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An out of work actor has suggested he would make an excellent “fat stomach” to be shown on the BBC News whenever they cover a story about obesity.


Colin Sandwich, who says his corpulence has prevented him having the acting career he might have, feels he would be ideal for this role.


”I was never gonna be Mr Darcy, I know that,” said Sandwich today. “I mean, who’d pay to see this wadin’ out of a lake in a clingy wet shirt? I wouldn’t wanna see it meself.


”But illustratin’ risin’ rates of diabetes, the cost to the NHS of weight loss drugs, or whatever? I’m there. Show me the doughnuts.


”And frankly issa disgrace the way the BBC just film random fat people in a shoppin’ centre. Thass takin’ work away from trained professionals, that is. No wonder I can’t make a livin’.”


However his wife Jeanette Sandwich pleaded with the BBC not to hire him for this, saying his only motivation is to be able to claim junk food as a business expense. 


“Believe it or not, I cook him healthy meals all the time. Which he eats, and then goes and has a McDonalds afterwards. It’s only gonna get worse if the junk food’s basically free.”


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The government may have to order a moratorium on dying if people don't slim down, as cemeteries grapple with the problem of squeezing in more and more overweight occupants. Concern has also been expressed over the strain plus-size coffins are putting on the world's timber resources. "If our love affair with carbohydrates continues", warns a DEFRA spokesman, "the average coffin will be the size of a shipping container by 2030". Geography experts have noticed that Britain is starting to bulge at the sides from all the XXXXL corpses being stuffed into it.


The fast food industry has pledged co-operation in the fight against cemetery overcrowding. McDonald's has offered to put a 'Have you considered cremation?' message on all super-sized portions served. Meanwhile, grieving families have complained about the lack of respect from graveyard personnel for their obesely departed, who have to endure nicknames like "hearse-wrecker" and "two-plot fatso". Thirty-two stone Dave Nichols from Gloucester know he's not long for this world due to lack of exercise and chronic gluttony, but he's been told he'll have to wait at least five years before room becomes available. "I'll just have to move to a more spacious country to die", he sighs. "Either that or be buried in instalments in Britain".





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