Naw, forget about cannabis & smoking, there's an even "bigger" problem to worry about...

Obesity costing the same as smoking

...phew, that's a weight off my mind :-)

Naw, forget about cannabis & smoking, there's an even "bigger" problem to worry about...

Obesity costing the same as smoking

...phew, that's a weight off my mind :-)

so now they have a excuse to ban food advertising , close down Macca's , Kentucky Fired Chicken , Pizza Hut , Hungry Jacks , and make fast food illegal .

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Naw, forget about cannabis & smoking, there's an even "bigger" problem to worry about...

Obesity costing the same as smoking

...phew, that's a weight off my mind :-)

so now they have a excuse to ban food advertising , close down Macca's , Kentucky Fired Chicken , Pizza Hut , Hungry Jacks , and make fast food illegal .

Just make the doors to fast food outlets narrow, then the problem becomes self-limiting.

The most common way to assess if a person is obese is to check their body mass index (BMI), which divides your weight in kilograms by your height in metres squared.

I have a problem with that measurement. I'm quite muscular, years of kayaking and other sporting stuff has seen to that. Muscle is much denser than fat, as a result i weigh 255 pounds (18 stone 3, or 115 kg). I'm 6'2" tall (188 cm), giving me a BMI of 32.5 which according to the article makes me obese, which i'm not.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

But they can't close down the pizza shops if they legalise pot. Nut and berries just don't have the flavour hit you need when you're "medicated" ;)

T.A.

But they can't close down the pizza shops if they legalise pot. Nut and berries just don't have the flavour hit you need when you're "medicated" ;)

T.A.

Good time to buy shares in Mars.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

I love it :-) Now all the old fogeys had watch out for the young chastising them...

Britain's rudest old fogey

Too much haggis at an early age?

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More than likely cannabis, rotted his brain cells.

Naw, forget about cannabis & smoking, there's an even "bigger" problem to worry about...

Obesity costing the same as smoking

...phew, that's a weight off my mind :-)

so now they have a excuse to ban food advertising , close down Macca's , Kentucky Fired Chicken , Pizza Hut , Hungry Jacks , and make fast food illegal .

Just make the doors to fast food outlets narrow, then the problem becomes self-limiting.

The most common way to assess if a person is obese is to check their body mass index (BMI), which divides your weight in kilograms by your height in metres squared.

I have a problem with that measurement. I'm quite muscular, years of kayaking and other sporting stuff has seen to that. Muscle is much denser than fat, as a result i weigh 255 pounds (18 stone 3, or 115 kg). I'm 6'2" tall (188 cm), giving me a BMI of 32.5 which according to the article makes me obese, which i'm not.

Back in the late 70's. The USAF instituted a program that told all of us we had to be physically fit. Tey had yearly tests for exercises and we had to run a mile and a half in under 15 minutes. They also had the body mass idex B.S.
A guy I was stationed with was almost kick out because of his being over the limit. The guy was a wieght lifter. He had arms and legs like tree trunks. And abs that were awesome. He actually had to fight to stay in the sevice.
I think if commom sense would have been used instead of the by the book idiots who are completey lost if its not in the book. He wouldnt have had to put up with all the BS.
But this was back in the 70's. Sounds like things are still run by the book idiots.

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Old James

hehehehehe silly old fart but then again i've meet a few Scot's like him maybe it's just a scottish thing .......LOLOLOLOLOl

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Nanny state at work...

England bans smoking in cars

...how long before they ban smoking at home?

Lets just put is totally correct

Drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars if they are carrying children as passengers.

There is a difference very a very small and totally insignificant difference but it is a difference I for one support.

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True, but follow it through...

...how long before it becomes a blanket ban?

You know it's going to come.

No need for anyone to support it, it'll become law on 1/10/15. Another practically unenforceable law on the books.

Time we had enforceable laws & the people to enforce them...

...Oh wait, wouldn't that be the police &/or the health & safety guru's?

Nanny state at work...

England bans smoking in cars

...how long before they ban smoking at home?

Probably not long, I have heard questions about the subject from people who visit homes, like utility meter readers, equipment installers/fixers for BT/Virgin/Sky and especially from "home helps" and health care workers.

I believe Simonator blew a hole in that argument! Smokers cost the NHS £2 billion a year, maybe BUT £12 Billion a year is raked in from them...

...you really need to do that economics course :-)

I believe Simonator blew a hole in that argument! Smokers cost the NHS £2 billion a year, maybe BUT £12 Billion a year is raked in from them.

And there were independent figures to back that up.

...you really need to do that economics course :-)

As i was taught at the Oxford Union: argue the point not the person!

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

I believe Simonator blew a hole in that argument! Smokers cost the NHS £2 billion a year, maybe BUT £12 Billion a year is raked in from them.

And there were independent figures to back that up.

...you really need to do that economics course :-)

As i was taught at the Oxford Union: argue the point not the person!

So to quote the originator was not allowed there? How did you manage to learn anything? You on the wacky baccy?

So to quote the originator was not allowed there? How did you manage to learn anything? You on the wacky baccy?

I'm going to assume you're being facetious and ignore that.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

As i was taught at the Oxford Union: argue the point not the person!

The Simonator...

Can I use the above? (Changing The University Name)

Sometimes, I do get personal in my response to personal attacks (my bad).

"argue the point not the person" will be, I hope, my response to personal attacks by...

Only if you use it correctly...

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.