Sometimes, I wonder if it was a slow sinking process, like gradual tectonic activity or a bridge built on brittle sediments, or if, one day, they just blew out in a *SSHHHHH* when the person went to plump their rump in the badly worn seat.
I dunno but damn, can you imagine what their furniture must look like if they can manage to break down a 3000 lb steel automobile just by normal use?
There was a letter to Ann Landers I remember from, jeez, must be about 1993 (I read the paper religiously as a kid...and remember too much shit...and no internet or TV, so the daily paper was like the world to me). Anyway this woman was writing in to ask Ann Landers if it was OK to request that her fat friend pay extra for the carpool because of the extra wear and tear and lower gas mileage she caused. She went on in such detail, accounting for the extra tread loss on her tires and stress on the engine, wear on the seat cushions, it was so detailed and anal. I can't even fathom how long it took this woman to crunch the numbers, probably had to commission NASA to figure this shit out.
The one thing I don't recall was Ann's response, unfortunately.
LOL wow, I wouldn't even go into specific calculations although I am sure, with enough research, I could figure it out myself because it IS possibly to calculate. I'm sure she did it so she would have a legitimate case and not look like a cheap asshole for prejudiced against fat people. People are quick to accuse for something like that.
If Ms. Landers was smart, her answer would have been "yes".
We actually had a similar type of issue with my dad and kitchen table chairs. My dad isn't fat, he's just HUGE, he's one of the biggest, tallest most imposing men I've ever seen in real life. Anyway, his chair would get wobbly and eventually break from HIM, and he'd blame us for switching out his chair with one of ours as if we broke it and dumped it on him. So he'd take our good chairs and give us his shit chairs, until every last chair was busted. Well after a number of years of this we got wise and decided to write his name on the bottom of his chair when my mom bought an all new dining set. Sure enough, it happened again and we showed him the name and he still thought we had plotted it all out, he just can't accept he broke the fucking chairs. I wonder who he blames now though, since all the kids are gone?? I'll ask my mom tomorrow if I remember, I should be seeing her anyway.
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Sometimes, I wonder if it was a slow sinking process, like gradual tectonic activity or a bridge built on brittle sediments, or if, one day, they just blew out in a *SSHHHHH* when the person went to plump their rump in the badly worn seat.
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I dunno but damn, can you imagine what their furniture must look like if they can manage to break down a 3000 lb steel automobile just by normal use?
There was a letter to Ann Landers I remember from, jeez, must be about 1993 (I read the paper religiously as a kid...and remember too much shit...and no internet or TV, so the daily paper was like the world to me). Anyway this woman was writing in to ask Ann Landers if it was OK to request that her fat friend pay extra for the carpool because of the extra wear and tear and lower gas mileage she caused. She went on in such detail, accounting for the extra tread loss on her tires and stress on the engine, wear on the seat cushions, it was so detailed and anal. I can't even fathom how long it took this woman to crunch the numbers, probably had to commission NASA to figure this shit out.
The one thing I don't recall was Ann's response, unfortunately.
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LOL wow, I wouldn't even go into specific calculations although I am sure, with enough research, I could figure it out myself because it IS possibly to calculate. I'm sure she did it so she would have a legitimate case and not look like a cheap asshole for prejudiced against fat people. People are quick to accuse for something like that.
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We actually had a similar type of issue with my dad and kitchen table chairs. My dad isn't fat, he's just HUGE, he's one of the biggest, tallest most imposing men I've ever seen in real life. Anyway, his chair would get wobbly and eventually break from HIM, and he'd blame us for switching out his chair with one of ours as if we broke it and dumped it on him. So he'd take our good chairs and give us his shit chairs, until every last chair was busted. Well after a number of years of this we got wise and decided to write his name on the bottom of his chair when my mom bought an all new dining set. Sure enough, it happened again and we showed him the name and he still thought we had plotted it all out, he just can't accept he broke the fucking chairs. I wonder who he blames now though, since all the kids are gone?? I'll ask my mom tomorrow if I remember, I should be seeing her anyway.
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Get him a sturdy arm chair or metal one.
You really should. Now I am actually very interested.