Obesity: How to Avoid Being “Large and in Charge” – A Satire Regarding Obese Neopians by Christiane Pheil

Every year, Neopia grows … literally. Not only is our population increasing, the size of our pets are increasing. In 2004, over 64% of adult neopets were overweight, over 30% were obese, and 5% were at the point of no return. Being obese is defined as being 25% or more overweight based on height. The poor pets who suffer from obesity have to endure social displeasures on a daily basis such as constant insecurity and a drastically increased financial burden to themselves and the general public due to health issues related to obesity. Of course it is easy to point the blame at the victims of obesity, but in reality, a number of these unfortunate pets are victims of genetic obesity, inherited by ancestors rather than developed by a large consumption of groceries. No matter how much a pet weighs, he/she is affected by obesity in one way or another. If we separate those who are obese and allow them to live in a specific area of Neopia, it will create an opportunity to eliminate obesity and improve the overall health of this nation.
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Friends Forever by pikachupower13

“Yes!” Akasha499 declared. “I have all the PetPet Laboratory Map Pieces now!” she looked at the full map with pride then looked at her owner. “Can I go with Maggie to the Lab Ray?” she looked at her owner with big balling eyes. “Oh all right.” the owner said” You can go only if you be careful.” Akasha499 looked at her owner and replied.” Of course I’ll be careful. I’ll protect Maggie from everything. “The owner looked at her with a tear in her eye and hugged her little Aisha. “but there’s one thing that’s very bad the ray can do. “The owner said very seriously. The little Aisha looked at her and asked. “Like what?” “Well she could get zapped by the ray and turn into…… “What turn into what?” the little interrupted. The owner gave her a quick glance and continued. “Well she could turn into….soot.” Akasha499 looked at her for a while and looked down at her petpet. “I love my petpet a lot though, I hope it doesn’t happen.” Her petpet looked up at her and cooed gently. “Well if anything does happen like that, then you have to go to the Soot Hole.” Akasha499 looked at her owner and then at her petpet. “I’ll be fine, I know where it is.” Maggie jumped off Akasha499’s lap and bounced away. “Now be back before sunset.” the owner said gently. “Oh and before you leave get clothes on.” Akasha grinned and walked away to her room. “I hope little Maggie doesn’t turn into soot or it will break Akasha’s heart.” The owner walked away to make a little picnic for them. Joint of Ham and a Bottle of Kau milk, Akasha’s and Maggie’s favorite food.
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Running a Joke Into the Ground – The Neopian Way of Life by hiddenneggs

Chapter 1: Dung — This (*stuff*) never gets old.
Chapter 2: Asparagus — More of the same (just re-read Chapter 1).
Chapter 3: Snot — The other green meat.
Chapter 4: Invisible — Bet you didn’t see that one coming.
Chapter 5: Day 13 — The calendar giveth, the Pant Devil taketh away.
Chapter 6: Assigning Blame
— This was going to be a great chapter, but the garden gnomes caught Neoflu, and Dr. Sloth turned the word processor’s clockwork into sludge, and the rest of us were busy playing a tournament and meeting merchandise contracts and… here, beat up this Pteri, if we remember to tell you how.
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The Pink Poogle Toy Show 34: The Neopets Halloween, Explore Map, Faerie Books, Neopets Childhood, Neocash Card Giveaway, Neopets Magazine, and New Feature Exlusives Edition

Episode 34 of The PPT Show unites the amazing hosting powers of Dave, new host Flo, Helena, Jonny, Kym and Meepitman who come together to talk about anything and everything new in Neopian history today. With topics ranging from Neopets Halloween coming up to all the exclusives on new features coming soon to Neopets, join us for this exciting episode of The PPT Show… where nothing but an aardvark can appear at the end.