Fat of the Land 0
Once there was a radio detective show called “The Fat Man” that opened with the detective’s weighing himself on one of the penny scales that were found in drug stores back in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un.
There he goes into that drug store.
He’s stepping on that scale (sound of coin dropping).
(tinny voice) “Weight: 239 pounds. Fortune: Danger!”
Who is it? The Fat Man!
Back then, 239 pounds was considered “fat.”
Today, as near as I can tell as I walk the mild streets of Virginia Beach, 239 pounds is the new svelte.
