Fat Americans causing problems again...

[quikchange]

Anybody who's met me knows I have a metabolic rate of which supermodels would be envious. While that is convenient in many ways, it does cause me undue hardship when buying pants. I have a 28 inch waist so it's generally been tricky to find pants that will fit me. Living in the US, however, has made this even harder. A pair of pants I purchased at

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[zedinbed]

Come to New York! Most people are thin here so they've got plenty of 28's everywhere.

[quikchange]

Well, most people in SF are in pretty good shape too but I think American Eagle designs clothes with the national average in mind.

[mumontherun]

The All-Powerful American race!!! All hail the Longer Inch!

*unbelievable*!

[alex_the_greate]

The imperial system sucked before people got all insecure about the size of their pants. Inches can go to hell.

(Why yes, I AM an engineering student in Canada and am forced to convert back and forth every freaking day.)

(I'm not bitter, really.)