Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Weight Watchers floor collapses
upi ^ | Jan. 14, 2010

Posted on 01/14/2010 11:38:13 AM PST by JoeProBono

Members of a Swedish Weight Watchers clinic said a floor collapsed from under a group of about 20 dieters participating in a weighing event.

The participants said they were gathered at the Vaxjo clinic Wednesday night to measure the amount of weight they had lost with the help of the program when they heard a loud noise shortly followed by the collapse of the floor, Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra reported Thursday.

"We suddenly heard a huge thud; we almost thought it was an earthquake and everything flew up in the air. The floor collapsed in one corner of the room and along the walls," one of the members said.

The group said the floor then gave out in other parts of the room and the smell of sewage spread throughout the area.

"We're going to have to find a replacement premises," Weight Watchers consultant Therese Levin said.

The participants, who were not injured, said they finished weighing one another in a nearby hallway.

Weight Watchers said the cause of the collapse is being investigated.


TOPICS: Food; Humor
KEYWORDS: dieters; dieting; jpb; napl; weightwatchers; weird; weirdstuff
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-68 next last
To: JoeProBono

I once saw a wedding reception with so many fat people, when they got up to dance, the band skipped.


21 posted on 01/14/2010 11:58:23 AM PST by festusbanjo (It's not that we tax too little, it's that we spend too damn much!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

Just....damn! HUGHLY series! LOLOL


22 posted on 01/14/2010 11:58:23 AM PST by gimme1ibertee ("In a time of universal deceit,telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act"-George Orwell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

I hate gravity


23 posted on 01/14/2010 12:00:19 PM PST by woofie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: festusbanjo

24 posted on 01/14/2010 12:02:04 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

Is that another one of Begala and Carville’s ‘comedy bits’?


25 posted on 01/14/2010 12:03:16 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: All

26 posted on 01/14/2010 12:03:54 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono
The group said the floor then gave out in other parts of the room and the smell of sewage spread throughout the area.

You just can't make this stuff up! Bwaaaaaaaa!!!

27 posted on 01/14/2010 12:06:09 PM PST by red tie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

I call “photoshopped” on that one...

Otherwise, that woman would be more classified as a “giant” than as a “big girl”.


28 posted on 01/14/2010 12:06:09 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Slings and Arrows

Heavy Ping!


29 posted on 01/14/2010 12:06:29 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: who knows what evil?

30 posted on 01/14/2010 12:07:41 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

Who knew that Laurel and Hardy were actually married?


31 posted on 01/14/2010 12:11:41 PM PST by festusbanjo (It's not that we tax too little, it's that we spend too damn much!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: MrB

32 posted on 01/14/2010 12:15:03 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: MrB
I call “photoshopped” on that one...

Is it me or does the big girl's bouquet look bigger as well?

33 posted on 01/14/2010 12:18:32 PM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: the_devils_advocate_666; Lazamataz

Good eye... definitely.

I feel bad for the target of the ‘shopping here, she’s not unattractive or anything, just what is sometimes called “big boned”.

I bet Laz would “hit it”....


34 posted on 01/14/2010 12:24:10 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: MrB
I'd roll it in flour.

Then I'd hit it.

35 posted on 01/14/2010 12:28:11 PM PST by Lazamataz (America has been dead for a while; It's interesting to watch the cadaver cool.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

If they had those body scanners, this would not happened! /s


36 posted on 01/14/2010 12:28:53 PM PST by greatdefender (If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono
I'd hit it.

I'd hit it.

I'd hit it.

I'd hit it.

I'd hit it.

37 posted on 01/14/2010 12:29:32 PM PST by Lazamataz (America has been dead for a while; It's interesting to watch the cadaver cool.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono

“Weight Watchers said the cause of the collapse is being investigated.”

Gotta weigh all the evidence.


38 posted on 01/14/2010 12:30:56 PM PST by Mobties
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

We’re talking about the flour (sic) girl in the wedding photo, there...

If that pic isn’t ‘shopped, you’d need a stepladder to hit that.


39 posted on 01/14/2010 12:33:48 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono



40 posted on 01/14/2010 12:35:07 PM PST by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-68 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson