Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
03-19-09, 02:51 AM
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Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
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A British family of four, who receives more than $30,000 a year in benefits because they are “too fat to work,” says they deserve more money, London’s Daily Telegraph reported.
The Chawners, who live in Blackburn, England, have a combined weight of 1,160 pounds.
“What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table,” Philip Chawner, 53, told the newspaper. “It’s not our fault we can’t work. We deserve more.”
Philip and his wife Audrey, 57, weigh 336 pounds each. Daughters Emma, 19, and Samantha, 21, weigh in at 236 pounds and 252 pounds, respectively.
Audrey Chawner, who has epilepsy and asthma as a result of being overweight, told “Closer” magazine her family’s weight is genetic and they cannot afford to eat healthier.
Philip Chawner has Type 2 diabetes and was eligible for gastric band surgery until he developed a heart condition.
“I’m a student and don’t have time to exercise,” Emma Chawner said. “We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse in the street, but we don’t know how.”
A British family of four, who receives more than $30,000 a year in benefits because they are “too fat to work,” says they deserve more money, London’s Daily Telegraph reported.
The Chawners, who live in Blackburn, England, have a combined weight of 1,160 pounds.
“What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table,” Philip Chawner, 53, told the newspaper. “It’s not our fault we can’t work. We deserve more.”
Philip and his wife Audrey, 57, weigh 336 pounds each. Daughters Emma, 19, and Samantha, 21, weigh in at 236 pounds and 252 pounds, respectively.
Audrey Chawner, who has epilepsy and asthma as a result of being overweight, told “Closer” magazine her family’s weight is genetic and they cannot afford to eat healthier.
Philip Chawner has Type 2 diabetes and was eligible for gastric band surgery until he developed a heart condition.
“I’m a student and don’t have time to exercise,” Emma Chawner said. “We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse in the street, but we don’t know how.”
03-19-09, 02:57 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
Originally Posted by LickTheABCs
Seriously? What the hell does being a student have to do with putting a fork down?
03-19-09, 03:31 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
People like this should just be ignored. That's the only way to make them go away. So I'll begin doing that right now
03-19-09, 03:40 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
How about we pay you less, so you have to eat less, and lose weight and go back to work?
What? Too simple?
What? Too simple?
03-19-09, 06:44 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
The husband looks like he has a little more self control than the other 3 heifers.
03-19-09, 07:01 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
What a bunch of pathetic excuses for being obese and then using that to sponge off others.
03-19-09, 07:23 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
Originally Posted by darkflounder
As a fat person, I must say..
GET A FRIGGING JOB, YA BUMS!!
GET A FRIGGING JOB, YA BUMS!!
03-19-09, 08:14 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
“What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table,” Philip Chawner, 53, told the newspaper. “It’s not our fault we can’t work. We deserve more.
03-19-09, 08:27 AM
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lock them in a room together and let them ultimately eat each other. fat fucking lazy ass'd shitheels.
03-19-09, 08:42 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
Originally Posted by Nick Danger
Outrage! Anti-fat rhetoric!
03-19-09, 08:47 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
“What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table."
From the looks of this family I doubt that the food even touches the table for a split second.
From the looks of this family I doubt that the food even touches the table for a split second.
03-19-09, 09:02 AM
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If that pic's current, there's no way the mom weighs 100 lbs. more than either of those daughters.
03-19-09, 09:16 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
“What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table,”
03-19-09, 09:33 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
Originally Posted by Nick Danger
Outrage! Anti-fat rhetoric!
03-19-09, 09:34 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
Originally Posted by Dr Mabuse
It's Britain guys...
They'll get more money.
They'll get more money.
03-19-09, 09:41 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
To make matters worse, that student Emma... the one who doesn't have time to exercise?
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Must be tough to be so bogged down with hairdressing homework and exams each and every night.... 
From the full article:
while Emma, who is training to be a hairdresser, gets £58 every two weeks under a hardship fund for low-income students.
03-19-09, 09:47 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
Originally Posted by darkflounder
As a fat person, I must say..
GET A FRIGGING JOB, YA BUMS!!
GET A FRIGGING JOB, YA BUMS!!
03-19-09, 10:11 AM
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Re: Family who are 'too fat to work' say $30,000 worth of benefits is not enough
“What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table,” Philip Chawner, 53, told the newspaper. “It’s not our fault we can’t work. We deserve more.”
