tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35476861.post7544387822416692865..comments2023-04-27T02:29:03.577-05:00Comments on Chewing the Fat with Bettye: bettye griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457387770524295498noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35476861.post-14183051277327681972007-12-12T20:45:00.000-06:002007-12-12T20:45:00.000-06:00Awshucks, Patricia, you mean to tell me that my pa...Awshucks, Patricia, you mean to tell me that my pants are really a size 14? On the other hand, I guess that would explain why I've put on 35 pounds and am still wearing the same "size" . . .bettye griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457387770524295498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35476861.post-42302421248441867152007-12-12T15:00:00.000-06:002007-12-12T15:00:00.000-06:00I should jump in here and tell you that today's si...I should jump in here and tell you that today's size 10 (or anything else) is not the same as that of yesteryear. Retailers and manufacturers know their customers are vain. They also know the size of the average woman has been increasing. So rather than have a whole bunch of depressed, bigger women out there, they simply slide the sizes up over time. Today's 10 is more like the old 12, maybe PatriciaWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572087157439187319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35476861.post-88845532347115803032007-12-12T14:46:00.000-06:002007-12-12T14:46:00.000-06:00To be honest, Adrianne, I barely know who this per...To be honest, Adrianne, I barely know who this person is. I'm not much for pop culture at this point in my life. Middle age kind of crept up on me. I looked at the list of recent Grammy nominations and recognized precious few of the artist names! (I would have posted this last week when the story first broke, except I couldn't remember her name!)<BR/><BR/>But this is a good point, that the bettye griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457387770524295498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35476861.post-41181197411369339522007-12-12T10:04:00.000-06:002007-12-12T10:04:00.000-06:00Actually, I think this "photo" has been enhanced. ...Actually, I think this "photo" has been enhanced. She is a small person-not wide at all. Have you watched the Ghost Whisperer or seen her Hanes commerical? She's NOT a big or even wide person. You can't trust photos that make it on the cover of magazines any more.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137097196473856470noreply@blogger.com