# Heeeeeeeeey FATTIES **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 5, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465 "2010-03-05T21:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/701 "2010-03-11T19:54:37Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > ETA: Well, I guess I won’t. I thought you just couldn’t get to them from work, not that you had deleted them from your profile. I didn’t keep copies of the links. I pulled the link from my profile until I have a chance to log in and friend-only the entry that has the photo. (Honestly, I’m surprised I didn’t already have it set that way.) I’ll try to remember to do it when I get home. > [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Why did I do that? Oh god, your brain is trying to make you a fatty! Quick, go purge! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/702 "2010-03-11T20:02:50Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Were you working or reading while you were eating? Mindless eating might be the culprit. I was goofing off on the internet, but I was bored and kept smelling food, so I opened back up the container and started eating it slowly. It wasn’t mindless because I was well aware of the fact that I was uncomfortably full after eating 3/4 of it, then _forced_ myself to eat the last 1/4 just because it was there, so I may as well have finished it. That was easily the worst idea I’ve had in weeks. I unbuttoned the top button on my pants for relief, and it didn’t help. Don’t worry, I’m not flashing anyone; I have a long shirt. This is just… fuck! This enchilada was presumably made for one person to eat as a meal? What person?! > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Oh god, your brain is trying to make you a fatty! Quick, go purge! I actually feel like I’m going to throw up, so I made inadvertently follow this advice. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/703 "2010-03-11T20:47:04Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > True story that happened to me about 30 minutes ago: I got this huge enchilada for lunch, and decided upon sight that there was no way I was going to eat the entire thing in one sitting. So after I cut it in halves and ate one, I got bored, and since it smelled good, I started slowly eating the other half. Around three fourths in, I was getting uncomfortably full, but decided to eat the rest anyway since I had come that far. The enchilada is now gone, and I am sitting here in incredible pain. > > Why did I do that? Dont worry, I know about this stuff. You see, what happened is, you got different genetics to other people, so you weren’t allowed to stop eating. And its a good job too, because if you had, society and the media and the government would have given you a lot of hassle about food wasting, and then your family would have been sad, because you wouldn’t have had time later to eat with them. Long story short, don’t beat yourself up, because it wasn’t your fault. Ok? ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/704 "2010-03-11T21:07:37Z")
The sad irony of the morbidly obese is that there is a benefit to lugging all of that blubber around. Their body weight is so high that they get a resistance workout just moving across the room. All that lifting adds up, and underneath those giant skin folds is actually a lot of very lean and well toned muscle mass. If only people could see that side of them, they’d be the ones on the beach everybody was drooling over. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/705 "2010-03-11T21:27:59Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > If only people could see **that side** of them, The inside? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/706 "2010-03-11T21:41:24Z")
Yes. Fat people aren’t disgusting; they’re just too opaque. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/707 "2010-03-11T21:46:31Z")
I’m sure the same argument could be made for my personality. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/708 "2010-03-12T02:45:00Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > True story that happened to me about 30 minutes ago: I got this huge enchilada for lunch, and decided upon sight that there was no way I was going to eat the entire thing in one sitting. So after I cut it in halves and ate one, I got bored, and since it smelled good, I started slowly eating the other half. Around three fourths in, I was getting uncomfortably full, but decided to eat the rest anyway since I had come that far. The enchilada is now gone, and I am sitting here in incredible pain. > > Why did I do that? Hmmm, you should probably hie yourself to the Mexican food disambiguation thread going on somewhere (no link–lazy). There is no way an enchilada could be so big that you can’t eat it all. Hell, I could probably eat most enchiladas in one bite (it WOULD be one hell of a bite, though). You probably had yourself a burrito or chimichanga. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/709 "2010-03-12T03:47:01Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Hmmm, you should probably hie yourself to the Mexican food disambiguation thread going on somewhere (no link–lazy). There is no way an enchilada could be so big that you can’t eat it all. Hell, I could probably eat most enchiladas in one bite (it WOULD be one hell of a bite, though). You probably had yourself a burrito or chimichanga. There is no size limitation on enchiladas. I’m well aware of what burritos and chimichangas are, and I can assure you, I ate an exceptionally large enchilada. Eight hours later, I am still too full to eat. Perhaps this wouldn’t be the case if I didn’t have six bourbons for dinner, but no matter, I am done eating today. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/710 "2010-03-12T04:02:17Z")
It’s not like Mexican food is different enough to argue over anyway. Oh, your dish had a folded tortilla, sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/711 "2010-03-12T04:21:28Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > There is no size limitation on enchiladas. I’m well aware of what burritos and chimichangas are, and I can assure you, I ate an exceptionally large enchilada. Eight hours later, I am still too full to eat. Perhaps this wouldn’t be the case if I didn’t have six bourbons for dinner, but no matter, I am done eating today. OK, suit yourself, no skin off \*my \*sphinc. However . . . are you sure you drank “bourbon,” exactly, and not some other type of whiskey? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/712 "2010-03-12T04:58:59Z")
For anyone that gives a shit, this thread has made me think a bit differently about the problem of obesity. So for the handful of people who wasted time arguing with me… you didn’t waste your time. I still think there are major societal factors contributing to this phenomenon, but I do see room here for more responsibility on the individual. That’s all… back to your regularly scheduled flamewar. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/713 "2010-03-12T11:24:50Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Hmmm, you should probably hie yourself to the Mexican food disambiguation thread going on somewhere (no link–lazy). There is no way an enchilada could be so big that you can’t eat it all. Hell, I could probably eat most enchiladas in one bite (it WOULD be one hell of a bite, though). You probably had yourself a burrito or chimichanga. 😕 Just like a burrito, an enchilada can be as big as whatever tortilla you’ve got to make one with. My cite is my having lived the first 24 years of my life in Texas. (I mean, a really big enchilada would be _strange_ in a way that a really big burrito would not be, but it would still be an enchilada.) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/714 "2010-03-12T13:26:44Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > OK, suit yourself, no skin off \*my \*sphinc. > > However . . . are you sure you drank “bourbon,” exactly, and not some other type of whiskey? > > 🙂 I’m a professional Drunkard from Los Angeles, California. I know my enchiladas, and I know my bourbon. Elijah Craig is my lover. It was indeed bourbon. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/715 "2010-03-12T15:01:29Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Just like a burrito, an enchilada can be as big as whatever tortilla you’ve got to make one with. At some point, doesn’t a burrito just become a burro? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/716 "2010-03-12T16:06:11Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > There is no way an enchilada could be so big that you can’t eat it all. That’s retarded. The variations between these similar tortilla-based Mexican dishes are mainly on ingredients and how they’re assembled; size has nothing to do with it. Sure, traditionally an enchilada would be smaller, but that doesn’t mean that if you scale it up it ceases to be an enchilada; it’s just an enchilada made in America. My cite is being the only non-Hispanic kid in my gradeschool class, and one of no more than a dozen in the whole school of about 250 kids. Bitch. > [@bup](#): > > At some point, doesn’t a burrito just become a burro? I tell you what–no matter how hard you swat that fucker, it ain’t movin’ nowhere. So it might as well be. … Probably won’t drink a beer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/717 "2010-03-12T17:47:16Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > There is no way an enchilada could be so big that you can’t eat it all. How about [a 10½’ enchilada](http://deetfin.net/?p=1403)? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/718 "2010-03-12T17:54:42Z")
Oh, 10 1/2 FOOT enchilada. I kept reading that as inches, thinking what’s so special about a 10 1/2 inch enchilada? Stupid little foot and inch signs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/719 "2010-03-12T18:15:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Stupid little foot and inch signs. I have a Stonehenge you may be interested in purchasing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465.md?page=35)