tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post1795335296880448053..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: Famous "fat shamers"John Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-73510804418780380492015-05-29T16:13:42.646-04:002015-05-29T16:13:42.646-04:00Birdie --
Babe Paley was gorgeous,no question. Nev...Birdie --<br />Babe Paley was gorgeous,no question. Never thought her husband was good-looking, though. <br /><br />Money definitely helps you live an interesting life.As I guess she basically said. <br />John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-3123311045157588162015-05-29T16:05:34.745-04:002015-05-29T16:05:34.745-04:00Babe Paley was a beautiful woman. Her husband, Bi...Babe Paley was a beautiful woman. Her husband, Bill Paley was handsome. A good looking couple. Babe and her sisters led interesting lives, having read a book about them a few years ago.<br /><br />-birdie<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-39285623220551771112015-05-28T11:28:14.076-04:002015-05-28T11:28:14.076-04:00Steven --
That's a great quote.
It's als...Steven --<br />That's a great quote. <br /><br />It's also an argument for why carbs and sugary products ought to be outlawed. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-51822622578999880562015-05-28T11:20:56.042-04:002015-05-28T11:20:56.042-04:00The following is by Bill Bryson:
"You see th...The following is by Bill Bryson:<br /><br />"You see them at Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines on Saturdays, clammy and meaty in their shorts and halter-tops, looking a little like elephants dressed in children's clothes, yelling at their kids, calling names like Dwayne and Shauna. Jack Kerouac, of all people, thought that Iowa women were the prettiest in the country, but I don't think he ever went to Merle Hay Mall on a Saturday. I will say this, however -and it's a strange, strange thing- the teenaged daughters of these fat women are always utterly delectable, as soft and gloriously rounded and naturally fresh-smelling as a basket of fruit. I don't know what it is that happens to them, but it must be awful to marry one of these nubile cuties knowing that there is a time bomb ticking away in her that will at some unknown date make her bloat out into something huge and grotesque, presumably all of a sudden and without much notice, like a self-inflating raft from which the stopper has been abruptly jerked."Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276736643046430370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-62442391780697782012015-05-28T09:41:59.273-04:002015-05-28T09:41:59.273-04:00Remnant --
Ha! Yes.
You have good taste in write...Remnant --<br />Ha! Yes. <br /><br />You have good taste in writers, all three are great. <br /><br />My two writer/heroes are Ken Kesey: <br /><br />http://justnotsaid.blogspot.com/2009/03/ken-kesey.html<br /><br />And Frederick Forsyth:<br /><br /> http://justnotsaid.blogspot.com/2009/03/frederick-forsyth.html<br /><br /><br /><br />John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-78958174111667935762015-05-28T09:28:54.590-04:002015-05-28T09:28:54.590-04:00Orwell is a writer I have been interested in since...Orwell is a writer I have been interested in since high school. Along with Samuel Johnson and TS Eliot, to name two examples, he is someone I never tire of reading about or of reading his own writings. <br /><br />Now, can we return to the important topic at hand. Fat shaming. :)Remnantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-24686634921498737192015-05-28T09:23:05.093-04:002015-05-28T09:23:05.093-04:00Remnant --
The Left, which by and large controls t...Remnant --<br />The Left, which by and large controls the media, doesn't like to dwell on the evils of communism. Hence, few people are familiar with the fact that Stalin was responsible for (roughly) five times as many deaths as Hitler. Etc. etc. <br /><br />So, really not all that surprising that this story would not have legs. <br /><br />You're far better informed than I am. I hadn't even "known" that Orwell died of TB in the first place. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-58121908591747929102015-05-28T08:31:47.800-04:002015-05-28T08:31:47.800-04:00Yeah, fascinating story. It's amazing that it ...Yeah, fascinating story. It's amazing that it isn't more well known and, in particular, that biographers have not really focused on it or dug into it. They seem to have just thought (as I did), yeah we all know it was TB, too bad. <br /><br />It was always a great loss but this makes it worse. Remnantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-27323423436572354162015-05-28T08:20:45.969-04:002015-05-28T08:20:45.969-04:00Remnant --
Wow, just read it. Interesting, logical...Remnant --<br />Wow, just read it. Interesting, logical, and quite compelling. I now believe that it probably was Gow who killed him. The circumstances were just too suspicious to think otherwise. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-52488610640469107912015-05-28T07:18:17.548-04:002015-05-28T07:18:17.548-04:00Orwell must have been emaciated when he died. He ...Orwell must have been emaciated when he died. He suffered from TB for much of his life, and that is what killed him. (Although I only recently became aware of a theory that he was "offed" by communists who may have gone to his hospital and ... well it isn't clear what.) For those interested: http://www.counter-currents.com/2015/05/who-killed-george-orwell/Remnantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-36862098258017371812015-05-28T04:58:42.808-04:002015-05-28T04:58:42.808-04:00Remnant --
Ah, thank you. I had wondered about tha...Remnant --<br />Ah, thank you. I had wondered about that one myself since the only picture I could visualize of Orwell was one where he looked quite lean. (I just figured, oh, he must have gotten fat later in life.) <br /><br />Come to think of it, I don't think I ever saw a picture of Einstein fat, either.<br />John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-41213413704461172062015-05-28T04:27:52.740-04:002015-05-28T04:27:52.740-04:00I checked on Orwell's quote since it seemed fi...I checked on Orwell's quote since it seemed fishy to me: Orwell was always sickly thin. And indeed the quote is from one of his novels, Coming Up for Air. So he may have thought it but he put it in a fictional character's mouth.Remnantnoreply@blogger.com