Thumbless Pete Crabbe
21-07-2007, 04:32
A bit more:
A Mexican tipping the scales at 560 kilograms (1,234 pounds) will be listed as the world's fattest man by the Guinness Book of Records, while a loss of 200 kilos (440 pounds) may make him the man who lost the most weight.
"I'm glad to be in the Guinness Book as the fattest man. I am also happy to have lost 200 kilos," Manuel Uribe, 41, told AFP.
Uribe was able to leave his home in Monterrey, northern Mexico in March aboard a trailer to celebrate his weight loss.
Guinness has recognized his weighty achievement with a glass plaque.
"They gave it to me, I have it in my hands," said Uribe, who founded an organization to help overweight people.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070720210958.nxif5zgw&show_article=1
Disclaimer: VERY Fat Partial Nudity Ahead
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It really boggles the mind, I think - the circumstances that bring about a 1,234 lb. person. But there's a silver lining here, which made me want to post this: the bit about his wanting to help other overweight people, and his satisfaction at having lost some of the weight.
Any Discovery Health Channel fans out there? I tune in sometimes, and stories of the incredibly fat are common. Past a certain point, the guy or lady can't even feed herself anymore - loved ones actually shovel all that junk into them, all day, every day. Sometimes tens of thousands of calories worth. Amazing. The common element, I've seen, is that the guy usually has no real will to live - that he's losing the weight and getting the surgery out of a need to save his life, but, beyond that, regrets having to change his ways.
In one DHC special, I actually hoped the man would fail in his attempt to lose the weight - his violent attitude toward his wife and her sort of unnatural silence through the whole thing made me think she might've been aiding him in his destruction simply to avoid conflict in dealing with an abusive husband. Sad stuff.
So, before I wander into tl;dr country (:p) I'll ask the question: what do you think is behind some of the extremes of destructive behavior? Should we try to help people who have no regard for their own life, but are otherwise sound of mind (not depressed, delusional, etc.)? Is there anything to be learned from these kinds of stories, which crop up so often nowadays? :confused:
A Mexican tipping the scales at 560 kilograms (1,234 pounds) will be listed as the world's fattest man by the Guinness Book of Records, while a loss of 200 kilos (440 pounds) may make him the man who lost the most weight.
"I'm glad to be in the Guinness Book as the fattest man. I am also happy to have lost 200 kilos," Manuel Uribe, 41, told AFP.
Uribe was able to leave his home in Monterrey, northern Mexico in March aboard a trailer to celebrate his weight loss.
Guinness has recognized his weighty achievement with a glass plaque.
"They gave it to me, I have it in my hands," said Uribe, who founded an organization to help overweight people.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070720210958.nxif5zgw&show_article=1
Disclaimer: VERY Fat Partial Nudity Ahead
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It really boggles the mind, I think - the circumstances that bring about a 1,234 lb. person. But there's a silver lining here, which made me want to post this: the bit about his wanting to help other overweight people, and his satisfaction at having lost some of the weight.
Any Discovery Health Channel fans out there? I tune in sometimes, and stories of the incredibly fat are common. Past a certain point, the guy or lady can't even feed herself anymore - loved ones actually shovel all that junk into them, all day, every day. Sometimes tens of thousands of calories worth. Amazing. The common element, I've seen, is that the guy usually has no real will to live - that he's losing the weight and getting the surgery out of a need to save his life, but, beyond that, regrets having to change his ways.
In one DHC special, I actually hoped the man would fail in his attempt to lose the weight - his violent attitude toward his wife and her sort of unnatural silence through the whole thing made me think she might've been aiding him in his destruction simply to avoid conflict in dealing with an abusive husband. Sad stuff.
So, before I wander into tl;dr country (:p) I'll ask the question: what do you think is behind some of the extremes of destructive behavior? Should we try to help people who have no regard for their own life, but are otherwise sound of mind (not depressed, delusional, etc.)? Is there anything to be learned from these kinds of stories, which crop up so often nowadays? :confused: