It's not McDonald's, stupid!

It is well known to all progressive Europeans that Meircans are stupid, childish, and, above all, fat from all that junk food. Junk food is obviously associated with this nightmarish image:
















There is a fly (or maybe a hamburger?) in the ointment, though: the Brits, to take one example, are getting more and more fat, so much so that some people call it an epidemic. But of course, the intelligent and progressive Europeans can't have it ascribed to McDonald's. So here comes a scientific explanation to that un-American fat:

OBESITY can be “caught” as easily as a common cold from other people’s coughs, sneezes and dirty hands, scientists will claim today. Researchers believe that an airborne “adenovirus” germ could be causing the fat plague that is blighting Britain and other countries.

Notice that "other countries" addendum. I hope the author of the article doesn't mean them stupid Meircans with their stupid ways and their stupid McDonald's...

In related news: while googling for more info on the subject, I have stumbled on the following:

My cat sneezed, farted and during the fat squirted out some poop... has no one elses cat done this?

Yeah... notice that the cat sneezed. See what I mean?