Apparently 33% of British people are obese. Fat, very. 'Nonsense' said the pensioner in the Hutton Post Office yesterday-'does not apply to here'. 'You must shop in the Coop' Huttonian suggested. I was right. She does and hence her comment. Thin people go to the Coop; the rest don't
If you shop in Sir Morrisons you will realise that one third of the population being gross is probably an understatement. Well over half of the customers 'in store' are very overweight. The store is always crowded-unlike the coop-and it may be numbers or it possibly the weight of the numbers which gives the impression of packed aisles-belly rage rather than trolley rage as we race for the 76 items and over checkout. The sad thing is we are talking about young folk-young fat mother, young fat father and a brace of fat kids. And when you see the trolleys loaded with junk food you can understand why. Perhaps food is the new tobacco-and will surely kill you in the end.*
And as for the Coop customers, they are a different breed altogether-local, and more discriminating in their choice of food. There are fatties amongst them but they stick out like swollen thumbs.
I said all this to the pensioner. 'So I am right then. That lot in Morrisons are carvanners from Glasgow and Newcastle. Not Border folk'
She could be right.
* Something will kill all of of us in the end. (blogg-ed)
