# Any male/female/LGBTQ Dopers strong enough to pick up & carry a 200 lb male/female/LGBTQ 50 meters? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408 "2016-04-07T03:03:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/1 "2016-04-07T03:03:20Z")
This not the other threads asking about [male](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=789551) or [female](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=789521) Dopers! Could you do it with a [Fireman type carry,](http://medical.tpub.com/14295/css/14295_136.htm) a [``` ```auto He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother type of carry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl5vi9ir49g) or a [Wholesale Cash and carry?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_and_carry_(wholesale)) ``` ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/3 "2016-04-07T05:20:04Z")
Yeah, I’ve seen those threads several times and yet I keep pausing on them because that’s what it sounds like. [Same sex marriage won’t be legal in Finland until Mar 1, 2017](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Finland), so the newly married women may possibly create lots of new competitors in the noble sport of [wife-carrying](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife-carrying). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/4 "2016-04-07T05:34:29Z")
What do you mean by “male/female/LGBTQ”? Are we who are LGBTQ not male or female, or do you consider us some bizarre separate third sex? And these days, with my back problems, I have enough trouble moving myself 50 meters, let alone someone else. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/5 "2016-04-07T07:17:21Z")
I’m confused. The other threads didn’t restrict us from answering. I’m a gay male and yes I can carry a 200pound male or female regardless of their sexual orientation. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/6 "2016-04-07T07:53:38Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > I’m confused. The other threads didn’t restrict us from answering. > > I’m a gay male and yes I can carry a 200pound male or female regardless of their sexual orientation. Are you sure? Have you actually tried all the different permutations of M/F LGBTQ or are you just assuming? ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/7 "2016-04-07T08:02:42Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Are you sure? Have you actually tried all the different permutations of M/F LGBTQ or are you just assuming? I’m just assuming. For safety reasons I’ve never tried to pick up a 200lb lesbian. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/8 "2016-04-08T03:56:10Z")
I can carry my own 155 kg. But I lift 30kg at most. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/9 "2016-04-08T05:46:18Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > I’m just assuming. For safety reasons I’ve never tried to pick up a 200lb lesbian. I know one, so we could ask her. For experimental purposes only. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/10 "2016-04-08T12:34:07Z")
I’ve picked up many men over the years, but never carried any. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/11 "2016-04-08T13:15:23Z")
The question confuse me because of the conflicting measurement systems. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-female-lgbtq-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-male-female-lgbtq-50-meters/751408/12 "2016-04-08T18:48:48Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > I’m confused. The other threads didn’t restrict us from answering. People use both Straight Doper and Doper as collective nouns to refer to posters on this board. The OP is making a joke out of parsing “Any male Straight Dopers strong enough to pick up & carry a 200 lb man 50 meters?” as “Any male straight [Dopers]” instead of “Any male [Straight Dopers]” and so on. eta: brackets denote collective noun