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Davian93
05-29-2008, 01:18 PM
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/364975_heavy29.html?redux

Now that would suck...if you need an air ambulance you're in pretty bad shape to begin with. If you can't fit on the helicopter...you're in pretty big trouble.
Terez
05-29-2008, 01:25 PM
hmm...I don't think my definition of "thin" has anything to do with being able to fit on a helicopter...
Davian93
05-29-2008, 01:28 PM
hmm...I don't think my definition of "thin" has anything to do with being able to fit on a helicopter...

I don't think it does for most people...
John Snow
05-29-2008, 04:54 PM
you should hear the stories my daughter brings home from her EMT work - her gurney has a 650lb weight limit, and it's amazing how often that's not enough. And people who get stuck in their bathtubs, or won't fit through doors.......who need to be schlepped into the ambulance on a tarp by about 10 fire guys......
caladanbrood
05-29-2008, 05:27 PM
I saw a program about the fattest people in the world (shock horror, it was american;)), and one guy hadn't got out of his bed for 4 years, and they had to use two gurneys to move him, as well as demolishing the wall, because he literally couldn't fit through the door.

(and here I sit, eating my fried chicken...:o)
Davian93
05-29-2008, 05:31 PM
Mmmm...Fried chicken.
irerancincpkc
05-29-2008, 05:33 PM
Yeah, that would be a problem...

I need to gain weight. :D
caladanbrood
05-29-2008, 05:41 PM
Mmmm...Fried chicken.
They gave me four pieces instead of the three I payed for... I mean, I'm not complaining, but it's really not helping any attempt at healthy eating.
Davian93
05-29-2008, 05:42 PM
They gave me four pieces instead of the three I payed for... I mean, I'm not complaining, but it's really not helping any attempt at healthy eating.

How dare they!
caladanbrood
05-29-2008, 05:45 PM
Quite! Swinehund kebab-shop owners :mad:
DeiwosTheSkyGod
05-29-2008, 05:46 PM
Oh, I saw that show too! The guy had fat oozing through his skin because his body literally couldn't contain any more of it. Wicked gross.
Davian93
05-29-2008, 05:46 PM
Oh, I saw that show too! The guy had fat oozing through his skin because his body literally couldn't contain any more of it. Wicked gross.


That's sick... I don't know how you can do that to yourself.
caladanbrood
05-29-2008, 05:48 PM
That's sick... I don't know how you can do that to yourself.
Kid liked his chicken...


Oh dammit, now I don't want to eat at all :(
Terez
05-29-2008, 08:55 PM
Ahh...I knew I had this one somewhere. :D

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i111/Terez27/obesity.png
Anaiya Sedai
05-29-2008, 09:04 PM
BMI deceives you.

most people will give you different ideals for what your BMI should be.
I'm pretty sure that I was told in germany that the ideal BMI starts at 18.5 and goes up to about 21.

a couple of weeks ago, I was told by my doctor that my ideal BMI would be somewhere between 20 and 23..

other possible minimums I've come across were 18, 19, 19.5...
not that it makes any difference to me, really, but I find it quite annoying that there is no consistency.
Yuri33
05-30-2008, 12:24 AM
We have had several instances where patients were too heavy\large to fit in our MRI scanners.

The solution: send them to local zoo to be imaged in an animal MRI machine.

Needless to say, these patients are NOT happy to hear this...
caladanbrood
05-30-2008, 05:39 AM
Most world-class athletes are technically obese, if you go by BMI...
Davian93
05-30-2008, 07:38 AM
We're #1, We're #1, We're #1!!!

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
Terez
05-30-2008, 07:43 AM
http://justmytruth.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/american-flag.jpg

Um, what?
Gilshalos Sedai
05-30-2008, 08:04 AM
Um, yeah, gross.


But frankly, those people who get like that are seriously NOT right in the head.