Although fat people in close fitting clothing is pretty vile (and when you get to a certain point everything is close fitting I guess), fat unfit people wearing athletic clothing whilst not actually being remotely athletic is a pet hate of mine. There's a time and a place for track suits, and it's not doing your shopping at tescos. I guess the same could be said of football clothing when you are not actually playing football, but I'd get shouted down for suggesting that what with the current outbreak of footie fever.

so I shouldn't be wearing my speedos around town then?

what about rugby shirts, or is that just being a upper class twit:)

Rugby shirts are ok, unless they are those naff Cotton Traders ones that wouldn't stand up to a game of tiddly winks let alone a game of rugby! Go for Canterbury!

my ramble for today.

feckin car drivers who can't bare having 2 seconds shaved off their oh so important drive to work.

today, i was walking off the cycle lane/pavement (i was walking cos i'd just been chatting to the girlfriend) where the cycle lane joins the road is a busy ped crossing and is about 30 meters from an entrance to a roundabout so cars should be showing down anyway.

i looked back to check there was no cars, mounted my bike. by the time i was moving, some d*ck was right up the back of me, slammed on his brakes with his horn full on....

he must've been going some speed, cos i didn't see him one minute, and he must have seen me getting off the cycle path.... he could have just slowed down, but no he had to go making a fool out of us both.

i had abuse shouted at me for the next few hundred meters (of course, i gave pleanty in return) untill i just couldn't be arsed with it anymore so turned off.

some drivers just don't realise there are other road users, do they

Talking about car drivers and leaving aside the obvious targets of huuuge 4WDs and stupid "personalised" plates - my rant is about drivers who seem incapable of driving down country roads (not necessarily very narrow)without cutting all corners to the extent of endangering oncoming traffic. I ride a motorbike as well as driving a car and this habit puts the fear of god into me (well, it would do if I was a believer, anyway). Glad that's off my chest.

Heat!! That's the answer!!
Look at Africa, Hot = Lots of skinny people.

We all eat less in the summer and pile on the pounds over winter.

Some sort of orbital mirrors to give Britain more hours of luverly warm sunshine thoughout winter.

An idea with no downside, and lots of Upside....for example..

Less fat people, more scantily clad females, more of the time.

Boost tourism as people travel from around the globe to enjoy our year round summer cycling.

Increased warmth may dry out the Scottish heather and thus reduce the number of pesky midges.

Infact there are few things in life that would not be better with a full year of long sunny days.

i can see now downside to this.


oh apart from we might starve/dehydrate/die

but other than that, thunms up!

Look at the canary islands,

Lots of sun and nothing else. No-ones starving, they take the money from tourism and use it to replces the earnings from agriculture, unlike the canaries we have some industry other that agriculture.

In fact with the demise of agriculture you can open up even more cycle ways that previously went through some farmers land.

No more farmers subsidies to do nothing. Now they can be subsidized per mile of singletrack.

As for water they use solar powered de-salinization plants which means they have an endless supply of VERY clean water. If it's sunny they can extract as much water as they want from the sea. There's also a handy side line selling the salts and heavy metals which are extacted at the same time.

You see, I have every angle covered.

All I need is a 500 mile diameter mirror in space!

Heat is all very well unless you are sat in a central London office without airconditioning wearing a wool suit and fermenting in the sweat from your own knackers!!!

I know what you mean, no air con and sealed unit double glazing shouldn't be allowed.

I also have a plan to ban leather seats.

oh for a breeze....

fart..................!

that better not have been a hot one!!

"what about rugby shirts"

Rugby is the only sport where if you're fat no one gives a fcuk! (and darts of course!..sport??)

It seems to be compulsory that all people who wear rugby shirts are fat but pretend it's all muscle! You don't hear them shouting 'who ate all the pies' down at Twickenham though do you?

I recently invested in the latest thing for just such an occation, A FAN!!!

By simply plugging it in and turning it on I can move the sweaty air around. Thus allowing me to sample the smell of the people nearby without having to get up.
Doesn't make it any cooler though.

Of course if we had a "giant mirror positioned in orbit above us creating long hot summer all year round" architects would not design buildings intended to trap and retain heat in the name of efficiency.
Instead we would laze around in spacious well ventilated "spaces" until it was time for a siesta. Or perhaps sit around in the park working remotely like on those luverly adverts on the telly.

Where do you get the F.A.N Darren?

I have skin designed for the sun, doesn't burn and browns nicely, and I don't suffer from hayfever. But something went really pear shaped when it came to my temperature regulation, I can break into a sweat tieing my shoelace!

Ice lollies, that's the ticket.

What do you mean I'm at work, I can't go to afan, anyway that would just work up more of a sweat. (though it's probably raining there).

what does F.A.N stand for I am too warm to work it out, come on Jase T, I need to know.