A story about obesity in times of distress FPH, I would like to share a story about my great grandfather with you. I never knew him personally, as he died decades before I was born, so I know very little about him, only a handful stories that have been handed down in my family. One of these stories takes place somewhere on the eastern front of Germany during WW2, where he, a german soldier, had been fighting the russians until being captured and brought to a camp for prisoners of war. Food was scarce and I remember being told about another prisoner who was excecuted for stealing food or at least attempting to do so. But why is this story relevant here, in a place about hatred towards fat people? Fat people often claim that in case of an emergency/apocalypse/food shortage they would be fine as thin people would be the first to die. Well, according to my great grandfather, the (few) fat prisoners were not only the first to die, but were "dropping like flies". I'm not going to speculate on the reasons for this, that would be as bad as fatlogic.  But next time a fatty claims his fat as an advantage, consider telling him this story.