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altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:08 pm	Post subject: Obese woman referred to zoo A 29-stone New York woman says she was humiliated when she was told to go to a zoo for an x-ray. Jennifer Walters is bed-ridden and cannot fit into a magnetic resonance imaging machine. She told the New York Post that a doctor said she should go instead to the Bronx Zoo for an x-ray. "It's humiliating. I was told if elephants and hippos need MRIs, they have the equipment at the Bronx Zoo. It was like I was an animal," she said. New York politicians recently called for an end to what they termed medical discrimination against obese people. The Bronx Zoo told the Post it gets about a dozen such calls a year but it doesn't have such facilities for its animals. Aaron


iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:18 pm	Post subject: Response to the post: The problem of obesity is getting really really bad, and I think the story highlights it. Sad thing is that this story does not sound funny, but it only indicates how serious the problem has gotten. Slightly-off-topic: This just reminded me of something. Morgan Spurlock who directed "Supersize Me" just published this book, "Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America".

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:23 pm	Post subject: I bet that sells well... didn't this guy become a millionnaire as a direct result of his movie? If so, do you think that was a good price to pay for what he had to do? Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:36 pm	Post subject: altyfc wrote: I bet that sells well... didn't this guy become a millionnaire as a direct result of his movie? 3rd most successful documentary film in history, so yeah, probably he's a millionaire now. altyfc wrote: If so, do you think that was a good price to pay for what he had to do? Aaron Sure, you can think that way. I wouldn't mind doing that, but I don't think eating KFC for a month would make as successful a film as Supersize Me.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:41 pm	Post subject: iRuleThisForum wrote: 3rd most successful documentary film in history, so yeah, probably he's a millionaire now. Really?! Wow... What are the two above this one? altyfc wrote: If so, do you think that was a good price to pay for what he had to do? Aaron Sure, you can think that way. I wouldn't mind doing that, but I don't think eating KFC for a month would make as successful a film as Supersize Me.[/quote] Largely because it wouldn't be original... Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:47 pm	Post subject: altyfc wrote: Really?! Wow... What are the two above this one? Fahrenheit 911 is the most successful by far. 2nd most successful is Bowling for Columbine? Another Michael Moore's film. altyfc wrote: Largely because it wouldn't be original... Aaron I agree.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 1:21 pm	Post subject: iRuleThisForum wrote: Fahrenheit 911 is the most successful by far. 2nd most successful is Bowling for Columbine? Another Michael Moore's film. Oh yes... of course. Aaron

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altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:08 pm

Post subject: Obese woman referred to zoo

A 29-stone New York woman says she was humiliated when she was told to go to a zoo for an x-ray.

Jennifer Walters is bed-ridden and cannot fit into a magnetic resonance imaging machine.

She told the New York Post that a doctor said she should go instead to the Bronx Zoo for an x-ray.

"It's humiliating. I was told if elephants and hippos need MRIs, they have the equipment at the Bronx Zoo. It was like I was an animal," she said.

New York politicians recently called for an end to what they termed medical discrimination against obese people.

The Bronx Zoo told the Post it gets about a dozen such calls a year but it doesn't have such facilities for its animals.

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:18 pm

Post subject:

Response to the post:

The problem of obesity is getting really really bad, and I think the story highlights it. Sad thing is that this story does not sound funny, but it only indicates how serious the problem has gotten.

Slightly-off-topic:

This just reminded me of something.

Morgan Spurlock who directed "Supersize Me" just published this book, "Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America".

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:23 pm

Post subject:

I bet that sells well... didn't this guy become a millionnaire as a direct result of his movie? If so, do you think that was a good price to pay for what he had to do?

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:36 pm

Post subject:

altyfc wrote:

I bet that sells well... didn't this guy become a millionnaire as a direct result of his movie?

3rd most successful documentary film in history, so yeah, probably he's a millionaire now.

altyfc wrote:

If so, do you think that was a good price to pay for what he had to do?

Aaron

Sure, you can think that way. I wouldn't mind doing that, but I don't think eating KFC for a month would make as successful a film as Supersize Me.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:41 pm

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iRuleThisForum wrote:

3rd most successful documentary film in history, so yeah, probably he's a millionaire now.

Really?! Wow... Shocked

What are the two above this one?

altyfc wrote:

If so, do you think that was a good price to pay for what he had to do?

Aaron

Sure, you can think that way. I wouldn't mind doing that, but I don't think eating KFC for a month would make as successful a film as Supersize Me.[/quote]

Largely because it wouldn't be original... Razz

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:47 pm

Post subject:

altyfc wrote:

Really?! Wow... Shocked

What are the two above this one?

Fahrenheit 911 is the most successful by far. 2nd most successful is Bowling for Columbine? Another Michael Moore's film.

altyfc wrote:

Largely because it wouldn't be original... Razz

Aaron

I agree.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 1:21 pm

Post subject:

iRuleThisForum wrote:

Fahrenheit 911 is the most successful by far. 2nd most successful is Bowling for Columbine? Another Michael Moore's film.

Oh yes... of course.

Aaron

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