From SF Gate
Magazine names ... Houston as fattest
All of the 10 fittest cities are in the West. Following Seattle were Honolulu; Colorado Springs, Colo.; San Francisco; Denver; Portland, Ore.; Sacramento, Calif.; Tucson, Ariz.; San Diego, Calif.; and Albuquerque, N.M.
Houston was named the fattest city for the fourth time in five years,...
Notice fit Seattle was followed by three California cities, my own included. Oh, I know I live in Oakland, but I work in S.F., party in S.F., go to the gym in S.F. I think that entitles me to San Francisco bragging rights.
Denver held this title at #1 for a few years and i swear to god it contributed to my eating disorder.
Posted by: Dennis | January 06, 2005 at 05:02 PM
Good grief, I take an iddy biddy nap and you post a half dozen awesome posts! I don't even know where to start to get caught up. Pluck it, I'll just have to live with bearly hanging on.
I'm not at all surprised that Houston would be # 1 on the fatest cities list. After all they ARE Texans, and you know how theose Texans are. They've gotta be bigger and badder than everybody else.
Neither does it surprise me that Seattle is fittest. Having lived there once upon a time, I can say on good authority , Seattle is the coolest! In every sense of the word!!
Posted by: wanda | January 06, 2005 at 07:22 PM
I really don't care if the city named for my name-sake, General Sam Houston, falls off the map or not. I just love seeing my name in the headlines! The first person who walks up to me and says that they saw I was as fat as a city, but I look so much better now, I'm going to buy that person a drink. And I am too named for the general, even if I was born in Houston town. That's redundant, too, Mr. Piggy, since the name Houston evolved from Hugh's Town. It's not always easy avoiding redundancy. You ought to see where I work.
Posted by: Houston | January 06, 2005 at 11:46 PM
You work? Ah, but only until they make you redundant (I know, unlikely in Burger King).
Then you can be like every other San Franciscan (as it appears to us on telly over here in the UK) and walk up hilly streets (or down, if its easier on those drag queen legs), shop on credit, drink cappucino's all afternoon and have some poor waif and stray wipe your brow after all your exertion.
And don't forget to buy a poodle and dye it's fur shocking pink.
Posted by: Piggy's Pork Scratchings | January 07, 2005 at 10:24 AM
I thought you were big-bonedest. Er something. Hmm. I'm guessing that might mess you up on Google...
Posted by: NTodd | January 07, 2005 at 10:41 AM
Aw, geez. Now you've gone and put that KD Lang song in my head "I'm a big-bone girl from Southern Alberta, you just can't call me small." The last time that song got stuck in my head it rattled around for 4 days!
Posted by: Houston | January 07, 2005 at 10:46 AM
Damn, now I've got "Constand Cravings" stuck in my head. I'm not just suggestible, I'm meta-suggestible.
Posted by: NTodd | January 07, 2005 at 12:40 PM
Dang! Now I've got 'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris stuck in my head!
*thinks I've had too much to drink*
Posted by: Piggy's Pork Scratchings | January 07, 2005 at 04:20 PM
Fattest city or not, I'd still sell my far left pinkie finger to have your buns!
Posted by: Brenda | January 08, 2005 at 06:58 PM
You making me blush.
Posted by: Houston | January 08, 2005 at 07:06 PM
Any of us working in, or living within a 100 mile radius of the City, or both, have bragging rights.
Posted by: Mark | January 09, 2005 at 10:05 AM