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He's eating. Give him a break. He doesn't get that girlish figure by dieting like the rest of the county.
He's at the restaurant >

He does this every few years.  He'll drop off the radar, until people start speculating about whether he's dead, or sick, or whether there's been a secret coup.  And then he reappears again, with no explanation. >

shows up with groggy eyes
Did the groundhog see his shadow?