Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Fat Head

Jason London got a fat head. This might be the saddest I've been in a long, long time (about two days).

Jason London hot head


Jason London fat head


A fat head is a curious condition seemingly only afflicting the male of the species. It was never something I had noticed till a few years ago. It was something my friend Chloe pointed it out and once you've seen it once, you see it all the time. Like when you break up with someone and all you see are happy couples or when you buy a car and then all you see is that make of car everywhere you drive. It becomes impossible to miss. Most people, when you first point out an example of fat head phenomenon go 'What? Shut up! That's not a thing'. Then you say 'David Boreanaz' and they go 'oh yeah. I know what you're talking about now'.

The general theory is that boys who never had to watch their weight hit 25 and all of a sudden can't gobble down buckets of KFC 'chicken' and pint after pint of calorie laden lager like they used to and get away with slender frames anymore. They become fat. But, crucially, all over. Not just on their heads. Now comes the science bit (this is not the science bit), they lose the weight, or at least turn the fat to mostly muscle. They modify their lifestyles, they understand that actions have consequences. It's all very sensible. HOWEVER, not from their heads. So although their has been all over weight loss none of this shows from the head region. For the rest of their lives they are afflicted by the 'fat head' condition. It is very sad. But even sadder when it happens to Jason London. That IS the science bit.

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