I don't know much about cons. I've been to two, 
both AX. This year, AX was held in Anaheim during 
the Summer. In 90 degree weather with 90% 
humidity. I woke up the morning of the first day. 
I showered. Shaved. Combed. Put on clean clothes. 
I then walked 1/4 mile to the con to line up for 
the exhibit room. After 45 minutes of standing in 
the sun, I was DRENCHED in sweat. I am not a guy 
who sweats a great deal. Christ, I LIVE in Las 
Vegas! But that day, in that humidity, everyone 
in that line was getting pretty funky. By the 
time the end of the day rolled around, I was a 
mess. I'm not saying that some folks out there 
don't need to discover the wonders of soap, but 
there are extenuating circumstances.

Onto the food issue. I have to agree with Drac. 
While I can eat my weight in some foods(depending 
on the day), most of the time I end up taking 
part of my meal home. It's the American idea that 
we need to get more for less in order not to feel 
cheated. As for fat guys like me, I'll leave this 
to Dennis Miller. 

"We are one of the few countries who ridicule 
folks for being overweight. In a waning 
Democracy, I view fat guys as the chirping birds 
in the mineshaft of freedom. And since when is 
being uniformly fit as a country been a top 
priority? Last time I can recall a country 
striving for that ideal was Germany in the 
1930's, and it didn't turn out that well for 
them."