Spargeltarzan

Most men would feel flattered to be called Tarzan. Which guy wouldn't want to be identified with the manly, tough, buff king of the jungle? However, being called an "asparagus Tarzan" ("Spargeltarzan") isn't much of a compliment. Popeye may consume a different green vegetable in mass quantities to bulk up, but a "Spargeltarzan's" muscles don't get any bigger from eating asparagus, because he doesn't have any. Instead, the rather cruel nickname means he resembles an asparagus stalk -- tall, scrawny, gangly, and decidedly void of muscle mass. Unlike the true king of the jungle, a "Spargeltarzan" might not survive very long among the tigers, poisonous snakes and stampeding elephants.