Hi! Denis,   
      
   In a message to All you wrote:   
      
     DM>>> The big of the back (?)   
      
    ak>> Modern people are overweighted, and they have the form of a weaver's   
    ak>> spindle. ;) So their waists are the big of their backs. It was a   
    ak>> joke.   
      
    DM> Joke?   
      
   Yes.  Alexander's own joke.  Thumbs up, Alexander.  :)   
      
    DM> Is it English humor?   
      
   If the notion can be translated to English, then generally the humour can be   
   appreciated.  We modern-day English  speakers may not express the comparison   
   in shape with a "weaver's spindle".  Instead, we may say that it is 'pear   
   shaped'.  Both spindle & pear approximate to the same shape.  So, in in this   
   case the humour translates rather well and is worthy of a giggle.   
      
   At this point in time, I am trying desperately to forget Monty Python's "Mr   
   Creosote"...   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   ... I am drunk of Borg.  Resistance is floor tile.   
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
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