watch out, Las Vegas!

[speedyhed]

just about a year ago, Men's Fitness magazine named Las Vegas as the fattest city. i don't know what the criteria was (i should read the article? pfft!) but i did see that chicago wasn't in the top 10. neither was the hometown in the top 10 fittest, nor even in the special categories (Milwaukee as most athletic

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[headcrashaddict]

The fact that a kevin bacon movie is featured is really the coup de gras. Interestingly enough (or perhaps not), "English speakers sometimes mispronounce it as [ku de'gra]. Omitting the final "c" is an example of a hyperforeignism: in French, this mispronunciation sounds like coup de gras, which means "blow of fat", or if pronounced "cou de gras", "neck of fat."

[speedyhed]

a) does "neck of fat" come from the sports world (i.e. along the lines of the "no-neck" nickname)

2) re: "neck of fat" - only found on meat heads?

III. the bacon & eggs hat, for cats (of course)

[speedyhed]

oh, and as 'tis the season, (and because my hed is too speedy with teh thinking for my hands to keep up) let's not forget mardi gras
(Mardi gras 1699, from Fr., lit. "fat Tuesday," from mardi "Tuesday" (from L. Martis diem "day of the planet Mars") + gras "fat," from L. crassus, "thick." Day of eating and merrymaking before the fasting season of Lent.)
during carnival:
(carnival 1549, "time of merrymaking before Lent," from It. carnevale "Shrove Tuesday," from older It. forms like Milanese *carnelevale, O.Pisan carnelevare "to remove meat," lit. "raising flesh," from L. caro "flesh" + levare "lighten, raise;" folk etymology is from M.L. carne vale " 'flesh, farewell.' ")

[text from my new favourite site the Online Etymology Dictionary.]