Prince Charles warns Brits not to get fat like Americans

http://drudgereport.com/ ^

[Angus MacGregor]

I'd rather be fat then have teeth like this...

[Angus MacGregor]

Hey Britain.

Your Prince is German, pass it on...

[Billthedrill]

Good thing he has a day job - diplomacy is right out!

[Serb5150]

LOL!

[Red Badger]

Bush ought to tell the American people to brush their teeth so we won't be mistaken for fat Brits!......

[CWOJackson]

And get a real education so you don't become as ignorant as your inbreed prince.

[taxcontrol]

I'm with the Prince on this on. Truth hurts but sometimes it needs to be said. And I'm just as guilty as many others about putting on too much weight. But at least I'm working on it.... lost 25 LBS so far.

[chatham]

This royal Ass is stuck On Stupid.

He would make good company for Kennedy and Kerry , two dolts Stuck on Stupid.

[Serb5150]

I'd rather be fat than married to this...

[sheik yerbouty]

An example of good inbreeding. If he becomes king, he will be known as "Charles The Insipid."

[Petronski]

Dearest Prince:

It's hard to get fat with no f***ing teeth. Try fluoride, you inbred German self-parodying twit.

[American Quilter]

I wonder if the Prince is aware of the growing subculture of cradle-to-grave-welfare recipients in his country, and how they're contributing to the obesity problem. They're reknowned for littering their govt-housing yards with fast-food wrappers, since most never learn to cook. They have no incentive to save money by preparing healthy, low-cost meals, since all their needs are met with govt welfare checks, nor to think about the future, for the same reason.

The prince is correct in disliking the hideously ugly government housing built by the liberals in charge of his country, but those buildings aren't the cause of obesity. As long as so many British (and non-British) citizens are encouraged to live only for the moment, with no exposure to the idea that their lives might have meaning and purpose, the wave of obesity will continue to swell.

[satchmodog9]

[Shalom Israel]

Dontcha wish Charles could be our king, too, so he could tell us what to eat? Of course, he'd have to marry Hillary, since she's h-ll bent on becoming our queen...

[Angus MacGregor]

It's hard to get fat with no f***ing teeth. Try fluoride, you inbred German self-parodying twit.

BooYah!!!!

[A. Goodwin]

lost 25 LBS so far.

Good show - that's almost 2 stone! Run a few more furlongs in the coming fortnight, and you'll be slim as a cricket wicket!

(I agree with the prince about staying in shape, but I resent the comparative part of his speech - I may be fat, but I don't want to be told of it by some jug-headed polo-geek.)

:-)

[iPod Shuffle]

[af_vet_rr]

I'm with the Prince on this on. Truth hurts but sometimes it needs to be said. And I'm just as guilty as many others about putting on too much weight. But at least I'm working on it.... lost 25 LBS so far.

I am as well - some of these people not happy with his comments remind me of some people being upset over Bill Cosby and his comments about the black community.

The truth can hurt very much, but when you go out, you notice more and more people and chilrdren are in bad shape.

I'm not in the same shape I was in when I was in the Air Force - once I retired and started working in the private sector, I found more and more excuses not to exercise or eat healthy, and several of my friends over the years are the same way, and it all just kind of sunk in over the past six months or so (weird how you can go for years and not realize something), and so I'm working on dropping 30 or so pounds.

Probably what sunk in was the prospect of being a grandparent and realizing that if I don't do something now, I'm not going to enjoy being a grandparent - I'd end up one of those grandparents that sit around, rather than one out fishing and hunting with their grandkids, or playing catch or whatever.

That scared the crap out of me - my grandfather farmed and ran cattle up until the very end, and was very active outdoors (hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, etc.) and I can't imagine what it would have been like to have one that was a couch potato - I would not have gotten to know him as well when I was growing up.

I'm afraid we are going to have a generation or two of children that are just not physically active, and anytime you see a large group of kids, it shows. I know, I'm getting old when I complain about the kids these days :-)

[taxcontrol]

Cant run... bad knee from the Army. Well I can make it about 200 yards then I loose a layer of enamel from my teeth grinding.

So I'm learning to swim instead. Not quite there yet, but paying for private lessons.....and doing weights and elliptical machine till the day I can lap swim the local rec pool.

[A. Goodwin]

You probably want to keep that enamel intact - I believe it comes in handy! Swimming is excellent, I've often thought I should take it up for when running/biking become more difficult.

Weight lifting seems to be the most effective weight-loss approach for me, with moderate cardio stuff to maintain stamina and keep the ticker happy...