>>>>>>>>It actually took me a minute to realize what Grady meant by "do a foot long floater every day"
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>>>>>>I was trying to figure out *where* you could produce such an impressive measured example- but then I remembered the American plumbing standards that presumably are shared by the Canadians. ;-) The Brit/Antipodean example would be as twisted as their sense of humor.
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>>>>>You've been to N America. You've seen the size of their helpings cf us normal mortals.
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>>>>I got the phrase 'foot long floater' from my (British) doctor :) who said this to me after I told him that I was trying to lose some weight and was wondering what I should be eating to make that happen: "We should all eat as the monkeys do. Lots of fruit and vegetables and a small amount of meat and do a foot long floater every day." It is good advice, considering our evolutionary primate roots.
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>>>But presumably your Brit dr lives near you and is therefore used to US helpings
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>>Indeed, sir ... indeed. But he is skinny.
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>When I said "used to" I meant "aware that Americans have dirty big helpings" - not necessarily partaking thereof himself.
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>A few years ago I was in a Canadian restaurant, the Dirty Duck, in Toronto, where they do these all-you-can-eat brekkies. One guy came in who either didn't have the hang of making the most of these places, or was just one greeeeeedy mofo - I suspect the latter. He went to the press and returned to his table with a plate piled high with home fries, and there was still the omelets, eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, pancakes, cereals, etc etc to partake of.
There was a feature during the Olympics telecast about how much food Michael Phelps eats on a regular basis. Stunning. But then someone who spends 5 or 6 hours a day swimming needs more fuel than the rest of us.
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