"Recession Diet Just One Way to Tighten Belt"

Screw tightening the belt Americans need Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (VBG), also known as Stomach stapling.

...and someone needs to come up with a FF version...

GAStankoplasty?

-Haha! v. funny.

-or:

* Sealing off the 2nd floor: McMansionoplasty
* Not eating the 3rd course: SetMenuoplasty
* Vacationing locally: ClubTropicanoplasty

Any more?

Nick.

Delusionectomy

Jeff

'Gettin' the Tubes Tied' (Gasectomy, or 'The Big 'G')

Denarisuction: thinning of the wallet.

Souperman a local barbecue place has a 5' by 6' banner in their window, announcing "DEPRESSION CHILI $2 BOWL" hehe. Cures depression? Causes it? Anyway it's easy to understand what they're driving at: sales are WAY down and they're trying to recover them by being candid.

And by and large, haha, most Americans are overweight or obese still.