In reply to GrumpySod: @"Oi, fatso" - but maje sure you are doing at least thirty mph in you car as you shout ;0)
I have only ever floored another woman once and that was when she shouted something to my niece similar to what you are suggesting.
My niece has a brain tumour and needs an enormous amount of medication just to keep her organs working. Unfortunately the drugs have a horrible side effect. They make her morbidly obese.
Be careful who you judge. My nieces condition is rare and the people who mock her just presume she over eats.
Now on another note, I live in France and French people, especially in southern France, tend to be skinny. When we see a well rounded person we presume, perhaps wrongly, that its a tourist!!
I read a survey that was done recently in both England and France questioning obesity. The results came back that English women, even if over weight, didn't believe they were overweight and French women, even though underweight, believed they were too fat. French women have an enormous amount of pressure from both their men folk and their piers, to stay thin.
England is apparently the fattest nation in Europe. Last time I visited, I was shocked at just how many overweight families were in the supermarkets filling their trolleys with unhealthy options and how people gorge their food when at a restaurant. Its as though they swallow it whole without tasting it.
I noticed that the food on offer is amazing compared to what you would find in a French DIA. So many temptations, so many fattening foods with tempting packaging. The last time I was in England I put on 3 1bs in 2 weeks but once back in France, that just dropped back off.