Comments on: Damned Friggin Right, Says the Thin One

By: ninme

ninme — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:38:45 +0000

They used to make fat people pay for two seats (besides, it’s dangerous, the weight distribution) but then they got sued for being mean.

By: RC2

RC2 — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:14:16 +0000

As a fiscal conservative, the word tax makes me nervous. But I wouldn’t be opposed to a rule that if your girth spills over into your neighbor’s seat, you have to pay half his ticket.

By: Brett_McS

Brett_McS — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:45:13 +0000

Some people don’t even fit in economy class seats. They have to be put in business class. I don’t know whether or not they have to pay the difference. They should have to.

By: AMERICAN DIGEST

AMERICAN DIGEST — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:50:19 +0000

Pointers

I show not the picture. I but run the headline link -- Giant Inflatable Vagina Dentata, Tentacles Writhing -- and move along. [Update: Not enough for commenter Ghagdad who notes, "It's great to live in a country where a giant vagina dentata with tentac...

By: ninme

ninme — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:44:13 +0000

Hmm. Sandals are doable. They don't add much weight.

People are used to waiting in line at the post office. Truckers are used to waiting in line for the scales. Home owners are used to getting weighed at the dump. People will adapt. And why should you have a base price? I'm already outraged enough that my 2 petite costs the same as a 14 tall. You could upholster my couch with the difference in fabric between the two. This is my chance to finally have my own back! Power to the shorties!

(Btw, my Hello Kitty towel rocks)

By: Brett_McS

Brett_McS — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:16:33 +0000

We'd have to come up with a formula based on the nominal weight per passenger as the base price, then the variation (either up or down) would be calculated from so many cents per pound.mile (or kg.km). So, if one (with baggage) were 10 pounds under the nominal, and going on a 1000 mile flight, then the cost reduction would be W101000, where the 'W' value would have to be worked out, and vice-versa.

More potential for arguments at the check-in line. As if we needed that.

By: .5MTee

.5MTee — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:34:11 +0000

Exploding Hello Kitty towels FTW.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:41:55 +0000

Token sandals. You can't forget the token sandals. The security drones need to have you remove something, and with token sandals you'll have something they can ask you to remove. Without those sandals you'll have to remove something, and that'll be your bathing suit most likely.

(Why "token sandals"? Because their sole purpose is to let security make a token effort at screening something for something.)