I dispute that assertion.

Sludge has fought his own battle of the bulge since a teenager when his nickname was Wobbly Chops. His large frame has afforded him some kudos at Weightwatchers and Slimming World classes which are filled with women who have low self-esteem and, more importantly, are vulnerable to overtures from potential courtiers.

The ploy used there is his alleged miracle weight reducing pills acquired from a Dominican Republic witch doctor. Those who fall for that cobblers are whisked to his bedsit in his clapped-out Corsa faster than Starsky and Hutch could get there. The pill, of course, would knock a horse out in two minutes flat.