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Could Extra-Large Americans Flatten London's Fat Club!-

Author: Jonty Skrufff
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Leading breaks DJ Paul Arnold chatted to Skrufff this week about his thriving London monthly party Chew the Fat! and revealed that the club's website address Thefatclub.com is causing significant confusion amongst surfers seeking hardcore sex site fatclub.com.

"I've had a couple of weird emails from people thinking they were emailing them and emailing me by mistake as well as other people who've been looking for my site and have found theirs," said Paul.

"And others have said they assumed we get lots of fat people coming to our club, more than most clubs anyway, though I haven't really noticed it happening yet," he added.

Fat!'s currently slimmish clientele could change quickly, however, judging by the example of Seattle nightclub Abundance, which recently celebrated its first year catering primarily for "big beautiful men and women'.

Chihuahua's club owner Juan Flores told the Seattle Times last week that the club has been thriving by targeting the 55% of Americans who are now officially overweight.

"We know there's a lot of hip plus-size people out there, and that's who we wanted to attract; the fun crowd that wants to go out and dance and wear club clothes," she explained.

National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) LA spokesperson Debra Perkins was equally enthusiastic about the supersize clubber trend, declaring "with so many people considered legally fat, a lot of people feel like they don't deserve a life . . . This gets them out of the house and lets them see that there's no shame in being a larger person," she said.
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