Posted on 01/14/2010 7:30:56 PM PST by FromLori
As the dieters queued to see how many pounds they had shed, the floor beneath them in the clinic in Växjö, in south-central Sweden, began to rumble, according to a report in The Local, Sweden's English-language newspaper.
"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 Weight Watchers participant told the Smålandsposten newspaper.
Soon, the fault lines spread around the room, and other sections of the floor gave way.
Luckily, all of the dieters escaped uninjured and managed to move the scales to the corridor, which was not damaged in the accident, and were able to complete their weekly weigh in.
The cause of the floor's collapse remains under investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Well there ya go.
Interesting images come to mind. Appalling images, actually.
>> As the dieters queued to see how many pounds they had shed
Not all that many pounds, it would seem at first glance.
>> Appalling images, actually.
This thread is useless without appalling pictures.
I’m sorry I did a title search.
Priceless. Glad you posted this; I missed the first one.
Surely only the new registrant area.
The cause of the floor’s collapse remains under investigation.
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That’s a real mind-bender!
There’s a show my son likes to watch about super morbidly obese people. These are people who weigh 400 pounds or more.
It would only take one or two of them to collapse a floor.
Glad no one was hurt, anyway.
I saw previews of that show I can’t believe people would let themselves be televised like that it reminds me of Jerry Springer or something. Losing weight and getting in shape is great but that seems very humiliating to me.
I think the accountability of being visible helps.
Whoa . . . that’s heavy.
I wouldn’t want to be seen like that, either, but I think those people participate in the show to encourage others like themselves to step forward and get help.
According to the show’s announcer, there are over 2 million people who weigh over 500 pounds.
I don’t have the sense that the show is trying to sensationalize these people like the Jerry Springer type shows do. It chronicles their struggles and highlights the clinics where they get help.
Not all of the stories have happy endings.
lol.
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