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Mother and daughter weigh a total of 43 stone and get £34k a year handouts, but refuse to diet
Telegraph ^ | 15 Jan 2015

Posted on 01/16/2015 3:09:32 PM PST by george76

Janice and Amber Manzur both live off handouts and are so obese they have to use mobility scooters, but they say: 'We'd rather be fat on benefits than thin and working'.

A mother and daughter who get £34,000 a year in handouts because they are too fat to work say they'd rather be happy and on benefits than depressed and thin Janice and Amber Manzur weigh a total of 43 stone and are so overweight they have to use mobility scooters to get around.

But both women refuse to diet and mother-of-two Ms Manzur, 44, insists: "I'd rather my daughter live life on benefits being fat and happy than depressed and thin." Ms Manzur lives in a three-bedroom house that has been customised by the council to accommodate her disability and drives a Fiat Quibo disability car worth around £15,000.

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Miss Manzur's council-paid flat has been modified to cater for her disability. It has no stairs, a low front door so she can drive her disability scooter inside and a bath with a seat for easy access.

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Ms Manzur said her and her daughter have been the victims of cruel comments from strangers. She said: "We attract quite a bit of attention when we pop to the shops on our matching scooters. "A man once compared us to a herd of elephants. Another rolled down his car window, called us "fatsos" and said, 'Get off and walk'.

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1 posted on 01/16/2015 3:09:32 PM PST by george76
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14lbs = 1 stone


2 posted on 01/16/2015 3:14:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: george76

“I do like fruit, but it’s expensive. It’s £1.50 for a punnet of grapes. A chocolate bar costs 50p and I can get a six-pack of crisps for £1, so I buy those instead.

“Convenience food is cheaper. I buy paper plates too, so I don’t have to wash up.”


3 posted on 01/16/2015 3:15:21 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: george76

This is what you get when you make being fat a “disability”.


4 posted on 01/16/2015 3:17:10 PM PST by kosciusko51 (Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
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To: george76

Don’t click the link if you have a weak stomach.


5 posted on 01/16/2015 3:18:32 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: george76

Something for the EBT crowd to shoot for .... become a real professional on the dole.


6 posted on 01/16/2015 3:18:51 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Benghazi Clinton killed 4 & injured a dozen as SOS, imagine what she could do as CinC.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My TI-30XA calculator seems to think that 14 x 43 = 602 pounds.


7 posted on 01/16/2015 3:19:06 PM PST by garyb
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To: george76

Too damn lazy to even wash dishes...must have paper plates.

They say they refuse to diet, and they prefer junk food, yet they say their fat is just the way they’re built, the way they’re meant to be, genetics, etc. Which is it?

I can’t wrap my head around it. The mother is fine with all those health problems as long as she can sit her on her massive behind.

I see the girl got off the scooter long enough to get pregnant.


8 posted on 01/16/2015 3:19:40 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: george76

I had to get out the calculator to see how much I (fishtank) weigh: 190 lbs = 13.6 stone.

9 posted on 01/16/2015 3:20:36 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That mans thwo together weigh 602 lbs in American.


10 posted on 01/16/2015 3:20:57 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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To: george76
Miss Manzur=Mansoor.

"Asian"?

:-/

11 posted on 01/16/2015 3:21:32 PM PST by Does so (SCOTUS Newbies Imperil USA...)
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To: fishtank

They’re not fat - they are skinny compared to the nasty ghetto women hanging out at the local walmart. Why they could stick one of these UK fatties under each arm and still stick a few packs of steaks to sneak out the store. This just goes to show that the good old US of A is still number one in something - Fat A**es!!


12 posted on 01/16/2015 3:26:46 PM PST by Colehill1999 ( Obama always gets a five finger discount at the greensboro woolworths counter.)
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To: george76

the handouts need to end


13 posted on 01/16/2015 3:28:32 PM PST by GeronL
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To: fishtank

professional moochers.


14 posted on 01/16/2015 3:29:16 PM PST by GeronL
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To: george76

The daughter doesn’t look too fat to walk. She doesn’t need a scooter.


15 posted on 01/16/2015 3:30:53 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: CatherineofAragon

I know its politically incorrect to say anything. But where is the dad? The girl got pregnant but is dad in the picture at all???

Again not PC but are they going for a 3rd generation of obesity as a disability? Child sees both mom and grandma milking the system and not doing anything for their health and having an entitlement mentality, and a fatalistic mentality about their place in life. The child growing up with them will have problems.


16 posted on 01/16/2015 3:33:29 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: george76

Render ‘em down for candles. They’ll be good to have when the big magnetic pulse happens.


17 posted on 01/16/2015 3:36:15 PM PST by beelzepug (You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
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To: beelzepug

Natural selection is not occurring with the human race. The outcome will be predictable and catastrophic.


18 posted on 01/16/2015 3:44:21 PM PST by refermech
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The question is how did she get pregnant in the first place. Must have been a REALLY desperate man. That and I’m imagining a lot of rolls of fat had to be held back by the woman for the man to hit it.


19 posted on 01/16/2015 3:57:22 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (It's better to die free than live as a slave)
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Perhaps a turkey baster.


20 posted on 01/16/2015 4:07:40 PM PST by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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