try as he might Fat Boy never would quite gain as wide – ahem – appeal as his more cosmopolitan cousin, Big Boy; a fact which always struck him as a bit ironic given the public’s apparent love for ever expanding waistlines.

for years they managed to muster a thin veneer of cordiality, that is, until The Unfortunate Incident – which was also rumored to involve Our Beloved Fugitive – on that crisp fall morning after which things were never the same.