[RipSawyer]

Thank you, the real question is why any intelligent person would have a problem understanding why obese people are more likely to be killed. I had a conversation once with a Vietnam vet who said he grew up in a dirt floored cabin in Alabama. He told a story of a fat uncle who was standing on a ground sled being pulled by the mule he was driving. It seems the fat uncle lost his balance on a bump and fell off the sled. This would be a fall from a flat surface no more than six inches off the ground and moving no more than two miles per hour. He said his uncle "busted open like a ripe watermelon and his guts spilled out". I saw my own father fall from the top of my doorsteps, a height of nearly four feet, at the age of 81 and he got back to his feet with no injury because he was not fat. Why do people insist on making the simplest thing the subject of an investigation to find out what any country boy knew 100 years ago from simple observation.

[SarahW]

"his uncle "busted open like a ripe watermelon and his guts spilled out". "

Thank you for sharing.

[flyervet]

He told a story of a fat uncle who was standing on a ground sled being pulled by the mule he was driving. It seems the fat uncle lost his balance on a bump and fell off the sled. This would be a fall from a flat surface no more than six inches off the ground and moving no more than two miles per hour. He said his uncle "busted open like a ripe watermelon and his guts spilled out".

Thanks for the biggest laugh of the day! How did you keep from laughing in his face when he told you such a ridiculous story?

[MotleyGirl70]

I had a conversation once with a Vietnam vet who said he grew up in a dirt floored cabin in Alabama. He told a story of a fat uncle who was standing on a ground sled being pulled by the mule he was driving. It seems the fat uncle lost his balance on a bump and fell off the sled. This would be a fall from a flat surface no more than six inches off the ground and moving no more than two miles per hour. He said his uncle "busted open like a ripe watermelon and his guts spilled out". A MULE....LOLOLOLOL

BTW, How does one "drive" a mule? I'd love to know.