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Overweight man was plane 'humiliated'
news.com.au ^ | April 26, 2013

Posted on 04/26/2013 9:46:45 AM PDT by FourtySeven

Edited on 04/26/2013 9:51:41 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Matthew Harper, who weighs 154 kilograms [340 lbs] claims he was told to step off the Southwest flight from Chicago to Denver, US, as it was overbooked.


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To: jimt

“That would be perfectly logical if the airlines weren’t constantly shrinking the seats and the legroom.”

Okay, then have the computer program assign seats by butt width. A skinny next to a fatty.


61 posted on 04/26/2013 12:05:36 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: from occupied ga
LOL! I had a seat beside a VERY fluffy woman and she wanted the same thing. “We will both be more comfortable if I lift this chair arm.”

I said “NO we won't!” She was pissed.

I sat beside a huge fat guy who was putting off so much body heat it was like sitting next to a heater.

No thanks I'll drive.

62 posted on 04/26/2013 12:20:53 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Vendome

My right hand knoweth not what my left hand doeth, because they’re in different time zones.

I’m so fat (250+) I have to carry Euros in one pocket and pesos in the other.

I used to be a sundial, now I’m a sunshade.


63 posted on 04/26/2013 12:49:25 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: elcid1970

OMG!!!

LOL!!!

I got 35lbs to lose myself.


64 posted on 04/26/2013 12:51:29 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: caww

“They’ll be making a special seat sections for those with weight issues....”

Bariatric jets !


65 posted on 04/26/2013 1:39:35 PM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: rarestia

“they’d have to ask your weight and assume you’re too big over a certain number, it’s not something they can apply fairly.”

I propose one of those body-cutouts like they use at amusement part rides. “You must be narrower than this to ride without two tickets”


66 posted on 04/26/2013 1:43:05 PM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: from occupied ga

That reminds me about the time there was a young college kid who had obviously been up all night sitting in first class next to a well dressed very proper looking businessman. The kid immediately fell sound asleep and his head kept falling over on the businessman’s chest. The businessman sat frozen, backed up against the window with the most pained expression on his face. Stuff happens, even in first class.


67 posted on 04/26/2013 1:53:15 PM PDT by ladyjane (For the first time in my life I am not proud of my country.)
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To: FourtySeven

I am a large person. Out of courtesy for others and for my own comfort, I buy two extra legroom seats. The last time I flew, on a very full flight, a man cramped in a seat in front of me next to a humongous fatty wanted to sit in my extra seat. I explained that I had purchased it. He then asked the flight attendent if he could sit there. She said no, but he kept looking back and glaring at me. You can’t win.


68 posted on 04/26/2013 2:36:21 PM PDT by informavoracious (The ancient Greeks and Romans thought they were on the "right side of history.")
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To: elcid1970

Mr Ditter is a slightly tubby guy. I say he gives me warmth in the winter and shade in the summer. I wouldn’t change him for any skinny guy.


69 posted on 04/26/2013 2:52:49 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Vendome

My passport photo alone weighs 5 lbs.

;^)


70 posted on 04/26/2013 7:03:10 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: FourtySeven
My problem is Shoulders, not waist. So I always try to get a window seat and sit at an angle so I won't disturb whoever is next to me.

Even when I only weighed 235 (I weigh 280now at 6'4") I had trouble with my shoulders bumping into the passenger next to me,

71 posted on 04/26/2013 7:09:58 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: FourtySeven

“Shame” used to be a motivator. Today, it is a call to be a victim and get special treatment.


72 posted on 04/26/2013 7:11:01 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: elcid1970

ROTFLMFAO!!!

You guys have been punny today.


73 posted on 04/26/2013 9:39:54 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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