Fat Bastard might be taken by Social Svcs...

[ExAFO 0]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070227/ap_on_re_eu/britain_child_obesity;_ylt=AnZiIykzzkUpw9fp9g_v8abVJRIF

If it saves the kid's life and the NHS some money, it's worth it. Shame on the parents for allowing him to live like a veal calf.

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

[jakee 1,255]

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"If I didn't give him enough at teatime then he would just go on at us all night for snacks and stuff," she told ITV.

Then just say "No" you daft bitch!

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[shropshire 0]

Poor kid..... he did nothing wrong and the mom can't see that she did. It's a crying shame.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Butters 0]

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"People pick on us because of my weight. They call us fat. It makes us feel sick of the nutters always shouting at us," Connor told ITV.

This kids might have more problems than just being overweight.

PS: I love the fact that the kid calls the people shouting nutters.

"That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch

[shropshire 0]

Still not the kids fault.

He's not the sharpest knife in the draw..... but look at his pedigree/ Roll [over the waiste band] model.

On the news that I saw, his mom is Expecting help.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[kelpdiver 2]

but how does a 218lb kid in grade school get bullied?

Based on his mom's height, it looks like he's still got several inches to grow, so if they get him on a gradual decline he might be able to grow him halfway home to 'normal.'

[shropshire 0]

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Because being bullied isn't based upon physical makeup, it's mental.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[kelpdiver 2]

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Because being bullied isn't based upon physical makeup, it's mental.

"Might is right"

As soon as that kid gets a bit more testosterone pumping about, he'll practice that axiom.

[shropshire 0]

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[sundevil777 93]

Being heavy doesn't mean being able to fight well. It does mean not being able to run away from bullies, or being able to chase after bullies.

For the brits: What does "nutters" mean, besides being an insult.

For me, the key point in the story was the mention that the mom consistently hasn't been taking him to state mandated appointments with doctors, etc.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[jakee 1,255]

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For the brits: What does "nutters" mean, besides being an insult.

Crazy people.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[kelpdiver 2]

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Being heavy doesn't mean being able to fight well. It does mean not being able to run away from bullies, or being able to chase after bullies.

if you're 3 times the typical weight, you don't need to run, and you never need to chase. Just need the mindset.

[Unstable 8]

A kid that age isn't going to have the decision-making skills or even the knowledge of how to keep your health. I see this as the mothers fault. If the kid were in his teens or later - than he should know better. I don't think the kid should be taken from his mother, that might cause even more problems then him being a fatty in the first place.

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