I was in the toy aisle at Super Target yesterday (don't ask) and I saw the new Batman toys. First of all, apparently he's now called "The Batman" -- totally gypping my style of prose, slapping a "The" in front of everything, they are -- but the logo looks a hell of a lot like the one from the old TV show. This got me to pick up the box. But of course, the actual figure looks all modern and sleek, not retro and cool like the 60s Batman. I would buy that toy. Not the new muscley The Batman.
When I was done shopping, I was standing in the checkout, and the guy in front of me in line is this middle age guy in a "Star Trek Enterprise" shirt. He's a fairly normally built guy, not skinny but not fat either. But he had the most unbelievably huge beer gut EVER. I mean, EVER. He looked pregnant with twins, or perhaps, being a Star Trek guy, with alien babies. The thing appeared rock solid too. I was amazed. How does that particular anatomical feature come to be? I mean, I suppose its genetic, but generally when you get big enough to have a gut, everything else gets bigger in proportion. You know, arms, man-breasts, legs, butt. Not this guy. It was amazing.
I don't really have a point here, I just, well, you should have seen it, that's all.
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