That giant bagel could serve as one of those cushions that haemorrhoid sufferers sit on to ease their pain.
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If they had a really fat arse!
Quote: Moonstone @ October 19 2009, 12:06 AM BSTIf they had a really fat arse!
Well a lot of people with piles do. So there! 
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 19 2009, 12:08 AM BSTWell a lot of people with piles do. So there!
Oooh, is the fat a cause? Or is it just because these types generally spend too much time larding around?
"Straining at stool", as the phrase goes, is a common cause. Haemorrhoids are more common in people who, let us say, have had low-fibre/roughage diets over the years. Piles are dilatations of the endothelial cushions of the ano-rectum. Pregnant women also get them commonly, but they tend not to cause too many problems post-natally. Obesity can certainly be a contributing factor.
Piles are a less common problem thesedays than they were 20-30 years ago due to general improvements/changes in the British diet. However, this decline has led to the virtual extinction of the once-healthy British Comedy Piles Joke industry (see On The Buses for further details). 
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 19 2009, 1:08 AM BST"Straining at stool", as the phrase goes, is a common cause. Haemorrhoids are more common in people who, let us say, have had low-fibre/roughage diets over the years. Piles are dilatations of the endothelial cushions of the ano-rectum. Pregnant women also get them commonly, but they tend not to cause too many problems post-natally. Obesity can certainly be a contributing factor.
Piles are a less common problem thesedays than they were 20-30 years ago due to general improvements/changes in the British diet. However, this decline has led to the virtual extinction of the once-healthy British Comedy Piles Joke industry (see On The Buses for further details).
Thanks Tim 
Where do you go to take a Doctor's exam? I now feel I'm ready!
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 19 2009, 1:08 AM BSTPiles are a less common problem thesedays than they were 20-30 years ago due to general improvements/changes in the British diet. However, this decline has led to the virtual extinction of the once-healthy British Comedy Piles Joke industry (see On The Buses for further details).
Take 2 episodes after each meal for full effect.