Being Fat Saves a Life?

I love food. The problem is food doesn’t love me. Or to be more specific, food doesn’t love me to have a beautiful body.

That’s why I have to watch my caloric intake (quit laughing Old Man).

Turns out, there may be some upside to being fat, as evidenced by the following story about a morbidly obese canine named Jiffy.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – A dog weighing more than 120 pounds survived being frozen to a sidewalk overnight, probably because he was insulated by layers of fat, authorities said.

The “morbidly obese” dog, an aging border collie mix named Jiffy, froze to the sidewalk when he was left out overnight Wednesday, the Sheboygan County Humane Society said.

Few dogs could survive the single-digit temperatures, and it was probably the fat that made the difference, shelter manager Carey Payne said.

Jiffy’s 59-year-old owner was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of animal neglect, Sheboygan Police Lt. Tim Eirich said. She told police she tried to get the dog inside but couldn’t, and instead checked on him every few hours.

The dog is 11 or 12 years old, Eirich said. Shelter workers poured warm water over Jiffy’s back end to unstick him from the sidewalk, Payne said, adding it was too soon to say whether he suffered any long-term effects.

The only question I have is whether Jiffy’s last name is Pop or Peanut Butter.

FLASH