Now, Beachie understands that some people just dont have a metabolism and/or lifestyle that lends itself to his definition of hunkiness. He feels sorry for those who try, but just cant get themselves into fine physical form. Being a bit out of shape is understandable in a world where most TV commercials promote sugar and grease, and where most jobs involve warming a desk chair.

But, there is a line below which the sympathy evaporates and unbridled derision is more appropriate. That is when the perpetrator revels in his own obesity, and proudly displays his mis-shapen blob of a body in his misguided attempt to convince himself that rotting folds of flesh hanging from his bones are attractive and desireable. Besides the unhealthy impact on his own life, it often has a turbulent effect on my lunch.

To be fair, the worst offenders seem to be women. However, there is a point in the continuum of obesity where the distinction between man and woman is quite literally lost. As far as Beach Bum is concerned, there is no point compounding the grotesqueness with known biologic females, but some of members in this gallery are in doubt. Whereas once we had pre-op and post-op, these shapeless mounds add the category "no-op".