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Should fat people pay extra on the bus?

LegalEagle-ish

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Brendan

Brendan

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No the rule is that if 2 people from the same family are on the bus the more senior of the 2 gets the seat, as is proper. The younger one (even if they are an adult) however has to sit on the elder?s lap so as not to take up other people?s seats.
LegalEagle-ish

LegalEagle-ish

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karter Wrote:

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> LegalEagle-ish Wrote:

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> > How can anyone say that being black, gay or

> > whatever are the same as being fat. Being fat

> is

> > not an immutable characteristic. You can choose

> > not to be fat. Most people are fat because they

> > eat (and drink) too much and exercise too

> little.

> > Lard arses of the world, unite and start

> walking

> > instead of squashing everyone else on the bus!

>

> Legal, did you ever eat (and drink) too much and

> exercise too little ?



I have eaten (and drunk) too much loads of times, but I exercise a lot so have only ever been chubby, never faaaat!

karter

karter

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LegalEagle-ish Wrote:

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> karter Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > LegalEagle-ish Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > How can anyone say that being black, gay or

> > > whatever are the same as being fat. Being fat

> > is

> > > not an immutable characteristic. You can

> choose

> > > not to be fat. Most people are fat because

> they

> > > eat (and drink) too much and exercise too

> > little.

> > > Lard arses of the world, unite and start

> > walking

> > > instead of squashing everyone else on the

> bus!

> >

> > Legal, did you ever eat (and drink) too much

> and

> > exercise too little ?

>

>

> I have eaten (and drunk) too much loads of times,

> but I exercise a lot so have only ever been

> chubby, never faaaat!



Then maybe your chubbiness may be FAT to someone else?

HonaloochieB

HonaloochieB

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I reckon if I met Roger Moore on a bus, he standing, I sitting I'd get up and offer my seat to him.

He'd charmingly refuse, but I'd insist saying it was a matter of principle on my part to offer my seat to a senior citizen.

He'd accept my offer with effusive thanks and I'd demur saying that there was no need and that I was no saint.

At which point we'd both make full eye contact and both chant the riff from The Saint DU DU DU DU DER DEEEER and Roger would mime looking up at the cartoon halo as he used to do at the beginning of each show.

Generally thought by most to be his very finest eyebrow work, by the way.

Anyway, the person next to him gets up, I take their seat and Roger regales me with stories about what a complete nuisance Richard Harris was on the shoot of The Wild Geese all the way to Waterloo Station.


If it's Sean Connery though I wouldn't bother. He can go and bloody scratch as far as I'm concerned.

LegalEagle-ish

LegalEagle-ish

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karter Wrote:

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> LegalEagle-ish Wrote:

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> > as long as I only take up one seat, I don't

> care!

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> You are not strapped for cash are you, legal?



What has that got to do with the price of fish?


Are you an offended fatty by any chance, karter?

thexwinglessxbird

thexwinglessxbird

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LMFAO! This is hilarious!


I'm so glad I saw this, as I was feeling so down in the dumps from Cath Balan's animal cruelty threads...


I get sat on by fat people all the time. I think they take advantage, because I don't take up my whole seat! It's either that or I have somebody elbowing me while they eat or read their newspaper. Urgh! I hate being touched by strangers! I feel violated!!

HonaloochieB

HonaloochieB

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Let just add a note of caution to Giggi's very sensible proposition that a child should be seated on an adult's lap in order to free up a seat for a standee.

Should Roger Moore and his son Geoffrey be sitting on the bus don't expect Roger to take Geoffrey on his lap, Geoff is fully-growed now and his weight could play hob with Roger's knees. Not that Geoff's fat or anything, just sturdy.

Mind you, why isn't he giving his seat up instaed of expecting his old dad to cause irrepairable damage to his legs by by 'lapping' him.

Just who the hell does he think he is? The bloody insufferable pup, with his towering sense of entitlement.


Anyway if Sean Connery is standing on the bus, kick him in the slats. B@stard.


Edited because my spelling suffers when I get a bit worked up.

HonaloochieB

HonaloochieB

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Thinking about it if Forsyth and Corbett were sitting on the bus together, would it be in order to expect Bruce to take Ronnie on his lap to make room for a 'standee'.

I'd say yes, but then I will admit to not giving a toss about Brucie's knees as opposed to Roger's.

Mind I'm sure that the two of them would then launch into an 'improv' of a vent act and entertain all the passengers, I reckon even the older standees would forget their aching knees and instead be clutching their aching sides at the free mirth-fest the two old golfing Water Rats would be providing (all except Sean Connery of course, he'd be pointedly staring out of the window and tut-tutting under his breath, the jive-ass turkey).


Mind I'd still dob Brucie in to Big Vern and advise him to offer violence to the pencil-neck mofo.

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