People who read Viz
are statistically more likely to die of an obesity induced heart attack. As opposed to the lean, fighting fit segment of the population that reads Private Eye*

*definitely contains elements of untruth
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:23, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Is that, possibly, because a lot of the people who read Viz are also Northern?

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:28, Reply)

It's definitely possible
and also because the stuffed up sinuses that result in the characteristic snorting laughter are a health hazard
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:30, Reply)

My friends have previously told me to go and sit at the opposite end of the bus
Because they were embarrassed by my giggling as I read the Profanisaurus.

So I guess social isolation is also a risk.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:32, Reply)

Plus the risk of getting your head smashed in
when you constantly relay jokes and quotes from it to people who already know them/ have read it/ heard them five hundred times before
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:34, Reply)

Ah, true
But that's a risk with a lot of things - see how the legacy of Monty Python was ruined by members of various computing/sci-fi/fantasy-related university societies...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:38, Reply)

hey
i am super-hyper-morbidly obese and northern but i don't read fucking viz!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:31, Reply)

And yet I do read it, despite being terribly, terribly 'home counties.'
But then my family is from the midlands, so perhaps that's where it's leaked in from...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:35, Reply)

blimey
you kept that well hidden.

also you did not point out that i am NOT, in fact, quite sooooo obese, despite having met me. 1/10 for YOU...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:37, Reply)

Well, I was born down South, hence the complete lack of any discernible accent

And I assumed you were joking. You and I both know you're not obese.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:39, Reply)

a brummie accent is a handicap
your parents did well to avoid it for you.

/is mollified
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 11:46, Reply)