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Your problems solved, with Holly Harper

Dear Holly,
I got a Valentines card from fat Geoff in accounts again. Call me shallow, but I can’t get past the thought of what his enormous, wobbling gut must look like naked. How do I find out his yearly salary so I can decide if being crushed by a sweaty walrus is worth it?
Sophie,
Rochester

Dear Sophie,
Don’t be too hasty to discount this person. Fat people might look gross, but if they invite you over to their house for tea you’d be a fool not to accept. Think about it: the reason they got to be the size they are is probably because their mummy lets them have chips for tea anytime they like, and they get all their shopping in Iceland so there’s never any of that vegetable nonsense to deal with. Best of all, you’re guaranteed to get something sticky and chocolatey for pudding, and loads and loads of cola. It makes you very jealous that your own mum isn’t as kind and loving as the obese mum, who lets her kids eat as many treats as they like and never makes them stay at the table until they’ve finished ‘all the peas’ or go on a boring after dinner walk when they’d much rather eat biscuits and watch TV. Come to think of it, they should let fat mothers run parenting classes and then we’d all get to eat an entire 75 piece dessert platter once in a while.
Hope that helps!
Holly

 

Your astrological week ahead, with Psychic Bob

Aquarius (20 JAN-19 FEB)
Romance isn’t dead, but since you backed the car out of the drive on the way to the restaurant, her cat most assuredly is.

Pisces (20 FEB-20 MAR)
As an Anglican vicar, you’re inspired by protesting Tibetan monks’ self-immolation, and show your anger at the closure of a nearby homeless shelter by scalding yourself with the back of a recently used teaspoon.

Aries (21 MAR-19 APR)
No word from Channel 4 on the pilot for your documentary ‘My Morbidly Obese Cornish Funeral’.

Taurus (20 APRIL – 20 MAY)
The wondrous thing about the internet is the way it has enabled the people of the world to gather together and share their dreams, views and hopes for the future. If we accept that a synonym for the word ‘wondrous’ is ‘reason for wanting to apply your forehead to a bacon slicer’.

Gemini (21 MAY-20 JUN)
You’ve really matured recently, as proven by your decision to stop fannying around South America like you have been for the last four months, knuckle down and start putting in those two hours’ work for your £200K p/week.

Cancer (21 JUN-22 JUL)
‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’ is a haunting, evocative portrayal of working class Anglo-Irish life by Terence Davies with a powerhouse performance by the magisterial Pete Postlethwaite. So no, I don’t think a DVD of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ is ‘basically the same thing’.

Leo (23 JUL-22 AUG)
Life is merely the prelude to the main feature that is the after life which is why yours is so disjointed, dull and full of adverts.

Virgo (23 AUG-22 SEP)
A proud moment this week as you mange to tweet a weak pun based on a catastrophic event before the bereaved families even know their loved one is dead. But where’s your parade?

Libra (23 SEP-23 OCT)
After an intimate Valentine’s dinner accompanied by a perfectly-chilled bottle of bubbly, the atmosphere is somewhat spoiled by Alf behind the bar announcing the winner of this week’s meat raffle.

Scorpio (24 OCT-21 NOV)
While it’s important to encourage a child’s creativity, they should also know the importance of boundaries, but hanging an Etch A Sketch on the electric fence around the garden might be a little confusing for a toddler.

Sagittarius (22 NOV-21 DEC)
A disappointing result from the website checking your credit rating when you enter all your details and it turns out you owe the guy who runs it £100.

Capricorn (22 DEC-19 JAN)
I’m not sure you can call it insomnia if you’ve been awake for three days straight with a guy called Carlo saying how much you fucking love The Ramones.

 

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