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Kyaa the Catlord
10-31-2006, 07:28 AM
So the radio just ran a story on how, if the average American lost 100lbs, they'd use 18 less gallons of gas PER YEAR.

My response: SFW? One tank of gas a year, big deal.

Why do they pay people to push such stupidity?
Aratos
10-31-2006, 07:32 AM
Less petrol being used, less petrol being burned, less fumes in the Ozon, less global warming.
Kyaa the Catlord
10-31-2006, 07:45 AM
Hey, Canadian's deserve to be warm in the winter too. *smirk*
Aratos
10-31-2006, 08:04 AM
YOu haven't seen the statistics that got released by the home office yesterdya, I see.
Kyaa the Catlord
10-31-2006, 08:07 AM
YOu haven't seen the statistics that got released by the home office yesterdya, I see.

I don't trust anything printed by the government on such topics.

Seriously, these are meteorologists, they can't even get the next day forecast correct....
YamPuff
10-31-2006, 10:14 AM
If I lost 100 lbs there wouldn't be much of me left. TT_________TT
roxas87
10-31-2006, 11:15 AM
same here. i'm only 105.
Aratos
10-31-2006, 11:30 AM
Huh. At least you two have weight t'lose. I'm all bone and muscle, I am.
roxas87
10-31-2006, 11:37 AM
thats good to have bone and muscle
Aratos
10-31-2006, 11:41 AM
It means you have less padding. Getting punched hurts. Not to mention I look ridiculously thin, hence my preference for loose-fitting shirts and big heavy coats.
roxas87
10-31-2006, 11:50 AM
oh. i see. and yeah getting punched does hurt unless you drink a lot of milk.
Aratos
10-31-2006, 11:56 AM
I don't see what calcium has to do with nerve endings.
Then again, I've not drunk milk for years. Used to drink it all the time and I have the teeth t'prove it, but meh. More've a water person now.
roxas87
10-31-2006, 12:04 PM
not me. im more of a milk person than water.
Aratos
10-31-2006, 12:06 PM
You didn't go through the scottish primary school system with its "all children must drink milk" policy. I tell you, drinking warm milk that's been sitting out for hours from a cardboard carton every day for five years is enough t'put anyone off the stuff for life.
YamPuff
10-31-2006, 12:25 PM
Huh. At least you two have weight t'lose. I'm all bone and muscle, I am.
Well, yeah, arms and legs weigh a lot. *choppy*

And boobs...hmmmmm....
Aratos
10-31-2006, 12:31 PM
*mutters somehting about "speak for yorself" and "gender specific"...*
YamPuff
10-31-2006, 12:45 PM
*whistles innocently*
Meroko Yui
10-31-2006, 06:46 PM
meh..this isn't a big deal to me... I plan to start using public Transportation.
Kaoru
10-31-2006, 06:51 PM
Glad I'm not fat then.
Nekochii
10-31-2006, 08:49 PM
If I lost a hundred pounds I'd be dead. :eek:
animefever
11-18-2006, 10:07 PM
Wow. I'm glad I'm skinny then! ^_^ I had no clue that was an issue! O.O
MomoxD
11-19-2006, 03:18 AM
*Echoes the other three girls* I'd be dead too. o__O I don't have 100 lbs to spare. I'd be a negative number. That just sounds so weird.
YamPuff
11-19-2006, 09:24 AM
*Echoes the other three girls* I'd be dead too. o__O I don't have 100 lbs to spare.
Me too...which is a shame, because I take the subway. I could hypothetically be saving money of gas! :eek:
Nekochii
11-19-2006, 03:20 PM
Makes me wonder how much the average American weighs.
YamPuff
11-25-2006, 02:03 PM
So far everyone replyng to this thread is saying they;re so skinny...someone's holding out on us...we're a bunch of internet junkies! C;mon already! :p
AnimeDudde
11-25-2006, 02:14 PM
Well, I wouldnt be dead if I lost 100lbs... id have like 30 left :rolleyes: Not much but maybe dead skin and half my skeleton. How much do average americans weigh?
blueberry
11-25-2006, 02:14 PM
Y'know, from the main page of the forum all you can read of the title of this thread is "Being fat affects your gas" which is quite different from "Being fat affects your gas MILEAGE".
XD
Needless to say, I was dissapointed.
MomoxD
11-25-2006, 10:35 PM
Well, I wouldnt be dead if I lost 100lbs... id have like 30 left :rolleyes: Not much but maybe dead skin and half my skeleton. How much do average americans weigh?

I don't know. Are the majority of Americans really fat? --;; Most of my classmates aren't.

I think I've only seen a few very...uh...large people before. Not many though.

I wouldn't be dead either. I just wouldn't exist because my bones would have to weigh something right? And if after sheding 100 lbs, I'm already -2 to -5 then...

Perhaps the people that aren't answering, are the ones that are the ones holding out XD.
YamPuff
11-26-2006, 05:18 AM
Perhaps the people that aren't answering, are the ones that are the ones holding out XD.
Aha! You're onto something there. :cool:
ewlmonkey
11-26-2006, 07:44 PM
*Echoes the other three girls* I'd be dead too. o__O I don't have 100 lbs to spare. I'd be a negative number. That just sounds so weird.

same here i weigh less then 100lbs but im only forteen so yehh.

so is it possible for me to lose 100lbs like have my bones disintergrate or something.
AnimeDudde
11-26-2006, 08:57 PM
Really!? lol i was like 125 or something when I was 14 haha I only gained like what, 10 in 2 years. Unfortunatly the extra is all fat, since I've been really lazy and not working out since like early 15's :( I dont wanna get fat! Nooooooooo :eek: Im going on the treadmill tommorow lol...
MomoxD
11-26-2006, 09:47 PM
same here i weigh less then 100lbs but im only forteen so yehh.

so is it possible for me to lose 100lbs like have my bones disintergrate or something.

I'm also less than 100. =T I'm nearly 18 though.
blueberry
11-27-2006, 02:44 PM
I'm 125 lbs. and 14 yrs. old, but I'm a girl, so I'm allowed to have a little extra in certain places. :p