Raj Feridun wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 22:29:59 +0900, Declan Murphy
> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>Damn. Louise did mention that you should work on the "post now, think 
>>later" habit, and now I've had to go and amend my current sig. New 
>>versio below.
>>
>>Kindest regards,
>>Portly Aussie.
>>177cm, never weighed more than 76kg in my life.
>>
>>-- 
>>"All sepponians are loud, round overweight folk who think their opinions 
>>are facts" (except the Raj, who is emphatically no longer a fat 
>>bastard). All good Germans like beer. The Koreans are the French of 
>>Asia. Pommies are good at rugby"
> 
> Declan, I told you I wasn't fat a long while ago.

But without specific data, and as all things are relative (especially 
portly-ness), I decided to wait. Besides, (admiration for having the 
determination to shed 35kg of flab not withstanding) one year of 
relatively normal weight is possibly/probably a very temporary thang. As 
you have already indicated, every sepponian (children now included), 
seems to be eternally engaged in an epic struggle with their own 
internal fat bastard-ness, a struggle that each year seems to lurch ever 
unhealthier.

> But let's take a look at Merriam Webster's 3rd listed definition for
> this noun:

Can't say I think much of that dictionary:

The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling 
suggestion below or try again using the Dictionary search box to the right.

Suggestions for fat bastard:
         1. featherbeds
         2. footballers
         3. featherstitched
         4. photoexcited
         5. featherheads
         6. featherweights
         7. photodetector
         8. featherstitches
         9. featherstitch
        10. photoperiods

> 3 a : an offensive or disagreeable person -- used as a generalized
> term of abuse b : MAN, FELLOW
> 
> BINGO!!!

Incorrect methodology. You see, the term fat bastard is two words, but 
it is only one noun. While I give credit to the efforts of Austin 
Powers, it doesn't appear to have entered the canajun/sepponian 
vernacular yet in its English form.


-- 
"All sepponians are loud, round overweight folk who think their opinions 
are facts" (except the Raj, who is emphatically no longer a fat 
bastard). All good Germans like beer. The Koreans are the French of 
Asia. Pommies are good at rugby"