# Obese Woman Ruins Theatre **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873 "2006-01-13T20:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/61 "2006-01-14T00:28:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, if **bubastis** is female, then she’s definitely going to be upset about not being offered any chocolate, because, well, it’s chocolate, and, uhh, she’s female, and… > > I’ll just go away now. [From this thread I would say \*\*Bubastis \*\* is a man.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353524) A man thats starts too many threads but a man. [He actually started a pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354005) on \*\*Larry Mudd \*\* because he had the nerve to suggest > [@](#): > > but you really have to adjust your thread-starting threshold. Jim ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/62 "2006-01-14T00:29:33Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Concentration camps. > > What? The thread needed more Godwin fodder. > **kaylasdad99** , check out the OPer’s posting record. He’s either a socially incomptent idiot or an under-bridge dweller. Shhh, we are only allowed to think the second part, not post it. 😉 Jim ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/63 "2006-01-14T00:37:29Z")
::shrug:: I can’t sympathize. I hear the complaint about fat seat-neighbors causing discomfort all the time but I just can’t picture how that works out. Does the discomfort come from desperately trying not to come into physical contact with a stranger to the point of contorting your own body (I saw one response in this thread that said so, but if that’s the case, it sounds like a YP)? Is the person so fat that his spillage is enough to squash you (sounds unlikely). ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/64 "2006-01-14T00:38:03Z")
Reading some people’s reactions to this thread made me think of how much more I could offend them. Horrible things that occurred to me while reading this thread: Mandatory fat farms for any person over 300 pounds. How about a “fat tax”? Smokers and drinkers get taxed, why not food-abusers? In any given theater or airplane or etc., label an entire row “the fat person row” If you overlap into anyone’s seat you are forced to sit in bright orange extra-wide chairs in the fat person row and everyone gets to point and laugh at you. They can throw things, but not food. Have a maximum weight at which you are allowed to buy snacks. “I’m sorry sir, the scale says 382 pounds, I can only serve you water or a diet coke.” I am going to hell for this. It’s a JOKE people. ---
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/65 "2006-01-14T00:43:03Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > It’s a JOKE people. No, you see, for it to be a joke, it has to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/66 "2006-01-14T00:46:17Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > …post… > > It’s a JOKE people. This may not go well. Good Luck. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/67 "2006-01-14T00:49:39Z")
> [@liberty3701](#): > > No, you see, for it to be a joke, it has to be funny. Touche’ 😉 No, I really don’t expect it to go well. I just felt the urge to twist the knife a little. Luckily, none of you know where I live. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/68 "2006-01-14T00:54:15Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > Luckily, none of you know where I live. That’s what _you_ think. Your location says “Earth”. I know where that is, Mister! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/69 "2006-01-14T00:55:21Z")
**bubastis** , it is my opinion that you are writing some of your posts with the hope of pissing people off and deliberately starting a trainwreck. This is trolling, and against the rules here. For example, From [Dont throw my fucking food around!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353812) > [@bubastis](#): > > The bitch that works the carvery in a restaurant where I go most days, I pit you! I asked for the salmon, did I ask for parsley sauce? NO! If you hadnt your head up your arse you would know this.In future, when this happens and you have to take TWO STEPS to get a new dinner, you would want to fucking HAND it to me, not throw it on my tray as ignorant as you like. **Its not me that knocked you up!** (emphasis mine) and > [@bubastis](#): > > Relax guys! **I’m just trying to rant about a hormonal pregnant woman that ruined m’dinner!** Cant a guy get a break? At least I’m in the right forum, right? (emphasis mine) From the OP of this thread: > [@bubastis](#): > > Yes, she was that fucking fat. I’m sorry, I didnt mean that; I have a lot of sympathy for the obese; it must be terrible to live like that. > > Which brings me to part two of my rant: Should the obese be allowed to create fire hazards in public places? Everything you’ve written in these two threads seems to be fishing for a reaction. Perhaps I’m wrong and you’re just a nitwit, but I don’t think I am. So knock it off. This is an official warning. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/70 "2006-01-14T00:57:54Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > ::shrug:: I can’t sympathize. I hear the complaint about fat seat-neighbors causing discomfort all the time but I just can’t picture how that works out. Does the discomfort come from desperately trying not to come into physical contact with a stranger to the point of contorting your own body (I saw one response in this thread that said so, but if that’s the case, it sounds like a YP)? Is the person so fat that his spillage is enough to squash you (sounds unlikely). Just because you can’t picture how it works, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. While you may think it unlikely that someone can, literally, be squashed sitting next to an obese person, it’s happened. Here’s one case where a woman who suffered serious physical injuries, sued Virgin Airlines and won. [Crushed flier wins obesity payout](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2346319.stm) > [@](#): > > Virgin Atlantic has paid a woman passenger £13,000 (US$20,289) compensation, after she was squashed by an obese person who sat next to her on a transatlantic flight. > > Barbara Hewson, from Swansea, south Wales, suffered injuries including a blood clot in her chest, torn leg muscles and acute sciatica and remains in pain two years on. > > The obese passenger had only been able to fit into her seat by raising the arm rest, which meant her body parts weighed down on Mrs Hewson. > > The injured woman had to be admitted to hospital in Los Angeles when the flight touched down and was bedridden for a month. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/71 "2006-01-14T00:58:52Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > [From this thread I would say \*\*Bubastis \*\* is a man.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353524) > A man thats starts too many threads but a man. [He actually started a pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354005) on \*\*Larry Mudd \*\* because he had the nerve to suggest > Jim Ah, I see where I made my mistake. I was thinking [goth chick](http://www.bubastis.com/) when in fact it’s [sci fi nerd guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6706816&postcount=82). Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/72 "2006-01-14T01:03:25Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > He’s either a socially incomptent idiot or an **under-bridge dweller**. (emphasis mine) Can’t do that, **Wolfian**. Sorry, but those are the rules. Please don’t do it again. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/73 "2006-01-14T01:04:15Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Ah, I see where I made my mistake. I was thinking [goth chick](http://www.bubastis.com/) when in fact it’s [sci fi nerd guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6706816&postcount=82). Carry on. Hey! There’s nothing nerdy about _Watchmen!_ Take that back! _pushes glasses back on nose and pats down cowlick_ ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/74 "2006-01-14T01:07:33Z")
This thread just shows that the posters here (excluding the OP) can take a sour lemon and make lemonade out of it! Thanks for the laughs guys. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/75 "2006-01-14T01:08:10Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Ah, I see where I made my mistake. I was thinking [goth chick](http://www.bubastis.com/) when in fact it’s [sci fi nerd guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6706816&postcount=82). Carry on. Please don’t insult Sci Fi nerd guys. (I used to be one). 😉 There must be a better name for him, rhymes with Work but starts with a j perhaps. Hooray for \*\*Giraffe \*\* for calling it the way we see it. Jim ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/76 "2006-01-14T01:29:32Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > That’s what _you_ think. Your location says “Earth”. I know where that is, Mister! Yeah, I’ve got friends who live there. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/77 "2006-01-14T01:38:39Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Yeah, I’ve got friends who live there. Earth? Thats where them gringos live. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/78 "2006-01-14T01:40:22Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > So … Was she hot? Even from the front, baby had back. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/79 "2006-01-14T01:42:59Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Just because you can’t picture how it works, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. While you may think it unlikely that someone can, literally, be squashed sitting next to an obese person, it’s happened. Here’s one case where a woman who suffered serious physical injuries, sued Virgin Airlines and won. [Crushed flier wins obesity payout](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2346319.stm) Ok, thanks. BTW I wasn’t trying to be snarky & dismissive, I was genuinely asking. Being crushed by a fat person next to you still seems hardly possible in my mind but now I know I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873/80 "2006-01-14T01:57:42Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > ok - wait a minute. Why is everyone assuming \*\*friedo \*\* was being fecitious? do you all know something I don’t? I’m not sure what everybody’s going on about with this “whoosh” stuff, but I was not being fecitious at all. I really _am_ fat! I swear! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obese-woman-ruins-theatre/339873.md?page=5)