The Fat Man
18 June, 2010 | By Teodros Kiros (Ph.D)
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“I am just a fat man, no good to anybody, not even to my two lovely sons,”
He too sits there, looking at the thermostat, hoping to provoke a response.
His face seems to be waiting for a response, but nothing happens.
He repeats that sentence about four times, waiting for a response, from any
one of the nicely built men.
Not a word.
Finally, he grimaces and shoots a sharp look at a lean, tall and elegant man
quietly reading the papers and asks him how he manages to keep that buffed
up look, and wonders how old the man might be. The man tells him that he is
sixty years old, but most people guess him to be in his early forties.
They introduce each other, as Julio and Russ.
The others are keenly listening in, and Russ tells him that he would very much
like to talk to him after he is done. So they agreed. Russ returns to his papers,
and Julio continues chatting with the others.
Again, he says, “ I am just a fat man, who works hard to run a family” The
others listen sympathetically, without much to say. They all look very sad,
however, when he tells them that he takes his pain out on food.
Julio told the group that work has trapped his body in this mass of fat, that he
works twenty hours a day to make a living, and that he has no time for himself.
They all listen attentively. Shortly, all of them leave. Each goes his way, except
for Russ, who has been anxiously waiting to have a private time with Julio.
As promised, Russ takes Julio to the front desk and asks a trainer to put Julio
under his wings. The trainer readily agrees.
Two weeks later, Russ checks with the trainer, and is thrilled to hear that Julio
is doing well, and that he is on a mission to save himself.
Dr. Teodros Kiros, is a Senior Editor at Ethio Quest News. His weekly
column appear here
18 June, 2010 | By Teodros Kiros (Ph.D)
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“I am just a fat man, no good to anybody, not even to my two lovely sons,”
- he says, sighing heavily and stretching
his three hundred and some body in a
well-kept sauna. He then turns his
body, first to the left, and then to the
right, with a noticeable effort.
The four men who sit there take
several looks at him, without a word.
They all make concerted efforts to
avert their eyes from the sweat that is
gliding from the hills of fat, which
invades his body.
He too sits there, looking at the thermostat, hoping to provoke a response.
His face seems to be waiting for a response, but nothing happens.
He repeats that sentence about four times, waiting for a response, from any
one of the nicely built men.
Not a word.
Finally, he grimaces and shoots a sharp look at a lean, tall and elegant man
quietly reading the papers and asks him how he manages to keep that buffed
up look, and wonders how old the man might be. The man tells him that he is
sixty years old, but most people guess him to be in his early forties.
They introduce each other, as Julio and Russ.
The others are keenly listening in, and Russ tells him that he would very much
like to talk to him after he is done. So they agreed. Russ returns to his papers,
and Julio continues chatting with the others.
Again, he says, “ I am just a fat man, who works hard to run a family” The
others listen sympathetically, without much to say. They all look very sad,
however, when he tells them that he takes his pain out on food.
Julio told the group that work has trapped his body in this mass of fat, that he
works twenty hours a day to make a living, and that he has no time for himself.
They all listen attentively. Shortly, all of them leave. Each goes his way, except
for Russ, who has been anxiously waiting to have a private time with Julio.
As promised, Russ takes Julio to the front desk and asks a trainer to put Julio
under his wings. The trainer readily agrees.
Two weeks later, Russ checks with the trainer, and is thrilled to hear that Julio
is doing well, and that he is on a mission to save himself.
Dr. Teodros Kiros, is a Senior Editor at Ethio Quest News. His weekly
column appear here
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