'I can't afford to eat healthily' says £600-a-month benefits woman who weighs 22 stone (UK)

Daily Mail ^

[library user]

but emotionally I don't always feel like an apple.'

Cry me a freakin' river. You're using taxpayer $$$ honey!

[AntiKev]

'People ask why I don't snack on an apple - they're cheap, but emotionally I don't always feel like an apple.'

That's the problem right there.

[LiveAnotherDay]

what weight system is “stone”

[KoRn]

What’s a stone as it applies to weight measurement?

(too lazy to look it up)

I’ve read many Brit stories, and have never seen this term used.

[dangerdoc]

Coming soon to a goverment agency near you.

[library user]

[Marie2]

I have never bought the notion that healthy food is expensive.

Cheap foods: Carrots, lettuce, onions, most basic fruits and veggies in season (you have to be flexible), many canned vegetables, gallons of skim milk, large packs of high fiber cereal, eggs (you can skip the yolk if you like), big sacks of brown rice, flour for baking your own bread, various beans, big bags of oatmeal. . .

[JillValentine]

1 stone = 14 pounds

[pillut48]

Holy cow! 22 stone=308 lbs!
:-O

Shame on her for stealing taxpayers’ money!! >:-(

[pillut48]

38 stone=532 lbs.

[jakerobins]

Pardon an ignorant yank...But how much is a STONE??

I don’t know lady maybe if you didn’t watch tv 7 hours a day and ate less?? First they should make her come in person to collect benefits and the office should be on the TOP FLOOR of a large building.

[pillut48]

1 stone=14 lbs.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Well I must say, eating healthy can be expensive but.....

[AnAmericanMother]

Don't know why you haven't seen it if you're read Sherlock Holmes or Dorothy Sayers.

A stone is 14 pounds. It's an ancient agricultural measure.

[pray4liberty]

Well heck, neither can I, but nobody’s paying my food bill.

[pillut48]

I watch BBCAmerica a lot, there’s several diet shows that refer to the person of the week’s weight in ‘stones’.

[Batman11]

I think she has been eating those stones!

[Niuhuru]

I agree. You can get packets of berries two for five dollars or two for three. I did it all the time when I worked at Meijer.