Fatties. My money where your mouth is.

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My dad was obese for my entire life. He bore a very strong resemblance to Roger Ebert, without the all-consuming lust for ti[/i]ts. So I know from fat. And many of you are fat. Many of you are fatter than that, and you're supposed to be in the prime of your goddamn lives.

You think you're gonna have the energy to lose weight when you're 50? When you have kids and a mortgage and a wife who loves you twice as much as you love her? No. I say this with all sympathy and love, cause I loved my dad: NOW is the time to get thin.

So, in an attempt to do something about this, I will sponsor 5 fatties for the rest of 2006. Dids is one of them, and I'll set aside slots for other people I've publicly called fat, including Gamble and Tony P. Otherwise, feel free to try to convince me to sponsor you.

For the first hundred pounds you lose from now to January 1, 2007, I will pay you a dollar a pound. For the next two hundred, I will pay you 50 cents on the pound. After that, you're out of luck, but you're also out of the 'morbidly obese' demographic.

Documentation? Take a torso+head picture of yourself now, then take a picture of you on a scale so we can establish the baseline. Post both and your current weight in this thread.

The method of verifying weight loss may change over the course of the year at my discretion, but we'll start on the honor code. No payment will be made until January of next year.

If anyone wants to join the sponsoring, post.

Volunteers begin your chewing.


Edit: if you're willing to wait til may to get paid you can also opt for an entire year to get my money

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I'll match your action on Did's first 100.

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[Jorge10]

Bison,

I want to add $0.25 per pound to the people you sponsor.

I am over weight right now and I am about to start working out. I would like to see others do the same.

This is a good thread.

[DcifrThs]

bison,

i want to discuss this with you further (re: sponsorship...i fortunately come nowhere near qualifying ATM). get my AIM from somebody and IM me. im willing to bet your PMs are full.

Barron

[Dids]

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Kipin,

I'm not sure you count as "morbidly obese". To me, that's where the line should start.

I really enjoy that a term used to describe me has some connotation that I'm already dead.

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He outweighs me by 100 pounds at about the same height, so you might want to think more about that. I also doubt that he has substantially more muscle than I do.

I hope you both go ahead and lose a lot of weight.

~D

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Kipin has a pretty wide frame. It's not just fat.

You're basketball player tall. He is that plus lineman wide.

I don't dispute that kipin is a big guy with weight to lose, but he's just not fat the way me and gg are fat.

[kipin]

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I don't dispute that kipin is a big guy with weight to lose, but he's just not fat the way me and gg are fat.

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I think my man tit_s and double chin say otherwise???

[dlk9s]

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Kipin,

I'm not sure you count as "morbidly obese". To me, that's where the line should start.

I really enjoy that a term used to describe me has some connotation that I'm already dead.

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He outweighs me by 100 pounds at about the same height, so you might want to think more about that. I also doubt that he has substantially more muscle than I do.

I hope you both go ahead and lose a lot of weight.

~D

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Kipin has a pretty wide frame. It's not just fat.

You're basketball player tall. He is that plus lineman wide.

I don't dispute that kipin is a big guy with weight to lose, but he's just not fat the way me and gg are fat.

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I was curious, so based on the measurements Kipin posted and the BMI info I posted, Kipin is "morbidly obese."

I can picture what you are describing, though - some people's frames are built for more weight.

[Dids]

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i appreciate your kindness and care, but 1 dollar per pound? these are poker players, they make 250 bucks in 30 minutes.

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Carlo,

I am SO not a poker player. In fact, I am avidly not playing poker with the expressed intention of unfatting myself.

[GambleGamble]

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but he's just not fat the way me and gg are fat.

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Please dont state that you are not entirely sure of...especially about me....yes Im fat...But ....eh nevermind Im sick of arguing this point...hopefully someone who knows me will chime in defend me in some way....

[Jack of Arcades]

5-8, 265, 19

[bisonbison]

hopefully someone who knows me will chime in defend me in some way....

You are not the fattest person I've ever seen. But I was hoping to fill out my roster with at least one stubborn guy who'd lose no weight whatsoever.