# Do You Weigh Over 140 Pounds? Yes/No Answer Only **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950 "2005-10-05T21:04:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/121 "2005-10-06T02:53:51Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/122 "2005-10-06T02:54:41Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/123 "2005-10-06T02:57:50Z")
Yes As a 6’0 guy I would hope so, though in high school I weighed 128 and was the same height. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/124 "2005-10-06T02:58:33Z")
I honestly have no clue how much I weigh. I have never owned a scale. I’m 5’1" and a female size 10, if that gives any clue. StG ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/125 "2005-10-06T03:01:52Z")
Not only yes but hell yes. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/126 "2005-10-06T03:02:01Z")
Yes. Since I was 9. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/127 "2005-10-06T03:03:29Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/128 "2005-10-06T03:14:15Z")
Yes. In fact, I think I can eat 140 lb people. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/129 "2005-10-06T03:17:41Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/130 "2005-10-06T03:25:34Z")
Yes (I think). ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/131 "2005-10-06T03:32:46Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/132 "2005-10-06T03:39:03Z")
Yes!!!- I weigh 290, I am 6’1". Can you believe it? 😃 I’m not a football player either- according to one of those fat-reading machines you hold in both hands w/ the levers, I am 1/3 fat, which equals what, 96.6 pounds of fat on my body? I have an entire supermodel of fat on me! 😛 This concludes Straight Dope’s believe it or not… Why be embarassed? This is anonymous. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/133 "2005-10-06T04:02:07Z")
Yes, almost always. If I’m sick or something so I don’t eat for a while I’ll drop below 140. Uh, I mean “yes.” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/134 "2005-10-06T04:21:36Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/135 "2005-10-06T04:21:49Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/136 "2005-10-06T04:29:12Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > this was the means of determining how many people should have safely been able to go on the ship in question…“x” number of people times 140 pounds = safe weight. Ah, so there was a _ship_. I was close, wasn’t I, talking life vests and that. :dubious: How big a ship was this you were thinking of? Probably not a full-blown cruise liner, if we’re worrying about who weighs what. They way they feed people on those tubs, there wouldn’t be a one left afloat. > [@](#): > > So far, it looks like we shouldn’t be planning any DoperFests on ships, but carry on. Aye aye Cap’n. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/137 "2005-10-06T04:37:49Z")
I weigh 122-128 depending on fluctuations. Fierra weighs 104-112 depending. So two “no’s” from here. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/138 "2005-10-06T04:40:28Z")
Yes, unless I haven’t eaten dinner yet. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/139 "2005-10-06T04:50:38Z")
I already answered yes (twice over), but it’d be cool if some moderators and administrators would weigh in on this one. Newbies, too. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/140 "2005-10-06T04:59:33Z")
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