Pot Bellies Now Hip: So Sayeth the NYT

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<p>At least they are on men of a certain age… not on older men, who apparently have paunches that are not cool, and not on women at all (as usual!) </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/fashion/13POTBELLY.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/fashion/13POTBELLY.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Ladies, please chime in with your view, but at least look at the photos first. :)</p>

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<p>I expect it is all that microbrew they drink.
( plus at the gym they pay more attention to their biceps than their obliques.)</p>

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<p>I think it looks kind of cute on some select people. For example, this guy who hosts the Man vs. Food show on the Travel Channel is kind of cute in a dough-boy sort of way.</p>

<p>[Man</a> v. Food - TV Shows - Travel Channel](<a href=“http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Man_v_Food]Man”>http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Man_v_Food)</p>

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<p>Yuck. Nothing cute about a potbelly- especially on a male- unless he is 3 years old. Also not healthy.</p>

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<p>Hmmm . . . they just look like they’re in the early stages of pregnancy to me.</p>

<p>Not a look I appreciate on a man.</p>

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<p>LOL, Naturally! </p>

<p>I’m not sure I get the distinction in the article between a beer gut and a pot belly. I always thought they were one and the same.</p>

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<p>I don’t like pot bellies. </p>

<p>(But I sure wish thunder thighs would become fashionable. :wink: )</p>

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<p>Nope, not a good look.</p>

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<p>You should see me in speedo’s, (top and bottoms).</p>

<p>Mind candy :)</p>

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<p>Ugh. These guys will be blimps before they’re 40.</p>

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<p>I hate potbellies on me. They can look cute on women, though.</p>

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<p>I know so many kids who have potbellies, boys and girls. I wouldn’t call them fat, but their bellies definitely are flabby.</p>

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<p>So getting a pot belly and outgrowing my pants is trendy. I don’t thinks so. I suspect it is just part of getting older and fatter.</p>

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<p>Yeah, they all look pregnant. How masculine.</p>

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<p>LOL! I thought this was going to be an article about pot bellied pigs.</p>

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<p>Ha! Me too. My neighbors had a pot bellied pig at one point. I used to feed it for them when they were away. I hated the thing. Never understood the attraction of either kind of pot belly I guess!</p>

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<p>I’m with you, ebeeeee! I don’t like either!</p>

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<p>It is about pot bellied pigs- the human male kind.</p>

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<p>Batlo:</p>

<p>Touche! :D</p>

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