# You gotta follow your dreams. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583 "2010-03-15T21:15:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/1 "2010-03-15T21:15:01Z")
New Jersey woman plans on becoming the world’s fattest woman in 2 years. [Story](http://www.benzworld.org/forums/off-topic/1507440-woman-aims-become-worlds-fattest.html) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/2 "2010-03-15T21:22:11Z")
Okay, that forum is distracting, so I went directly to the linked article. [QUOTE=[http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1027360/woman-aims-to-become-worlds-fattest](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1027360/woman-aims-to-become-worlds-fattest)] “I’d love to be 1000lb … it might be hard though, running after my daughter keeps my weight down,” Ms Simpson told the Daily Mail [/QUOTE] Aside from what’s obviously wrong with that statement, she appears to think chasing after a kid is sufficient exercise to keep her from gaining weight. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/3 "2010-03-15T21:29:12Z")
From the linked article. > [@](#): > > Ms Simpson makes money by running a website where men pay to watch her consume fast food. Rule 34. ---
**Author:** ![RheaDark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@RheaDark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RheaDark)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/4 "2010-03-15T22:02:08Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > From the linked article. > > Rule 34. Are there really _that_ many people willing to watch her eat? Why not just… go to a restaurant, so you can eat while you watch other people eat? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/5 "2010-03-15T22:11:56Z")
> [@RheaDark](#): > > Are there really _that_ many people willing to watch her eat? Why not just… go to a restaurant, so you can eat while you watch other people eat? They don’t take kindly to masturbators at McDonalds. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/6 "2010-03-15T22:31:54Z")
I need to get in on this- somebody will _pay_ to watch me do my favorite thing?? Oh wait, that’s called porn… I mean, somebody will pay to watch me do my second favorite thing?? I may have found a new career. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/7 "2010-03-16T00:27:22Z")
Is two years enoug time to becoming the _world’s_ fattest person? I mean I’m all for chasing your dream, but at least give yourself a reasonable timeframe, shit. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/8 "2010-03-16T00:40:34Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Is two years enoug time to becoming the _world’s_ fattest person? I mean I’m all for chasing your dream, but at least give yourself a reasonable timeframe, shit. In case you didn’t notice the picture, she’s got a good running start. ---
**Author:** ![RheaDark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@RheaDark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RheaDark)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/9 "2010-03-16T00:48:35Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Is two years enoug time to becoming the _world’s_ fattest person? I mean I’m all for chasing your dream, but at least give yourself a reasonable timeframe, shit. “The 42-year-old already holds the title of the world’s fattest mother after giving birth to her daughter in 2007 when she weighed 241kg.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/10 "2010-03-16T03:02:20Z")
$815 per week grocery bill - she must be eating the gourmet Pirate’s Booty instead of the Cheetos. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/11 "2010-03-16T03:25:21Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > They don’t take kindly to masturbators at McDonalds. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/12 "2010-03-16T03:31:54Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Rule 34. Is this Rule 34 or Rule 36? Isn’t this more of a fetish-based thing? ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/13 "2010-03-16T04:18:24Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > $815 per week grocery bill - she must be eating the gourmet Pirate’s Booty instead of the Cheetos. Just because you want to be a grotesque freak doesn’t mean you have to eat poorly. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/14 "2010-03-16T04:46:14Z")
[Different story and better pic](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1257850/Super-sized-mother-determined-worlds-fattest-woman-years.html) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/15 "2010-03-16T06:13:18Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > In case you didn’t notice the picture, she’s got a good running start. > [@RheaDark](#): > > “The 42-year-old already holds the title of the world’s fattest mother after giving birth to her daughter in 2007 when she weighed 241kg.” Silly me. Here I thought the whole story was summed up in the OP. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/16 "2010-03-16T06:18:47Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Is this Rule 34 or Rule 36? Isn’t this more of a fetish-based thing? You’re right. I had never heard of Rule 36, just 34. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/17 "2010-03-16T06:36:10Z")
That is so unbelievably sad. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/18 "2010-03-16T06:36:11Z")
I have a serious question. How does someone like that wipe their butt, or change a tampon or do up their shoes? Do they have a helper for everything or just not wipe their butt? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/19 "2010-03-16T06:49:50Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > I have a serious question. How does someone like that wipe their butt, or change a tampon or do up their shoes? Do they have a helper for everything or just not wipe their butt? How do you think her daughter earns her allowance? :eek: That woman’s underwear have got to resemble a bag full of cream cheese eclairs in the dumpster at a local donut shop. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583/20 "2010-03-16T06:53:45Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > I have a serious question. How does someone like that wipe their butt, or change a tampon or do up their shoes? Do they have a helper for everything or just not wipe their butt? According to TV, they use a long stick with a rag on the end to attend to bathroom needs. I seriously doubt tampons are an option anymore. Slip-on shoes (or barefoot at McDonald’s in the 2nd article). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-follow-your-dreams/532583.md?page=2)