If you'd like a good laugh, grab a copy of today's Weekend Edition Wall Street Journal (or read it at your local library). There is an article about how some travelers are using the technique of wearing several layers of underwear, shirts, and stuffing their pockets, etc. to meet the low-weight bag requirements on some budget airlines. One guy referred to stuffing his cargo pants with items rolled a la ROTC style.
Another guy mentioned buying a $25 box of chocolates, presenting it to the head flight attendant on an economy line with wishes for a good flight, acknowledging they work hard: The result, she presented him a steak dinner from First Class and poured wine for him throughout the flight.
I remember years and years ago a printed two-panel comic showed a really obese man boarding a plane, then the second panel showed the same guy as thin as a rail with a huge stack of removed clothing next to him.