Your in the Army now! Don't want to get shot? Be a lard arse and then the army wont have you .... until now! Yes the fine institution that is the British army is looking for the obese to fill its ranks. Don't worry they'll soon whip you into shape and unlike the private gym industry they pay you rather than the other way round. Cool.

This reminds me of my school boy histroy lessons when we learn about the Boar war where the British Army had to few troops as so many had malnutrition due the horrendous living conditions of most of the population. Today it's the same with the working class from which most soldiers are drawn still having the worse diet and lowest life expectancy, which probably won't be helped by serving in Iraq.

The other thing about the Boar war was the use of concentration camps by us Brits and we're not talking about places where you go for a bit of quiet contemplation either. Today it's Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib apparently this is progress for you.  ¶ 10:29 am