Sharing comic strips that humorously make statements about eating, physical activity and body image is a common interest of many of us with shared interests in WIN the Rockies and WIN Wyoming. A discovery I painfully made several years ago about humor is this - what is funny to one person is offensive to another. I send the following quotes your way in the hopes that at least one causes you to chuckle.

Humor helps me lighten my load and reminds me of the great joy life can bring. So, here’s to a guilt-free early summer day filled with celebrating healthful, pleasurable eating and enjoyable physical activity! Why not take a moment today and marvel at the diversity wonders of human beings?

• From a Frank and Ernest comic strip as the two friends pass a doughnut shop: "I try to fight my impulses, but they keep asking for rematches." - April 29, 2002
• From a Frank and Ernest comic strip with a gym "personal trainer" giving the finer points of weight lifting. When the personal trainer says "Ok, now tell your muscles to pick it up." The overwhelmed person responds with "Sure, but first you tell gravity to let go." - February 1, 2002.
• From the Born Loser comic strip with Brutus lounging on his easy chair. His wife comments that "runners wear running shoes, golfers wear golf shoes, and boaters wear boating shoes." So what type of shoes is Brutus wearing? "Loafers!" - May 21, 2001
• From Crabby Road comic strip with Maxine in her morning robe moving the weight on the scale further and further to the right. Instead of obsessing about the extra pounds the scale reveals, Maxine comments: "That’s odd. The paper didn’t say there’d be extra gravity today." - December 10, 2001. (On a side note, Crabby Road is my all-time favorite comic strip. Some of her quirky observations make me think some days she follows me around and records my thoughts and then reports them the next day in her comic strip.)
• From Frank and Earnest with one of the pals at the doctor’s office. With a very forlorn look the patient tells the doctor "I feel like I just passed by ‘Best if used by’ date." - June 21, 2001
• From Crabby Road with Maxine looking at her reflection in a hand-held mirror - "I don’t iron. If I’m not wrinkle-free, why should my clothes be?" February 15, 2001
• Jeff Foxworthy’s daily calendar indicates some people think "eating right" means using a fork and knife. - April 26, 2002
• And finally – the all time favorite comic strip from the WIN the Rockies office - a SIX CHIX comic with Mom diligently working on a lap top computer and the very young toddler with baby bottle and blocks looking up from play and asking her mother "Does this diaper make me look fat?" The comic is prefaced with the statement "A sign the media is influencing girls at a younger and younger age." - April 13, 2001

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