As for the choo-choo. When I see something similiar I admit I do wonder if their size contributes to their disability and how much excersize and diet thus losing some wieght would help. Or if their size was caused by medical issue. Being that size causes it's own medical issues and fat does sneak up on you.
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March 4, 2011 8:20 p.m. wlkelley3 Dork
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March 4, 2011 8:50 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
And sometimes it's a mental issue as well. I mean really, do you think those women became that way through laziness? When you're that bad it's got to be beyond overwhelming. I don't care if get to park closer, or have their scooters paid for, I'm just eternally grateful I'm not them.
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March 4, 2011 8:52 p.m. Osterkraut SuperDork
Ha! That's in Gainesville.
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March 7, 2011 7:59 a.m. Appleseed SuperDork
RealMiniDriver wrote:
Conquest351 wrote:
What pisses me off to no end are these obese people who pour themselves into their minivan and get a handicaped sticker for their car because they have diabetes and park right at the front steps to McDonalds.
Something seems to be wrong with this picture.
If you are obese, you should NOT be able to have a handicaped sticker that allows you to park up front. you should be made to park waaaaaaay out in the parking lot to walk your fat a$$ up there and work off some of that weight.
Just sayin...
A couple years ago, Mom had double knee replacement. She got a temporary handicapped tag, as she wasn't very mobile during the recovery period. I met Mom and Pop at the mall to take them shopping. Pop parked in one of the reserved spaces and as Mom was extracting herself from the car, another car pulled into the spot next to them. A healthy looking 20-something guy got out of the driver's side and a healthy 50-something woman got out of the passenger side. They headed into the mall, looking unchallenged. Pop, who is notorious for speaking loudly without a filter on his thoughts, said, "Wonder what their handicap is?" Young guy spun around and snapped, "My mom has anorexia! She has low stamina!" and hurried into the mall.
It's my understanding that in the state of WI, 350lbs is the eligibility weight for Handicapped tags.
Apparently, even people who think they're fat can get handicapped tags.
350 lbs. IS anorexia in Wisconsin!
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March 7, 2011 8:15 a.m. DustoffDave Reader
Appleseed said:
The CripplerNow, if they souped up those Rascals, made them pop mad wheelies, corner at 1.0+ G's, well then they're my kind of fatties.
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March 7, 2011 9:04 a.m. carguy123 SuperDork
DustoffDave wrote:
Appleseed said:
The CripplerNow, if they souped up those Rascals, made them pop mad wheelies, corner at 1.0+ G's, well then they're my kind of fatties.
OK, now I want a scooter, but do I have to gain 200 more pounds before I can get one?
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March 7, 2011 10:18 a.m. DustoffDave Reader
Just wear one of those foam-rubber Sumo suits, even in just the Sumo Diaper you wouldn't stand out in a Wal-mart...
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March 7, 2011 10:25 a.m. Ignorant SuperDork
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/re...
Aparently, I'm overweight and on the borderline to be obese.
One time In college.. The government says I should be 140-189lbs. I was 183 once in college... I was 11% body fat and worked out for 2-3 hours a day.. I packed on more muscle and went to 195.. still 11% body fat, but could deadlift 400lbs..
Bmi is stupid.
I wear a 44 long jacket and need to have it tailored in because my waist don't match me shoulders... Stupid obesity.
We'res the bacon.
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March 7, 2011 10:35 a.m. Conquest351 Reader
The diabetes remark wasn't about diabetics. It was about the people who eat themselves into obesity and diabetes is another result. I know some people can't help the medical problems, but these morbidly obese people weren't born with it. Maybe they were. Hell I dunno. I'm gonna look like an a$$ either way. LOL
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March 7, 2011 11:24 a.m. JFX001 SuperDork
Conquest351 wrote:
The diabetes remark wasn't about diabetics. It was about the people who eat themselves into obesity and diabetes is another result. I know some people can't help the medical problems, but these morbidly obese people weren't born with it. Maybe they were. Hell I dunno. I'm gonna look like an a$$ either way. LOL
Eh, it's all a matter of perception.
I look at those people from the son/brother/father of diabetics and ask myself if diabetes caused that (especially when I see an overweight amputee on a scooter here in town)...or were they too lazy and didn't take care of themselves and brought on diabetes.
Admittedly, I have diabetes my mind 24/7.
Apparently, for us, diabetes wasn't considered enough of a handicap for a parking sticker.No biggie.
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March 7, 2011 11:31 a.m. Chebbie_SB HalfDork
My baby-sister has gotten so fat that she is going to have gastric bypass, we all feel sorry for anyone that takes a scalpel to her as it may look like the scene from "Jaws" where everything & a license plate spill out of the shark....
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March 7, 2011 10:22 p.m. Gearheadotaku Dork
As for the train, in the first vid they are in the road, ignoring the sidewalk just a few feet away. They deserved some sort of harassment / jaywalking ticket for that. At least in the second they were on the sidewalk. Crippler, now we know what the GRM retirement home is gonna look like!
