’t seen it for a long time. I loved it. You know, Dr. Who for the dorky set. :-) I had not heard of “Fat” though. Is it a book or a movie?

]]> By: Quester http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fat-is-contagious/#comment-12473 Quester Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:26:39 +0000 http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-12473 Mystery, Good link! That was worth reading. When I get re-employed, one of the purchases I'm planning on making is Fat, by Rob Grant (of Red Dwarf, if you're familiar with that). <i>It's unclear precisely when it became illegal to be fat. Of course, technically it's not, even in this day and age. Even with the blatant persecution of all tubbies, there's no official legislation on any statue book that comes right out and says fatness is against the law. But it is. (p.5)</i> I'm not sure how good it will be (his novels are kind of hit and miss), but sometimes it's worth supporting anything that pokes at 'what everyone knows' that isn't always so. Mystery,

Good link! That was worth reading. When I get re-employed, one of the purchases I’m planning on making is Fat, by Rob Grant (of Red Dwarf, if you’re familiar with that).

It’s unclear precisely when it became illegal to be fat.

Of course, technically it’s not, even in this day and age. Even with the blatant persecution of all tubbies, there’s no official legislation on any statue book that comes right out and says fatness is against the law.

But it is. (p.5)

I’m not sure how good it will be (his novels are kind of hit and miss), but sometimes it’s worth supporting anything that pokes at ‘what everyone knows’ that isn’t always so.

]]> By: mysteryofiniquity http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/fat-is-contagious/#comment-12456 mysteryofiniquity Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:47:38 +0000 http://mysteryofiniquity.wordpress.com/?p=719#comment-12456 Marge, HAAHAA! I like it. If you get one, I want one. Marge,

HAAHAA! I like it. If you get one, I want one.

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