Exactly! I wonder if that was possibly why the trousers were discounted. Either the ham kept hiding them, or the shopping centre has been totally overrun by fatties. The average female shopper my age -26- in the area is double if not triple my size. I'm not exaggerating. There's loads of bars, cheapo restaurants and take aways around and I'm worryingly slimmer than some of the piglet 12 year olds barging around.  Obesity is definitely on the rise in Ireland.