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World's heaviest man could need airlift to British hospital as he weighs 70st
Daily Mail ^ | 10/19/2009 | Andrew Levy

Posted on 10/19/2009 8:36:59 PM PDT by Saije

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Terrible, really. I wonder if he's been on some kind of waiting list.
1 posted on 10/19/2009 8:37:00 PM PDT by Saije
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To: Saije

1 stone = 14 pounds per Google. I learn something new everyday.


2 posted on 10/19/2009 8:38:39 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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I don’t think bariatric or any other surgery will help him unless he fixes his head. I’ve seen folks gain weight after initially losing it from the surgery.


3 posted on 10/19/2009 8:39:39 PM PDT by Marie2 (The second mouse gets the cheese.)
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14 lbs per stone

70x14=980lbs

That’s more than some horses.


4 posted on 10/19/2009 8:40:18 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: Saije

I’m surprised they’re taking him in.


5 posted on 10/19/2009 8:41:20 PM PDT by wastedyears (Clyde Shelton is my hero.)
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He weighs 70 stone?! Gads, that is one hefty fella! I feel “hefty” at 15st and I stand at 6’ 1”.


6 posted on 10/19/2009 8:41:31 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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If he walks the distance, he'll do fine.

How do those people get so fat? The sun comes up and shines in the window, and then there's chores to do. Chocolate, beer, and coffee are afternoon luxuries. Someone isn't doing daily chores.

/johnny

7 posted on 10/19/2009 8:44:25 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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He eats 20,000 calories of food a day - EIGHT TIMES the official adult male average of 2,500.
Paul scoffs three family-sized takeaways a night and wolfs down Sunday roasts like snacks.
He has spent much of the past eight years in bed

If he's been in bed, how's he getting all this food? Someone is bringing it to him, that's how. Why didn't they try to control his intake?

These kind of stories always make me ask, 'where do they get the money for all that food'? I make a pretty good salary and no way could I afford all the food that these super obese, HOUSEBOUND, folks eat. The food stamp allotment wouldn't be near enough to pay for all the food these people eat, so how do they do it?

8 posted on 10/19/2009 8:44:33 PM PDT by radiohead (Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
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To: mamelukesabre

It’s more than my horse and nearly a much as my half-ton pick-up.


9 posted on 10/19/2009 8:45:02 PM PDT by incredulous joe ("Live Free or Fight")
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How’d you like to be ina national health insurance pool with such folk?

I bet that would cost ya a couple cheesburgers to keep this fellow alive.

Guess I’m just a meany?


10 posted on 10/19/2009 8:47:39 PM PDT by incredulous joe ("Live Free or Fight")
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To: radiohead

I always wonder how they wipe their you-know-whats.


11 posted on 10/19/2009 8:51:10 PM PDT by alicewonders (Sarah Palin is the face of America's future.)
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12 posted on 10/19/2009 8:51:18 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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My local TV station featured a ten year old boy who weighs 300 lbs. The Childrens Service Agency is threatening to remove him from his single parent home for neglect. Unfortunately, the mother looked to be 400 lbs and has to be part of the problem, altho genetics could also play a role in this obesity problem.


13 posted on 10/19/2009 8:52:07 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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Your “half-ton” pickup weighs a couple of tons.


14 posted on 10/19/2009 8:53:40 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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I always wonder how they wipe their you-know-whats.

Comfort Wipe...

15 posted on 10/19/2009 8:54:15 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: radiohead

I wonder that too, 20,000 calories worth of food is a HUGE amount. That is about 8 pounds of bacon. I even saw one show where a person had a rig where he fashioned a pully and bucket system out his high rise window where he would hoist down money and a list and his friend would bring him food and hoist it back up.


16 posted on 10/19/2009 8:54:37 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: radiohead

You could afford it if you really worked at it. Buying bulk staples and cooking yourself. Buying bulk meat and cutting it yourself. Growing your own veggies.

Course, you couldn’t do all that if you were unable to get out of bed.

If you did it all on fast food drive throughs, the bill would probably be between 50 and a hundred bucks per day.

I’m only 170lbs and I can eat 12 bucks worth of drive through food in one meal if I really want to. I’m a big eater for my size. But jeeze, i could never do that two days in a row. Not even two meals in a row.

He’s getting lots of help. That is for sure.


17 posted on 10/19/2009 8:55:32 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: Saije

Suprised his heart is still functioning.


18 posted on 10/19/2009 8:56:25 PM PDT by socialismislost
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To: LukeL

It is also 125lbs of broccoli


19 posted on 10/19/2009 8:58:10 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: Saije

70 stone equals 980 pounds (LB)

14 pounds to the stone...

112 pounds = one hundred weight...

the British ton = 20 cwt or hundred weight

2,240 pounds = one ton...


20 posted on 10/19/2009 8:59:13 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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