# Who's the heaviest poster on here?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514 "2016-03-10T03:40:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/21 "2016-03-10T14:25:52Z")

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I’m nowhere close to being in the running, but it’s fun to know I’m 11.43 stone.

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/22 "2016-03-10T14:58:54Z")

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6’0, 250 lbs, and hopefully on my way down.

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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/23 "2016-03-10T15:04:53Z")

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6’4" and 250-ish. My diet isn’t working. I’ve tried nothin’ and I’m all out of ideas!

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/24 "2016-03-10T15:11:46Z")

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> [@PSXer](#):
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> I weigh 1000 pounds
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> paypal me the ten bucks please

Hah! I weigh 1010lbs.! I win! I plan to buy a box of doughnuts with the $10.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/25 "2016-03-10T15:12:00Z")

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6 foot, currently 240, been as high as 280 and change, glad I’m not winning this one.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/26 "2016-03-10T15:14:12Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> I’m nowhere close to being in the running, but it’s fun to know I’m 11.43 stone.

Stone, huh? _But I would not feel so all alone…_ 🙂

Anyway, I’ve got you beat by nearly two stone. Which fortunately still leaves me _way_ out of the running for the OP’s ten-spot.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/27 "2016-03-10T15:18:03Z")

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And thanks to Al Yankovic, this thread has a perfect [theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE).

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/28 "2016-03-10T15:18:17Z")

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I don’t weigh much (5’9" 160lb) but my gal, Rosie, is weighin’ in at 19 stone.

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**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/29 "2016-03-10T15:26:14Z")

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I am 6-3, 188. Very glad to lose this one.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/30 "2016-03-10T15:34:55Z")

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6’, 166 lbs. But I probably have the longest toes on the board.

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/31 "2016-03-10T15:38:00Z")

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5’11" and 532,971 Carats.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/32 "2016-03-10T15:40:21Z")

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This thread is great. I don’t feel so overweight (a couple of stone) anymore.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/33 "2016-03-10T15:40:44Z")

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Only slightly over 3 fotmals, or nearly 2 (imperial) quintals. Certainly less than a wey, though by how much depends on who you ask.

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**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:** [March 10, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/34 "2016-03-10T16:22:26Z")

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5’11’’ and 555 lbs.  
I hate living on Jupiter.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/35 "2016-03-10T16:47:46Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Not me!
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> This is a contest I’m glad to lose!

**[Homer]Mmmm…[400 lb. catfish](https://proxy.bigfooty.com/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rob-clarkson.com%2Fduff-brewery%2Fgeneralsherman%2F01.jpg&hash=8cb4f89c40e31291268cbd992156d120).[/Homer]**

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**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/36 "2016-03-10T17:14:47Z")

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One dollar, Bob!!

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**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/37 "2016-03-10T18:47:15Z")

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I come in at 4.2 pounds per inch, much better than **Czarcasm** ’s 7.8 pounds per inch.

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**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:** [March 10, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/38 "2016-03-10T19:43:48Z")

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“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

“Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

“This one goes to eleven.”

Heavy, right?

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/39 "2016-03-10T19:45:27Z")

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I weigh 16 tons. What do I get?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-heaviest-poster-on-here/748514/40 "2016-03-10T19:46:32Z")

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Atherosclerosis.

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