SO SCIENTISTS are now telling us beer makes us thin. Well, try telling that to some of the oversized characters I regularly play pub pool with.

They can effortlessly down 12 pints in just one sitting and have the true beer bellies to prove it.

One of them (bless his soul) is so bloated with gas he finds it almost impossible to bend over the table to play his shots.

A bitter reminder (pun unintended!) of what thin people may be facing if they develop a serious addiction to beer.

I can assure you there will be one person who will never drink “liquid bread” to excess.

Aled Jones, Mount Crescent, Bridlington.