I have my own theory about this, which I'm too lazy to actually acientifically check out (although I know that parts of it are individually correct)!
I think the key emphasis here should be on the "Boy" part of Country Boy. There seems to be a stage in the development of the male human animal, from the onset of puberty until the early twenties when this specimen goes into metabolic overdrive. Vast amount of calories can be consumed daily with little apparent effect on the waistline. Vertical growth is evident at some stages in this phase of development - sometimes extremely rapid - but there are also stages where this does not take place. What happens to the excess energy is not clear (although much of it may be expended in the diligent exploration of all that is possible with maturing sexual organs). This metabolic phase slackens off in the early twenties. What it leaves as a legacy - for many of us - is a cellular memory in our fatty cells. and the consequent capacity to store every calorie of excess energy in the form of fat. And so, as your life goes on, you eat less and put on more weight. The only way around this is increasingly planned exercise, and more and more conscious control of what you eat. There. I've done it. Brought this thread back onto track - control! So, I'll go off now and - being rational and controlled - make myself something low-fat, high fibre, healthily nutritious to eat. And try not to think about those menus you bastards have been posting here. At least nobody mentioned fried Mars bars :-) Francis On 27 Jul., 17:22, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > Behold the Country Boy Breakfast: > > "Just loosen your belt and enjoy your choice of Country Ham, Pork Chops, > Sirloin Steak, Tenderloin Steak, Country Fried Steak or Chicken Fried > Chicken, Three Eggs* cooked to order, Fried Apples, Hashbrown Casserole, > Grits, Sawmill Gravy, Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits, real Butter and the > best Preserves, Jam n’ Apple Butter (on request) we could find." > > Grits, gravy, steak, fried chicken... for breakfast! That, right there, is a > death sentence. I would only eat that for a dare, and even then I'd need to > be pretty sure that I had no plans for the rest of the day... besides > sleeping. > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
