{"id":589,"date":"2002-09-28T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2002-09-29T03:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=589"},"modified":"2021-05-17T23:15:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T03:15:45","slug":"top-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/09\/28\/top-ten\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/foodbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Back in the day, I used to assist TV&#8217;s Bob Zahari, host of Maclean Hunter&#8217;s <i>The Sportsdesk<\/i>, in the creation of his Top Ten Lists (which were obviously inspired by David Letterman). It&#8217;s been a while since I wrote one of these, but here goes\u2026<center><br><b>Top Ten Good Things About Being Fat<\/b><\/center><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10. &nbsp; When driving, stomach acts as secondary air bag.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 9. &nbsp; No need for buttock enhancement surgery.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 8. &nbsp; Friends never at a loss for cruel nicknames.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 7. &nbsp; Fast food proprietors know you by name.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6. &nbsp; Larger rear end means you can carry armchairs and still have your hands free.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5. &nbsp; Distended stomach gives private parts extra privacy.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4. &nbsp; Constant threat of heart attack gives every day an exciting uncertainty.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3. &nbsp; Widened belly button provides extra storage space.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2. &nbsp; Come Summer time, bigger belly flops.<br><br>And the number one good thing about being fat\u2026<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1. &nbsp; Mathematically speaking, you&#8217;re twice the person anybody else is.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Back in the day, I used to assist TV&#8217;s Bob Zahari, host of Maclean Hunter&#8217;s The Sportsdesk, in the creation of his Top Ten Lists (which were obviously inspired by David Letterman). It&#8217;s been a while since I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/09\/28\/top-ten\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-me","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}