The Dim Refrigerator Bulb Award goes to Caesar Barber, 56, of New York, who (according to my local paper) believes he can sue the fast food industry for making him fat. “They said ‘100 percent beef’. I thought that meant it was good for you,’ said Barber, conveniently ignoring how the combos he orders are all fried.Make no mistake, I suffer from the same fast-food-induced obesity, but I do not blame the industry for it. It would be nice to put the responsibility on them; but while fast food may have affected my midsection, it has not affected my brain. I hold no illusions of how I got this way, and Barber is either incredibly stupid or a plain old opportunist.
Still we wish Barber good health in his struggle to battle the blatantly obvious. Next up: “I speed because auto manufacturers make their car engines run too well.”
