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[hobie16]

I got a '60s flashback from reading the second one.

[BRWombat]

I got a '60s flashback from reading the second one.

Were there tangerine trees and marmalade skies?

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Were there tangerine trees and marmalade skies?

PICTURE YOURSELF IN A BOAT ON A RIVER....

OMG the Beatles were talking about the Disneyland Jungle Cruise!!!!

hehehehehe

or possibly something else?

[hobie16]

Canoes maybe?

[DisneyMom]

Here's to all us biscuitous people in the world!!! :D:

Mmmmmmmm......Biscuits!
I like butter and orange marmalade on mine! :D:

[mechurchlady]

I am fat and I'm called fat by others - okay, and if the shoe fits and all... the main culprit of being fat is being lazy (guilty) and while there are plenty of diseases and disorders that can lead to one becoming fat, I think people are too ashamed to admit that the major problem with obesity is simply being lazy. Is it entirely possible that this entire family has a disorder/disease that caused them to be fat? Yes. But is it also just as plausible to think that the entire family is lazy. YES!

Here is how I define lazy when it comes to being fat... It is so much tastier for me to drink sweet tea than water. It is so much cheaper for me to grab a pizza for dinner than to go grocery shopping for a well balanced meal. It is so much quicker for me to get take out than to have to meal plan.

I am tired of hearing terms like "the woman's section" or "for women like you" or "plus-sized" - okay, since when did it become unacceptable to call something for what it is? I am fat - I shop at the fat people's store.

"I am what I am" says Popeye - and I don't make excuses for it.

I LOVE SGT AND WILL NOT GET BANNED.
I LOVE SGT AND WILL NOT SAY ANYTHING THAT WILL GET ME BANNED.
SOMEONE HUG ME AS THIS IS KILLING ME.
I WANT TO DO BAD THINGS AND SAY BAD THINGS
I AM HURTING INSIDE AND THIS PERSON IS A SENSELESS HATE MONGER.
PLEASE MAKE THIS STOP.
I DO NOT WANT TO BE BANNED BUT I CANNOT TAKE THIS HATE SPEECH ANY MORE.

Goes off to cry which lead to depression and eating to feel better because I do not do the happy pills and booze.

[anynamewilldo]

GrumpyPirate - I would love to share the rum with you anytime :D:

BRWombat - I am PROUD to be BISCUITOUS - thanks for the laugh :D:

[Goofyernmost]

I LOVE SGT AND WILL NOT GET BANNED.
I LOVE SGT AND WILL NOT SAY ANYTHING THAT WILL GET ME BANNED.
SOMEONE HUG ME AS THIS IS KILLING ME.
I WANT TO DO BAD THINGS AND SAY BAD THINGS
I AM HURTING INSIDE AND THIS PERSON IS A SENSELESS HATE MONGER.
PLEASE MAKE THIS STOP.
I DO NOT WANT TO BE BANNED BUT I CANNOT TAKE THIS HATE SPEECH ANY MORE.

Goes off to cry which lead to depression and eating to feel better because I do not do the happy pills and booze.

Why would you go off and get depressed over matters that you have no control over. You can only control your own feelings and lead by example. You cannot force others to feel the same way.

I am fat and I own that situation...no one made me fat other than myself. The word itself has no other meaning than as a descriptive adjective. I will agree with you that in this case the use of the word was absolutely unnecessary and not even relevant. Any of the actions mentioned in the story had absolutely nothing to do with ones size, it was strictly personality based. Again the use of FAT was totally without meaning or merit other than to show disdain for it and associate it to irresponsible behavior. Because of that and because of that only, I also feel the offensiveness and imagined superiority of the OP in this case.

So we partially agree...the use of the word fat in this story was very, very offensive. That shouldn't send you into a spiral, it is the users way of showing anger, hatred and bigotry...but not yours, it's theirs. The word is just a word. By itself it means nothing. I believe in myself and nothing anyone can say will alter that. I know who and what I am. Fat and proudly aware that nothing has ever held me back or interfered with how well I have done in life.

[turkeyham]

Laurie,

You are just fine. My friends are about the same weight as you are. I did get over weight after I graduated from high school. After getting my present job, I gained about 150 pounds. I was put on a diet when I found out I was in my best friend's wedding. I am close to 180 lbs. I have to loose more weight.

:)

[lady ulrike]

I will agree with you that in this case the use of the word was absolutely unnecessary and not even relevant. Any of the actions mentioned in the story had absolutely nothing to do with ones size, it was strictly personality based.

I have to disagree. I think that the fact that the kid was fat and rolling down the street just helps all of us reading the story imagine all the better what it was like. Just my opinion.