I was, er, a bit overweight as a teenager. Okay: I was chunky.
One day, I arrive home absolutely ecstatic: I managed to run two laps around the park in gym class. A real feat for me. My classmates even clapped!
When I tell my mother, she doesn’t smile. Her face takes on a slightly pained expression.
“But are you sure they weren’t thinking instead, ‘Look what the fatty can do’?”
“But are you sure they weren’t thinking instead, ‘Look what the fatty can do’?”
