The Obesity Thing

Trilby · 03-20-2009, 03:08 PM

Interesting take on the Obesity thing: I wonder what the family would consider appropriate compensation. WTF?

'Too Fat' Family Wants Bigger Checks

"A British couple who say they can't work because of obesity-related health problems complained that the government checks they receive aren't enough to cover their living expenses. They aired their gripes in a story in the Telegraph.
Philip Chawner, 53, and his wife, Audrey, 57, haven't worked in 11 years. The government benefits they collect each year is equivalent to about $43,260 in American currency.

What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It's not our fault we can't work. We deserve more," Philip Chawner told the newspaper.
The couple have two daughters -- Emma, 19, and Samantha, 21. The combined weight of the four is 1,160 pounds.
Each family member consumes 3,000 calories a day, about 500 over the recommended maximum for men and 1,000 over the limit for women, the Telegraph says.
Audrey Chawner admitted the family's diet isn't the best. But healthy food is "too expensive," she said.

Maybe they could start a garden - get healthy food AND exercise!

Bullitt · 03-20-2009, 03:38 PM

People like them deserve to be shot, their bodies ground up, and used as fertilizer on farmland to help grow food for rest of us who aren't wastes of oxygen. It IS your fault you can't work, YOU are the reason you're so fucking fat and can't work, not your fairy-tale thyroid or any other lame-ass excuse. They don't deserve anything from the government but a bullet to the head.

Flint · 03-20-2009, 03:39 PM

now tell us how you really feel

Queen of the Ryche · 03-20-2009, 03:47 PM

Sooo agree, Bullitt. Don't tell me it's a thyroid thing, unless it really really is. Then I'm sorry I'm so insensitive. And obese is not an excuse to get a handicapped parking space either. You wouldn't have those "conditions" if you ate healthy and exercised.

classicman · 03-20-2009, 03:48 PM

Well its good to see that Americans aren't the only ones with the "entitlement mentality." Maybe if their compensation was zero they would be properly motivated to actually DO SOMETHING.

Yeh yeh, I'm a heartless bastard, whatevah.

I'd like to see some of what they get given to others who are REALLY TRYING to better themselves. (SG)

Bullitt · 03-20-2009, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

now tell us how you really feel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bullitt

People like them deserve to be shot, their bodies ground up, and used as fertilizer on farmland to help grow food for rest of us who aren't wastes of oxygen. It IS your fault you can't work, YOU are the reason you're so fucking fat and can't work, not your fairy-tale thyroid or any other lame-ass excuse. They don't deserve anything from the government but a bullet to the head.

Sorry, sometimes these things make you wish eugenics worked.

Trilby · 03-20-2009, 04:10 PM

If each family member eats 3,000 cal/day, I don't think you can say it's a thyroid problem.

Clodfobble · 03-20-2009, 04:19 PM

Maybe they're eating thyroids?

Beestie · 03-20-2009, 04:20 PM

I say we round 'em up, grind their fat, blubbery bodies into a solution that I can use to power my vegetable-oil powered car.

I lost count of how many problems I just solved.

Trilby · 03-20-2009, 04:23 PM

If they WERE eating thyroids (like cow thyroids) they'd lose weight (hyperthyroidism).

Effortless weightloss: my dream disease.

HungLikeJesus · 03-20-2009, 04:46 PM

I almost created a thread from this story last week, even to the point of typing it up, but then I deleted it at the last minute because I felt I was lacking sufficient compassion.

I know there are some Cellar posters who are struggling with food problems, or other addictions, and I didn't want to make them feel bad.

Trilby · 03-20-2009, 04:52 PM

for me it's not a lack of compassion (lord knows I've my own issues) but the fact that they are so blatantly refusing to see their part in the problem - asking for more of a hand-out. The article doesn't say if they are at least trying to address the problem; maybe they are but from the tone of it it doesn't sound like it.

What about counseling, behavior modification, support groups? If they were a family of heroin addicts asking for more money, (and the "it's not my fault" mentality*) would you feel as sympathetic?

*realizing addictions are not "faults" but the behavior should be addressed.

sweetwater · 03-20-2009, 05:02 PM

Suppose they let them keep the compensation, but distributed it in a city-wide scavenger hunt? That would get them moving, inspire them to move faster than everyone else looking for easy money, and provide an incentive to get in better shape.

classicman · 03-20-2009, 05:09 PM

lol - thats a good one, sweet.

HungLikeJesus · 03-20-2009, 06:02 PM

Here's the Telegraph article that I was going to post. It includes more detail and a group photo. The father really doesn't look very big.

03-20-2009, 03:08 PM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	The Obesity Thing Interesting take on the Obesity thing: I wonder what the family would consider appropriate compensation. WTF? 'Too Fat' Family Wants Bigger Checks "A British couple who say they can't work because of obesity-related health problems complained that the government checks they receive aren't enough to cover their living expenses. They aired their gripes in a story in the Telegraph. Philip Chawner, 53, and his wife, Audrey, 57, haven't worked in 11 years. The government benefits they collect each year is equivalent to about $43,260 in American currency. What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It's not our fault we can't work. We deserve more," Philip Chawner told the newspaper. The couple have two daughters -- Emma, 19, and Samantha, 21. The combined weight of the four is 1,160 pounds. Each family member consumes 3,000 calories a day, about 500 over the recommended maximum for men and 1,000 over the limit for women, the Telegraph says. Audrey Chawner admitted the family's diet isn't the best. But healthy food is "too expensive," she said. Maybe they could start a garden - get healthy food AND exercise! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-20-2009, 03:38 PM	#2
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	People like them deserve to be shot, their bodies ground up, and used as fertilizer on farmland to help grow food for rest of us who aren't wastes of oxygen. It IS your fault you can't work, YOU are the reason you're so fucking fat and can't work, not your fairy-tale thyroid or any other lame-ass excuse. They don't deserve anything from the government but a bullet to the head. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

03-20-2009, 03:39 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	now tell us how you really feel __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-20-2009, 03:47 PM	#4
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	Sooo agree, Bullitt. Don't tell me it's a thyroid thing, unless it really really is. Then I'm sorry I'm so insensitive. And obese is not an excuse to get a handicapped parking space either. You wouldn't have those "conditions" if you ate healthy and exercised. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

03-20-2009, 03:48 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Well its good to see that Americans aren't the only ones with the "entitlement mentality." Maybe if their compensation was zero they would be properly motivated to actually DO SOMETHING. Yeh yeh, I'm a heartless bastard, whatevah. I'd like to see some of what they get given to others who are REALLY TRYING to better themselves. (SG) __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-20-2009, 04:10 PM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	If each family member eats 3,000 cal/day, I don't think you can say it's a thyroid problem. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-20-2009, 04:19 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Maybe they're eating thyroids? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-20-2009, 04:20 PM	#9
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I say we round 'em up, grind their fat, blubbery bodies into a solution that I can use to power my vegetable-oil powered car. I lost count of how many problems I just solved. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

03-20-2009, 04:23 PM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	If they WERE eating thyroids (like cow thyroids) they'd lose weight (hyperthyroidism). Effortless weightloss: my dream disease. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-20-2009, 04:46 PM	#11
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I almost created a thread from this story last week, even to the point of typing it up, but then I deleted it at the last minute because I felt I was lacking sufficient compassion. I know there are some Cellar posters who are struggling with food problems, or other addictions, and I didn't want to make them feel bad. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-20-2009, 04:52 PM	#12
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	for me it's not a lack of compassion (lord knows I've my own issues) but the fact that they are so blatantly refusing to see their part in the problem - asking for more of a hand-out. The article doesn't say if they are at least trying to address the problem; maybe they are but from the tone of it it doesn't sound like it. What about counseling, behavior modification, support groups? If they were a family of heroin addicts asking for more money, (and the "it's not my fault" mentality) would you feel as sympathetic? realizing addictions are not "faults" but the behavior should be addressed. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-20-2009, 05:02 PM	#13
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Suppose they let them keep the compensation, but distributed it in a city-wide scavenger hunt? That would get them moving, inspire them to move faster than everyone else looking for easy money, and provide an incentive to get in better shape. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

03-20-2009, 05:09 PM	#14
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	lol - thats a good one, sweet. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-20-2009, 06:02 PM	#15
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Here's the Telegraph article that I was going to post. It includes more detail and a group photo. The father really doesn't look very big. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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