When I went to a all you can eat Chinese buffet on Tuesday, I wondered what the "current new" Chinese staff think of us Brits. There were a surprisingly large number of obese people and quite a few morbidly obese people. A friend from an Eastern European country who started her working life in the UK working at MacDonalds said her opinion was we are a country of fat lazy bar stewards, although her original opinion seemed to be based on episodes of Sherlock Holmes and Mrs Marple.
What Must They Think Of Us
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China has a huge obesity problem of its own. It's serious enough to warrant its own wikipedia page, which states that more than one in five of the world's obese people come from China.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Hold on, 1 in 5 of the worlds population is from China, so it makes them no less fat or thin than the average. This (UK) is indeed a nation of lazy fat gits, fortunately we haven't quite reached the US stage. If you've got kids, watch Wall-E - fatties everywhere !
ThePainInSpain
Active Member
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Unfortunately there are now more and more obese Spanish kids. The Mediterranean diet has now been surpassed by the Big Mac and the Whopper diet.
When I've been to the US, I've found it to be a nation of extremes. There are huge numbers of very, very fat people. Many others seem to make real efforts to keep fit.
The highest percentage of morbidly obese people I've seen in one place, is the all you can eat buffets in Las Vegas. And I mean jaw-droppingly obese. The place makes me feel anorexic, and I could probably do with losing about 10Lbs...
The highest percentage of morbidly obese people I've seen in one place, is the all you can eat buffets in Las Vegas. And I mean jaw-droppingly obese. The place makes me feel anorexic, and I could probably do with losing about 10Lbs...
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
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- Thumberland
I'll ask my friend, Wai Yu So Fat.
(coat on, will close door behind me)
(coat on, will close door behind me)
Over The Hill
Guru
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- Ridden off into the sunset
Pub meal with the kids on holiday. Really nice looking food - and a good step up from the turkey burger type. Fat family on the next table ordered similar food but gave the staff specific instructions to leave off all the salad and vegetables from the meal.
I do rather cringe when I hear other English people ordering food when abroad. They seem to always want things exactly as they have in England.
Best one was when they ordered Steak Tartare and you know they are not expecting raw meat.
I do rather cringe when I hear other English people ordering food when abroad. They seem to always want things exactly as they have in England.
Best one was when they ordered Steak Tartare and you know they are not expecting raw meat.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
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- Thumberland
I was in a Red Lobster in Chicago a few years ago, it was having an all you can eat night for $10, there was a "huge" American guy wedge into the seat and he basically ordered everything from the menu but did not want any of the salads.
I had problems eating the starter it was so big.
I had problems eating the starter it was so big.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
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- Thumberland
I managed to impress a New York waitress once by eating 8 pancakes for my breakfast
It was basically to fill up, so that I didn't have to interrupt my day's sightseeing to go for lunch.
It was basically to fill up, so that I didn't have to interrupt my day's sightseeing to go for lunch.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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I once overdid it at an Indian all-you-can-eat restaurant, thought I was going to have to call an ambulance to get me home 
Haitch
Flim Flormally
- Location
- Netherlands
Stayed in a hotel once where there was a guy so huge you could see the water level rise when he got in the swimming pool. Every morning, he would pull his chair up to the all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet and devour everything within arm's reach. Then move his chair up and repeat the process until the buffet was closed.
asterix
Comrade Member
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- Limoges or York
I managed to impress a New York waitress once by eating 8 pancakes for my breakfast
It was basically to fill up, so that I didn't have to interrupt my day's sightseeing to go for lunch.
Is it not a good basic principle to eat most at breakfast and least in the last meal of the day? Or have the 'experts' changed their minds again?
I have given up going to my local chippy. If I order fish and chips they will give me enough for two people and Mrs A. does not eat f&c. If I want a portion right for just me I have to order a childs portion or else waste a lot.
