"Does this sheet make me look fat?"
Posted on 06/11/2008 6:23:32 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Manuel Uribe, who once weighed a half-ton but has slimmed down to about 700 pounds, celebrates his 43rd birthday Wednesday with a simple wish for the coming year: to be able to stand on his own two feet to get married.
At his home in northern Mexico, where he can still do little more than sit up on a bed, Uribe said that more than two years of steady dieting have helped him drop about 550 pounds from his Guinness record weight of 1,235 pounds.
He hopes Guinness representatives will confirm in July that he holds a second title: the world's greatest loser of weight.
But Uribe is still unable to walk with his fiancée, Claudia Solis, down the aisle.
"It frustrates me a little, because it is not easy to get out," said Uribe, who has not been able to leave bed for the past six years.
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I think that waddle down the aisle is the best he can hope for.
Unless he’s wearing a dress, the only way this guy goes down the aisle is laying down.
I was going to post something but it wouldn’t be prudent, I’ll come back later and see if someone else does.
"Does this sheet make me look fat?"
I hope he makes it. I can’t imagine how hard this is for him. Just trying to lose 50 pounds is a challenge.
He’s going to have a whole lot of loose skin after he’s done. I hope he donates it to a burn center.
His right leg looks like a Cabbage Patch Kid’s.
How does someone allow themselves to get that large? There is no way he can have a normal married life. He can’t even get life insurance in all probability, so I don’t know what’s in it for his intended unless he’s independently wealthy, which I doubt.
I’ve seen people like him on different reality TV shows and they can’t get that large and maintain that largeness without enablers. What is wrong with these people?
There’s a lot of women that would pay big $$ to have udders that size.
It’s interesting that he has a fiancée.
Good for him. That kind of weight loss takes amazing motivation.
I’m afraid to ask how someone that big goes to the bathroom.
There truly is someone for everyone.
They can replace the #1 pin with his bride and roll him down the isle like a bowling ball.
Waddling down the aisle might not be the biggest nuptial challenge before him.
Did I?
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