Comments on: Should Large-Sized Clothing Carry Tags With An Obesity Helpline Number? http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/18/should-large-sized-clothing-carry-tags-with-an-obesity-helpline-number/ Men's Rights Activism, MRA Politics, Analysis, Commentary and Global News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:10:49 -1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: amfortas http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/18/should-large-sized-clothing-carry-tags-with-an-obesity-helpline-number/comment-page-1/#comment-25065 amfortas Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:48:05 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/18/should-large-sized-clothing-carry-tags-with-an-obesity-helpline-number/#comment-25065 The Blah Governmant in Britain is exceptional at making up things to demean and control people. Last month it was civil servants teaching nursery rhymes to parents who didn't know any. Next month it will introduce penis measurement. Those below 5 inches will get an extra inch from the Government when they fill out a 75 page form. 7 - 8 inchers will have an electronic collar around their ankles to see where they go, and above nine inches will get a peerage so everyone can peer at them. If you have one only 3 to 4 inches long, you get a seat on the back benches in the House of Commons; 2-3 inches, the front bench; no dick at all and you are in the Cabinet. The Blah Governmant in Britain is exceptional at making up things to demean and control people. Last month it was civil servants teaching nursery rhymes to parents who didn’t know any. Next month it will introduce penis measurement. Those below 5 inches will get an extra inch from the Government when they fill out a 75 page form. 7 – 8 inchers will have an electronic collar around their ankles to see where they go, and above nine inches will get a peerage so everyone can peer at them. If you have one only 3 to 4 inches long, you get a seat on the back benches in the House of Commons; 2-3 inches, the front bench; no dick at all and you are in the Cabinet.

]]> By: Roger Knight http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/18/should-large-sized-clothing-carry-tags-with-an-obesity-helpline-number/comment-page-1/#comment-25061 Roger Knight Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:37:09 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/18/should-large-sized-clothing-carry-tags-with-an-obesity-helpline-number/#comment-25061 A person's size is absolutely, positively, NONE of the government's business!!! Last time I checked, 100 centimeters is only 39 inches. Many men are larger than that, we still have pants stocked in the regular stores up to waist size 44 inches. Especially those of us who are over 6 feet. We can diet and work off the fat, and still have thigh muscle requiring us to wear loose fit pants of waist size 48 inches. Sounds like the British Nanny State is making the Body Mass Index mistake of not telling the difference between fat and muscle. They ever start digging coal again in Wales, they will have a bunch of Welshmen with waists over 100 centimeters, just from the muscle required to do such job! I wonder if the guys who work in warehouses and as longshoremen on the docks look like that? I see ILWU types here in Seattle and they look like they have a BMI of 175 without one ounce of fat! The regular stores used to stock pants up to waist size 50 inches, but I suspect that Levi Strauss, Dockers and other clothing manufacturers decided they can make more profit by forcing the big men to go to big and tall shops. Now Wal*Mart, here is where you can use your vaunted purchasing power to force your suppliers to spread out the size range of their clothing lines to fit a larger portion of your customers. They say you are evil. Fine, lets put some of that evil to good use! A person’s size is absolutely, positively, NONE of the government’s business!!!
Last time I checked, 100 centimeters is only 39 inches. Many men are larger than that, we still have pants stocked in the regular stores up to waist size 44 inches. Especially those of us who are over 6 feet. We can diet and work off the fat, and still have thigh muscle requiring us to wear loose fit pants of waist size 48 inches.
Sounds like the British Nanny State is making the Body Mass Index mistake of not telling the difference between fat and muscle.
They ever start digging coal again in Wales, they will have a bunch of Welshmen with waists over 100 centimeters, just from the muscle required to do such job! I wonder if the guys who work in warehouses and as longshoremen on the docks look like that?
I see ILWU types here in Seattle and they look like they have a BMI of 175 without one ounce of fat!
The regular stores used to stock pants up to waist size 50 inches, but I suspect that Levi Strauss, Dockers and other clothing manufacturers decided they can make more profit by forcing the big men to go to big and tall shops.
Now Wal*Mart, here is where you can use your vaunted purchasing power to force your suppliers to spread out the size range of their clothing lines to fit a larger portion of your customers.
They say you are evil. Fine, lets put some of that evil to good use!

]]> By: KVolz http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/18/should-large-sized-clothing-carry-tags-with-an-obesity-helpline-number/comment-page-1/#comment-25037 KVolz Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:49:36 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/18/should-large-sized-clothing-carry-tags-with-an-obesity-helpline-number/#comment-25037 I am so glad you were only kidding, I thought at first that you were a really cruel person! I agree that putting a phone number on anyone's clothes would be unneccesary. I'm sure that they are well aware of their size, and putting that on their tags would be downright offensive! I am so glad you were only kidding, I thought at first that you were a really cruel person! I agree that putting a phone number on anyone’s clothes would be unneccesary. I’m sure that they are well aware of their size, and putting that on their tags would be downright offensive!

]]> By: jjtaup http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/18/should-large-sized-clothing-carry-tags-with-an-obesity-helpline-number/comment-page-1/#comment-25029 jjtaup Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:15:24 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/18/should-large-sized-clothing-carry-tags-with-an-obesity-helpline-number/#comment-25029 Health professionals, eh? Whenever I read something that contains a phrase like "health professionals," "nutritional experts," "relational counsellors," "humanitarian groups," "peace activists," and "researchers from the University of ..." I instinctively remember that I'd like a gun for Christmas. Health professionals, eh?

Whenever I read something that contains a phrase like “health professionals,” “nutritional experts,” “relational counsellors,” “humanitarian groups,” “peace activists,” and “researchers from the University of …” I instinctively remember that I’d like a gun for Christmas.

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