2 beauties and 1 fat one

The above is not a movie title but a common occurence throughout our pubs and clubs. It has become ubiquitous, and has struck the nightlife at all levels. Single men, who venture out on the weekends, claim that this scenario has been playing out since 1978. Though no one can be sure of the exact beginnings of this scenario, men everywhere are fed up--saying that that the beautiful girls are using the fat girl to look good and are testing the meaning of the word friendship, which is tenuous at best.

Last weekend my sista Brent watched a pub situation unfold that was appalling at all levels. A group of men were chatting up a pair of beautiful girls but the larger one did not receive one speck of attention. She looked glum and sipped sadly on her bottle of beer. One of the men (feigning a bathroom break and feeling bad) went across the street, where he knew of a superb pizzeria. He hurried back with two slices of sausage pizza and stood in the doorway. It was amazing (as Brent described it) that the fat girl came running towards the pub door and gobbled up the slices in a way that did not seem human but, in the words of Brent, pelican-like. She was just thankful for the attention, but realized that two slices just didn't do the trick.