Re: Tan: Vulgarity

Sally Caves wrote:
> It doesn't.  It's a contest of insults that surfaces now and
> again in American humor (I don't know if it's British as well).
> You might call it invective.  It was recently on one of Garrison
> Keillor's (sp?) Prairie Home Companion episodes, but I've heard
> it elsewhere.  At any rate, you try to top the other person with
> an insult about his/her fat mother, usually in the most extreme
> ways:  "Your mother's so fat, her feet haven't seen the sun in
> years!"  "Well, YOUR mother's so fat, when she fell into the
> pond with the hippos at the zoo, instead of rescuing her, they
> threw peanuts at her!"  "Well..."  And it goes on at ridiculous and
> outrageous length.  It's totally offensive, and for some reason
> hilariously funny.  Mostly because the opponents sometimes get
> confused or laugh.  No flames, please... yes, it's utterly
> insensitive to the real problems and pain of obesity.  Like Helen
> Keller jokes.
>
> Sally
Yeah, well...
Your momma's so fat that when she hauls ass, she has to make 2 trips.
<giggle snort>

Hey, I can say that, being a fat mama myself.

Mia (so fat that people try to push me back in the water when I'm
tanning on the beach)