# OK you made your point, fat boy: NOW MOVE THE FUCKING CAR **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 26, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071 "2011-01-26T17:52:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/41 "2011-01-26T22:24:38Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Yep - Biggy McFat in the OP was a dickhead, no doubt about it. (Relevance of fatness notwithstanding). > > However, I too am trying to figure out how the old people parked that they were illegal and he was not - OP - can you clarify? Me ten! Other than his obnoxious behaviour, I don’t think anyone can make an assumption on “Fat boy’s” motives until we know this. To play DA (devil’s advocate not THE DA :D). So he complained “loudly” to the waitress that the other car was parked illegally, so? How do we know he knew that PRIOR to his parking there, and didn’t just find it out when the waitress told him what the deal was? That is, he may not have parked there to “teach them a lesson” but as someone else said, merely because it was a legal spot. Then, once he started hearing the announcements, he was already into a hot (expensive?) meal, and was of the mind of “they parked there illegally, I didn’t know until the announcements, they can just wait”, only THEN did he snark off to the waitress “well THEY were parked illegally” and so on. That said, I’ll bet dollars to donuts, whichever way it really was, if he’d have been nice about it, instead of loud and disruptive, he probably would have gotten his meal comped and so on and so forth. Fat or not, legally parked or not, he was a jerk and deserves derision just for that alone. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/42 "2011-01-26T22:34:45Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > So he complained “loudly” to the waitress that the other car was parked illegally, so? How do we know he knew that PRIOR to his parking there, and didn’t just find it out when the waitress told him what the deal was? And was all this _before_ Sir Cumference Girth was shown the menu, and replied “yes, please”? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/43 "2011-01-26T22:51:43Z")
If I happened upon an open parking space that was adjacent to a vehicle in an umarked spot (where customers shouldn’t park) I’d probably assume it was the owner or the manager that parked there knowing full well they may be blocked in but didn’t care since they were going to be there well past close of business anyway. Then to be suddenly interupted from my dinner (not because it’s an emergency and the owner has to get one of his chefs to the hospital) but because a customer absent-mindedly parked in error… well… I’d be pretty upset too and not be the quickest one to jump up to move my car. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/44 "2011-01-26T23:11:37Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > So let me get this straight… > Fatso was NOT parking illegally, however, becasue the old couple DID park illegally it ended up blocking them in when Fatso parked legally? > So what was Fatso supposed to do? Not take a perfectly legal spot because some idiot doesn’t know where they’re supposed to park? Who cares? He was fat! Didn’t you hear?? FAT!!! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/45 "2011-01-26T23:13:52Z")
This reminded me of an incident that happened at work one time. Our big boss walked in and he was really pissed. He had just got to work and as he walked in he saw that somebody had parked in the spot that was designated for emergency vehicles. He was saying about how that spot was for ambulances and such and nobody else was supposed to park there. Even he wasn’t supposed to park there. So he wanted us to find out whose car that was so he could take care of that person. So we had somebody start running the plates. Now most of us were thinking two things: 1. “Somebody’s in trouble.” and 2. “I’m glad it’s not my car parked in that spot.” But one guy apparently decided that the boss was not worked up enough. He felt that he needed to pour some gasoline on the fire. He started saying that everyone should know not to park there because there was a sign on the spot. And he told the boss he should call the police and have the car towed away and whoever had parked there should be facing disciplinary actions and have his parking privileges revoked etc etc etc. A couple of minutes later we identified the owner of the car. Guess whose car it was? Yes, seriously, the guy who had sat there telling the boss how terrible it was for somebody to use that parking spot was the guy who had parked there. And he said all of that even after he knew we were running the plates. If I had been the boss I have had his car towed away just for him being an such an idiot about it. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/46 "2011-01-26T23:23:45Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > And was all this _before_ Sir Cumference Girth was shown the menu, and replied “yes, please”? Oh yeah! Exactly, I mean, if Mr. and Mrs Ditzy McDottering are given a bye for not noticing they were parking illegally, why aren’t we giving Jabba the Hut reasonable doubt for not noticing how precisely he parked? Hmmmm? hmmmMMMMM? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/47 "2011-01-26T23:24:56Z")
I think its obvious. The senile old codgers had parked illegally like every retarded ancient old fuckwit does everytime they try to park their training coffins. The wobblebelly blocked them in, because he was driving a specially converted tractor and trailer that, due to its length, and his girth, was actually blocking every car in the parking lot. The venerable old todgers were the first to be inconvienced by this, due to their urgent need to get out and complete their bucket list. The Butterball didnt want to get up and move his trailer, because he had a tub of lard in the back, which he would be forced to eat if he went out there, and he didnt want to eat the lard until he had finished his starters. The OP should have clarified all this before now, but didnt. Possibly because she is old, fat, and/or retarded. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/48 "2011-01-26T23:37:36Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > If I happened upon an open parking space that was adjacent to a vehicle in an umarked spot (where customers shouldn’t park) I’d probably assume it was the owner or the manager that parked there knowing full well they may be blocked in but didn’t care since they were going to be there well past close of business anyway. Then to be suddenly interupted from my dinner (not because it’s an emergency and the owner has to get one of his chefs to the hospital) but because a customer absent-mindedly parked in error… well.. I\*\*'d be pretty upset too and not be the quickest one to jump up to move my car.\*\* Logic dictates that you too must be quite large and rotund. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/49 "2011-01-26T23:58:31Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > No sympathy here for the object of this Pitting. However, in general, it does worry me a bit when I hear of “very elderly” drivers not driving or parking their cars correctly. > > I know our natural impulse (well, apparently the natural impulse of everybody but that jerk in the restaurant, at least) is to say “Oh, poor Grammy or Grampy, give them a break, they’re old, they made a mistake, let it go.” > > Which is all very charitable and humane and appropriate, right up to the moment when Grammy or Grampy, not realizing that they’re no longer mentally alert enough to be responsible drivers, make one of their mistakes on the road under more serious conditions, resulting in loss of property and/or life. > > Of course, for all I know in this particular case, Ma and Pa Kettle could be the reigning tri-state chess and bridge champions who still win weekend drag racing competitions in their spare time, so these concerns wouldn’t apply to them. In general, though, while I don’t support behaving like an asshole to old people about their vehicular-management errors, I’m not so sure we should always just shrug it off and give them the “benefit of the doubt”, either. I’ve lived through this with my grandmother and now my mother. Even if they suspect or know that they shouldn’t be driving any more, they feel that other people should make allowances for them. And the real fun starts when you get two Golden Age drivers, each counting on the other one to make allowances for them. I hear a lot about Generation Me, but in many cases, senior citizens can act just as entitled as any teen or twenty something. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/50 "2011-01-27T00:08:14Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > Well, I just have to say in defense of the subject of the OP’s ire, “Some of my best friends are fat people.” Well, thats all well and good until your airliner crashes in some remote mountain range and the rescue team never comes and the cold sets in and the food runs out and… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/51 "2011-01-27T00:12:29Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I’ve lived through this with my grandmother and now my mother. Even if they suspect or know that they shouldn’t be driving any more, they feel that other people should make allowances for them. And the real fun starts when you get two Golden Age drivers, each counting on the other one to make allowances for them. I hear a lot about Generation Me, but in many cases, senior citizens can act just as entitled as any teen or twenty something. “We’re on a fixed income!” You’re not wrong about this - I’ve seen it myself (like the old guy in Sears during a Christmas rush who wanted to go straight to the head of the cashier’s line because he didn’t want to wait). ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/52 "2011-01-27T00:16:07Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I’ve lived through this with my grandmother and now my mother. Even if they suspect or know that they shouldn’t be driving any more, they feel that other people should make allowances for them. And the real fun starts when you get two Golden Age drivers, each counting on the other one to make allowances for them. I hear a lot about Generation Me, but in many cases, senior citizens can act just as entitled as any teen or twenty something. Oh yes, I can remember my grandfather telling us he could see “well enough” to drive to the store, since he’s been going there for so many years. But he didn’t feel comfortable driving to someplace he hadn’t been to a lot. YIKES!! We’ll be taking those keys now grampa… ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/53 "2011-01-27T00:18:19Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Cool. Now I’ve got a new username for when I \*really \*let myself go. We’ll call you that now, if you like, **VS**. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/54 "2011-01-27T00:23:14Z")
So many hides were harvested to make fatass’s couch that the nauga went extinct. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/55 "2011-01-27T01:35:38Z")
Hey, I’m a fatass and it sounds like the fatass in this story was an ass. I’m interested to know what the illegal parking situation was, though. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/56 "2011-01-27T02:47:46Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > So many hides were harvested to make fatass’s couch that the nauga went extinct. Chubba Bubba’s so fat when he sets around the house… he sets _around_ the house. Shit, when he hauls ass it takes two trips. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/57 "2011-01-27T03:36:33Z")
I’m not sure the old folks’ car _was_ parked illegally. The person who said it was is the same one who blocked it in, didn’t want to move it, and most importantly didn’t step up when the announcement was made, _lied_ when the tables were asked… until the towing came into play. And whether they were parked illegally or not, I don’t see the evidence for them being “addled.” Young and allegedly competent people park illegally too, and sometimes by accident. F.G. was a supreme jerk, and the old folks are just fine, as far as I can see. The fatness shouldn’t be here or there… but I’m not sure it’s a good idea for fat people to _make a public scene_ about not wanting to step away from the dinner table. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/58 "2011-01-27T03:43:24Z")
What if the couple parked across two parking spaces, so no-one could park next to them and possible ding their doors? Yea, Fat Boy! ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/59 "2011-01-27T04:11:31Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > I’m not sure the old folks’ car _was_ parked illegally. > > The person who said it was is the same one who blocked it in, didn’t want to move it, and most importantly didn’t step up when the announcement was made, _lied_ when the tables were asked… until the towing came into play. > > And whether they were parked illegally or not, I don’t see the evidence for them being “addled.” Young and allegedly competent people park illegally too, and sometimes by accident. > > F.G. was a supreme jerk, and the old folks are just fine, as far as I can see. The fatness shouldn’t be here or there… but I’m not sure it’s a good idea for fat people to _make a public scene_ about not wanting to step away from the dinner table. Jesus Christ. You’ve just had a pure Solomon moment. That was awesome. Best post in this thread yet. Try to top that, other posters. The bar is set on Heroic level. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071/60 "2011-01-27T04:55:58Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Well, thats all well and good until your airliner crashes in some remote mountain range and the rescue team never comes and the cold sets in and the food runs out and… Well, I love a fat jerkcicle as much as the next guy, but in this case wouldn’t Leany McLeanerson make a better meal? Protein and all that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-you-made-your-point-fat-boy-now-move-the-fucking-car/569071.md?page=4)