We must admit -- as silly as they are, we love these non-scientific, arbitrary rankings lists put out by the likes of Men's Health and Men's Fitness, mostly because it's usually a good excuse to make fun of Los Angelinos. Men's Fitness' 2006 Fittest/Fattest rankings are out, and (thanks, guys), they didn't let us down.

Oh, um, let's not put too much stock in this "Bizarro World" ranking, as (to quote our good friend Bizarro): "Baltimore am fittest city number one." Seriously, have you ever to Baltimore? We have. We thought there'd been an escape from the famous aquarium there, until we squinted and saw that them whales were wearing people clothes. But we digress. It matters not that MF thinks Baltimore so healthy, just so long as they give us an excuse to dump on L.A.

Last year, responding to MF, LAist fired the first shot, pointing to the oft-oversized creature known as "Raider Fan." We responded, and put those sun-soaked celebrity stalkers in their place. This year, they didn't bother trying to diss us; those guys are smart and know when they are beat. Still, SFist isn't totally opposed to good-naturedly kicking them when they are down. According to MH, San Francisco is the seventh-fittest city in the U.S.; Los Angeles is portrayed as the third-fattest city.

So, um, "ha ha." But we have to wonder why folks here are so much fitter.

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