Random musings about weight
There's a Scottish lady at the dog park, Helen, whose accent is so thick that at times it's difficult to decipher what she's saying. Every time she sees Luke, she tells me how fit he looks. But because of the accent, it took me awhile to decide if she was trying to say he was fat or fit. "Look how fit he is! It's amazing!" could easily be "Look how fat he is! It's amazing!"
One of my colleagues, a person not known for being socially well-adjusted, recently tried to pay me a compliment. It came out as, "There's less of you than there used to be." Compliment? Cause for kicking her ass? It was a toss-up.
Finally, I have come to a decision: whenever anyone asks you, "Have you lost weight?", the appropriate response is "Yes!", even if you don't know.