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Obese 2

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From magazine issue: 10 August 2013

Obese 2 — ‘She gets too hungry for dinner at eight...that’s why the lady is obese.’

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I don’t have much in common with Charlotte Church (I support the ancient state of Israel, whereas she supports Narnia; she’s still relatively young and cute, whereas this ancient mariner’s ship has sailed) but something we do share is a lifetime of extreme generosity verging on the profligate, often to people who do not deserve