Quote Originally Posted by CBM View Post
In the words of the quite lovely Filipina doctor who gave me a seafarer's medical in Manil,a back in the nineties, when I said,

"But surely the Southeast Asian diet is healthy - fish, vegetables and rice?"

she replied,

"Yeah, fried fish, fried vegetables, fried rice all washed down with a six pack of beer on the couch in front of the TV!"

It''s fair to say I've never seen a plump balding rice farmer or fisherman, though - just journalists, lawyers and accountants!
You missed out truck drivers