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howard112211 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 06:36 AM
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7. This stuff can be painful. I saw a girl once at an amusement park
who was told she could not ride a certain type of boat ride because she was too overweight. Naturally she was upset. Unfortunately though, the laws of physics don't bend to comfort our needs.
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  -Gym Tells Woman She's Too Fat for Workout Equipment The Straight Story  Jun-04-10 05:52 AM   #0 
  - Wow.  Dorian Gray   Jun-04-10 05:55 AM   #1 
  - Rest of the story:  depakid   Jun-04-10 05:56 AM   #2 
  - Goddammit, I hate it when objective context interferes with my cynical worldview!  Bucky   Jun-04-10 06:10 AM   #4 
  - hah  adamuu   Jun-04-10 07:07 AM   #9 
  - Thanks for the "Rest of the Story"  Lochloosa   Jun-04-10 06:12 AM   #6 
  - Yeah, so much for the "straight story"  JNelson6563   Jun-04-10 07:08 AM   #10 
  - Yeh...funny how some facts get conveniently left out.  AngryOldDem   Jun-04-10 06:56 AM   #8 
  - Could also be that the media involvement helped with the cancellation fee  depakid   Jun-04-10 08:35 AM   #14 
  - Wow, she must have gained quite a bit of weight  eilen   Jun-04-10 07:10 AM   #12 
  - Stop clouding up the rant with facts.  Statistical   Jun-04-10 07:20 AM   #13 
  - Another epic fail of an obvious outrage generator  ProgressiveProfessor   Jun-04-10 09:22 AM   #15 
  - It is getting really old.  donco6   Jun-04-10 09:47 AM   #20 
  - interesting,  Johonny   Jun-04-10 09:25 AM   #16 
  - And she'd have sued their asses off. n/t  donco6   Jun-04-10 09:46 AM   #19 
  - Many pieces of exercise equipment have weight restrictions. For  Obamanaut   Jun-04-10 06:05 AM   #3 
  - manager is cancelling contract and waiving cancellation fees  DrDan   Jun-04-10 06:10 AM   #5 
  - This stuff can be painful. I saw a girl once at an amusement park  howard112211   Jun-04-10 06:36 AM   #7 
  - I see this at Cedar Point a lot.  sailor65   Jun-04-10 07:09 AM   #11 
  - a dear friend of mine broke her treadmill because she was too heavy for it  dugaresa   Jun-04-10 09:26 AM   #17 
  - with today's flimsy manufacturing, it's important to check weight limits, esp. on home equipment  eShirl   Jun-04-10 09:46 AM   #18 
  - Because she was. n/t  lumberjack_jeff   Jun-04-10 09:52 AM   #21 
  - Her photo makes me think  DavidDvorkin   Jun-04-10 10:02 AM   #22 
     - The water program they purportedly designed for her would be excellent as well  ProgressiveProfessor   Jun-04-10 10:07 AM   #23 
        - Good point  DavidDvorkin   Jun-04-10 10:34 AM   #24 
 

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