![]() It stems in part from the role of the larger-than-life clown, a role which has been passed through the generations from the likes of Oliver Hardy (136kg) to John Candy (124kgs). There’s an intrinsic and unbreakable link between fat and funny, and you’ll be pleased to know that it goes beyond the fact that both words begin with an F. The depressing conclusion from the conversation seems to be that overweight men are extremely likely to be on the receiving end of fat people jokes, perhaps because male culture is so much more likely to revert to humour than female culture – laughing and being rude is often just how we handle things. In summary though, if you’re likely to be offended by bad language and humour directed at fat people then please don’t read on… If you are easily offended by weight-related, sexist and sometimes just bad humour then don’t read on… Let’s be very clear at the top of this post that we’re discussing a difficult issue here and while we don’t condone these jokes, we also don’t think it’s right to hide away from the topic – anything that impacts men and weight is what we’re all about. We’ve been discussing weight, humour and offensiveness on our Facebook and Twitter pages and we concluded that there’s some interesting points to learn from even the most offensive fat jokes.
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