I was trying to decide what to blog. Someone sent me an email earlier in the day asking what I thought of the airline charging fat people for a second seat.

I figured I wouldn't blog about that. But as I sat here, I heard that song "I like big butts and I cannot lie..." by Sir Mix A Lot. It was a sign.

It was on a Burger King commercial during Jimmy Kimmel. And, I thought a few things upon hearing this. How much did Mr. A Lot make on selling this song to advertisers? This might be the 4th I've seen over the years.

Second, what kind of message does this send? By message, I can give a crap about the kids. This is about advertising, and them spending dollars to get you to spend dollars, in their restaurant.

Subway was smart. They went with the fat dude that lost all the weight eating Subway sandwiches.

Burger King is kind of subliminally sabatoging themselves, because you would think you are going to get a big butt if you eat their food. Which is probably true. I'm no scientist, but I'm guessing Whoppers have a lot of calories.

I didn't want to title this blog with Mix a Lots song title. Why not give some love to the triple-bass threat of Spinal Tap, and their ode to fat women, in their song "Big Bottom".

Gotta love lyrics like: the bigger the waist band/the deeper the quick sand...or so I've been told.

And the great chorus of "Big Bottom/Big Bottom/Talk about mud flaps, my woman's got 'em!/Big Bottoms/drive me out of my mind/How can I leave this behind?"

So, having a big bottom will cost passengers an extra seat purchase with a certain airline.

The strange thing is, I remember hearing this as a kid and it created an uproar. I'm guessing that never happened.

When I flew to New York recently, there was a crying baby on the way there. He quickly fell asleep, though.

On the way back, the baby never did. And, you think all kinds of evil thoughts and things you should say. But it's a baby.

I wish they wouldn't travel when the tyke is that small, but it's not like it's a restaurant or movie theatre, where I'll actually ask them to leave or quiet the kid. Others shouldn't have to suffer because a selfish mom wants to still enjoy a social life while she has a screaming infant.

But, back to the fat folks.

I didn't want to blog about this, because I have to think we're all in 100% agreement. Even the fat people would be.

A person that is regular size, shouldn't be inconvenienced because a big dude is way over the arm rest and taking up all this extra space. And they know that.

But, the question is this.

If they pay for an extra seat, does that mean they also get an extra bag of pretzels and second soda? Because, that really doesn't help matters.