The funniest shit by far...someone make this guy famous... I might add this quote to my sig.

 

now...wouldn't that be a hell of an idea .....? Gyms for FAT people only. If you are not 50 lbs. overweight or higher, you are simply not admited.

However, America.. *sigh* ...only a matter of time until someone slaps a suit on you.

 

This could be. I generally avoid buffets for this very reason (I'd much rather have a small good meal than loads of mediocre food), so I never really paid attention to the quantity of buffets in the towns I visit.

 

It's none of the schools business, but parents as a whole want the schools to raise their kids for them. The "problem" with this method is that it implies the parents aren't doing right for their kids (accurately, I'd say), and heaven forbid anyone accepts a bit of responsibility for themselves and their children.

 

I have a coworker who constantly complains about her weight (I'd say she's 5'2", pushing a good 225-250), about how she can't lose weight, etc.

This is the same woman that uses a pull cart to bring in her lunch and snack foods every day. I shit you not. The first time I saw her, I thought she was bringing in the design floor junk food stash (from which ~500 people snack), it was that much food. It'd feed me for a week, easily.

 

I like the avatar...you got a larger photo???

 

i heard on the news a couple of weeks ago that this overweight man was on a flight and the airline (i forget which one, but i think it was JetBlue) asked him to pay for 2 seats because he was so large. i think he ended up suing them and he was on the news saying that he was humiliated because he was singled out. well, i fly every week for work and i have sat next to people who spill out of their seats. it makes it SO uncomfortable for me. if a person is THAT big that the airline can't fit another person in the seat next to them, and the airline is losing money on that seat, do you think it's just fair for them to pay for 2 seats?

 

you SHOULD sue then...I bet you can get some mullah!

 

Thats funny because my girlfriend was in the KC airport last week and said some guy came up to her and told her she was the most beautiful girl he had see in a long time. She is petite. She said she looked around and noticed everyone was kinda big.

Got some chubbies up here in Minne, but I don't know that is is any worse here than anywhere else. I am have a 29 inch waist and when I go to buy pants the racks are full of 38-44 inch waist stuff. Maybe there are more chubbies than I think.

 

What do you think the gym chain "Curves" is all about? It's meant for fat women who would otherwise feel "out of place" at a regular gym. Now, I didn't know this, so you can imagine how amusing my mother-in-law thought it was when I told her I considered going there since there's one so close to home. In her words "I wouldn't be allowed in".

Seriously though, it really is gross. Go anywhere & look around. I bet you'll see 75% or more of the people are over-weight.

Here's one of the problems I see. Doctors generally do not talk to their patients about this. I can tell you that I've never had a doctor say to me "do you work out and if so, how often?". I read in a magazine that most doctors don't do this because they don't want to make patients feel uncomfortable. Yeah, that's right, let the patient get heart disease & die of a heart attack rather than say something. Riiiiiiiiight.

And how many of you chicks have noticed the change at places like Gap & Old Navy. I can recall that, years ago, Old Navy would have jeans and stuff up to maybe a size 12 or 14. Now, you can find all of the pants/shorts/skirts in sizes up to 22+! I can't tell you how many times I've picked up some really cute pair of pants & asked my husband if anyone who's a size 22 should be wearing it! I mean, do you want to see a size 22 chick wearing low-rise cargo pants?!