Famine, in America? Yeah ok... I can think of plenty of situations where you'd have to run down 20 flights of stairs to escape an inferno and I don't even have to guess who'll make it out first.

There are some people (I'm not saying people here, just some people out there) who pretend that being 400 lbs is perfectly ok, then proceed to take up 2 seats on a flight, get stuck inside a turnstile, block an entire flight of stairs, take up the full width of a 2-wide escalator so you can't walk pass, severely limit the capacity of your cessna skyhawk which is only 800 lbs to begin with.

I generally see 3 kinds of overweight people (of those who are trying). The arrogant, trek madone sslx riding type going 15mph in the park looking down on everyone, the nasty cynical one who used to be nice but is now jaded due to so many people mocking them, and the one that's still maintaining high spirits despite people mocking them. Naturally I find the last one to be the best to ride with, they usually have the best stories to tell, the 2nd one takes a little time but will open up to you. The 1st one there are way too many of in prospect park and central park.