There appears to be some sort of disease amongst cartoonists that makes them do strips in which very slender people complain of being fat. This strip and Pre-Teena are notorious for it. Teena and her sister regularly taunt their mother, who appears not to have a ounce of fat, implying that she needs to lose weight.
In the U.S. Military members are required to maintain a weight standard based on the BS-BMI (yes, the BS means what you think it does). I tried to convince the First Sergeant that instead of taking the time to weigh each member of the unit individually, that we put the whole unit on the truck scale and divide by the number of people.
Adiraiju almost 8 years ago
“I’ve never seen him get that mad!”
“He wasn’t mad. He just stood on it after the buffet.”
Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
when was the last time Jim Davis drew his cat pulverizing a bathroom scale?
cdward almost 8 years ago
What amuses me is that Roger is kind of a scrawny guy. Okay, maybe not scrawny but hardly obese.
MeGoNow Premium Member almost 8 years ago
There appears to be some sort of disease amongst cartoonists that makes them do strips in which very slender people complain of being fat. This strip and Pre-Teena are notorious for it. Teena and her sister regularly taunt their mother, who appears not to have a ounce of fat, implying that she needs to lose weight.
kab buch almost 8 years ago
I avoid the scales bad enough at doctor’s office.
dflak almost 8 years ago
In the U.S. Military members are required to maintain a weight standard based on the BS-BMI (yes, the BS means what you think it does). I tried to convince the First Sergeant that instead of taking the time to weigh each member of the unit individually, that we put the whole unit on the truck scale and divide by the number of people.
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He didn’t buy it.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Muscle weighs more than fat and carries more than its own weight. So sheer weight isn’t totally logical.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 8 years ago
As a kid, I never got on a scale, except in the doctor’s office.
phoenixnyc almost 8 years ago
“The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his tax return; it’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.”—Arthur C. Clarke
Stephen Gilberg almost 8 years ago
Jason is 10 and not shy about his mom seeing him in his underwear.
Squirrelchaser almost 8 years ago
I have never owned a bathroom scale, haven’t had one in my home since I was a kid living with my parents.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Some people can be nude and not mind. Naturists they are called now.