Too Fat To Work

Horza · Post by **Horza** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:21 am

This has probably been splashed all over the place but anyway:

Family who are 'too fat to work' say £22,000 worth of benefits is not enough

A family of four with a combined weight of 83 stone say they are "too fat to work" and need more than the £22,000 they currently receive in benefits.

These people go through excuses faster than bacon butties:

#1 "All that healthy food, like fruit and veg, is too expensive." - The poor dears, can't you see that they'd all be slimmer if it weren't for exorbitant prices for all that fresh, non-bacony produce?

But almost without pause:

#2 "We're fat because it's in our genes. Our whole family is overweight," she added. - You see? They have a pre-existing condititon! They need money in order to make their permanently enflabbed lives liveable!

but here's daughter with no #3: Emma, said: "I'm a student and don't have time to exercise" - Yes, time poor because she's an apprentice hairdresser, her every spare moment snatched away by titanic course loads before she can exercise!

and she does it too, in the same breath #4: "We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse we get in the street, but we don't know how." - Now we see the true picture of misery, this poor taunted family needs education not cruelty. They haven't the faintest idea where to start. But money will surely help them buy a clue.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:23 am

Wire their jaws up.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:26 am

Use them as a fall arrest system.

Horza · Post by **Horza** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:32 am

The funny thing is as most yanks will tell you, this mob are positively slim by IT worker standards.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:33 am

Bastard! Warning - don't click on the link - I know i'm gonna have nightmares now!

Interesting to see the telegraph moving into the tabloid market.

malcd1 · Post by **malcd1** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:40 pm

Whenever I see an article about 'too fat to work', for some reason I always think of that Simpsons episode where Homer wants to work from home.

This family are too fat to work because they don't go to work. If they got a job and got off that poor couch instead of filling their fat faces, they wouldn't be so fat.

There is no excuse. Eat less, and get off you fat arse and exercise more.

Come the revolution and they make me dictator, people like this won't get a penny in benefits.

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:16 pm

feck me, when's the next election again? Who's our best bet to sort shithouses like this out?

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:21 pm

Monster Raving Loonies. They'll find a use for 'em.

dasher · Post by **dasher** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:55 pm

Surely they should be able to sue the shops / supermarkets for selling them the food that is making them fatter ?

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:07 pm

Well, they are from Blackburn so what do we expect?

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:07 pm

I think I eat pretty healthily these days, and I think it can be done very cheaply.

It's possible to buy a big bag of potatoes from the Aldi near me for 50p, and fillings like tinned tuna for jacket potatoes can be bought pretty cheaply.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:20 pm

Is this the family that were evicted from their house in Ramsbottom and one of them had been on a pop factor show?

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:27 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Is this the family that were evicted from their house in Ramsbottom and one of them had been on a pop factor show?

She, dad Philip, 53, also 24st, and daughters Samantha, 21 and 18st, and Emma, 19 and 17st, are all on the dole.

However, you might recognise Emma from her ill-fated X Factor audition in a meringue bridesmaids-style gown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEthTDp3D84

and especially the return

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVB8XYBAftM

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:01 pm

Bloody hell! I'm 65 Kg and about 5'8½" (I've shrunk by 1½" over the years), consider myself to be a bit overweight and need to get rid of at least 5 Kg of that in order to reduce the size of my paunch (see little picture at left). Maybe I inherited my daughter's genes?

Oh, yes, I forgot - I have 'light' bones.

a1 · Post by a1 » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:05 pm

she looks like she's just ate jabba the hut

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:09 pm

a1 wrote:she looks like shes just ate jabba the hut

Are you saying you want to bang her then? Cos that's what I'm hearing.

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:11 pm

To be fair though, find me one person on benefits who thinks that the amount they receive is enough.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:20 pm

Let's not be mean... somewhere inside of Emma is a thin person who can sing...

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:54 pm

William the White wrote:Let's not be mean... somewhere inside of Emma is a thin person who can sing...

Is it too late to rescue her?

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:43 am

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:Is this the family that were evicted from their house in Ramsbottom and one of them had been on a pop factor show?

She, dad Philip, 53, also 24st, and daughters Samantha, 21 and 18st, and Emma, 19 and 17st, are all on the dole.

However, you might recognise Emma from her ill-fated X Factor audition in a meringue bridesmaids-style gown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEthTDp3D84

and especially the return

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVB8XYBAftM

Good grief. She's too fat to sing in tune as well, I take it!

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