Breaking: Being fat makes you heavier

CBS has a story this morning about how fat Americans burn more gas in their cars. Why? Because when you're fat you make the whole car heavier and it lowers the gas mileage. [CBS] I know what you're thinking and I agree- CBS as a whole really has gotten so much more credible since Katie Couric joined. But I digress, I'm glad this story final hit the airwaves (or broadband waves or whatever) because this may be just the thing to get fat people in this country to pay attention. If there's something that gets people more riled up than their nearest McDonalds 99 cent specials it's their gas prices. I think instead of focusing on diabetes and heart disease and all that negative stuff, a new campaign on fat should focus on gas prices. After all I think you'd be hard pressed to find an American who doesn't agree that losing weight is worth saving money on gas.


I know the picture, again, has nothing to do with the story but god knows we all know what fat people look like and this picture is just weirdly hilarious and does have an exercise-focus.