# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/141 "2005-10-06T05:05:21Z")
Yes - 170 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/142 "2005-10-06T05:07:14Z")
If I were 140lbs, my BMI would be only 18. So no. ---
**Author:** ![Penchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Penchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penchan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/143 "2005-10-06T05:07:34Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/144 "2005-10-06T05:08:27Z")
“Are you **over** 140 pounds?” Oops. I meant yes. ---
**Author:** ![wenonahbone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wenonahbone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wenonahbone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/145 "2005-10-06T05:13:31Z")
Yes, by 90 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/146 "2005-10-06T05:17:21Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/147 "2005-10-06T05:28:34Z")
Yes! (Happy dance!) I’m 6’3"…and I’ve weighed under 140 for much of my life. 'Bout time I started packing on poundage. ---
**Author:** ![Megyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Megyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Megyn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/148 "2005-10-06T05:34:43Z")
Yes. And for the record, I need to lose some weight, but 140 on me would look ridiculous. No Doper cruises for me on THAT ship. 🙂 We’d sink.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/149 "2005-10-06T05:35:48Z")
One more YES ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/150 "2005-10-06T06:10:27Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/151 "2005-10-06T06:45:17Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/152 "2005-10-06T07:47:02Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/153 "2005-10-06T10:05:00Z")
no. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/154 "2005-10-06T10:18:15Z")
yes (so you’ll have to re-calculate) ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/155 "2005-10-06T10:21:12Z")
That’s 62 Kg, right? Yes. And I _should_ weigh more (although not by as much as I do :() And I am _not_ a tall guy, either. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/156 "2005-10-06T11:14:55Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/157 "2005-10-06T11:43:13Z")
Hell yes. ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/158 "2005-10-06T11:43:43Z")
nope. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/159 "2005-10-06T11:54:57Z")
Yes. Even if I were to drop the extra pounds, still yes. ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950/160 "2005-10-06T12:33:47Z")
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