| Obesity 11:25 - Dec 11 with 14081 views | exiled_dictator |
a very sensitive subject, not something to be laughed at, but definitely something to be addressed on a national scale.
and as someone who was probably obese and has worked very hard to reduce the medical effects of obesity, i can understand the worldly temptations and peer pressure that is out there.
H O W E V E R . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
i have an issue with dame sally davies, england's chief medical officer.
in her opinion, obesity is as big a threat as terrorism.
really?
wtf is this woman smoking, and does she get it on nhs prescription?
i am really struggling to envision a situation where an overweight female gets onto a crowded train and explodes killing tens of innocent passengers a la mr creosote. or walks down the road so recklessly that she manages to run over and kill several pedestrians.
i do understand that obesity is very real and can really affect a person and their family, but comparing it to a terrorist attack on the streets of london is just a joke. p45 time, me thinks. |  |
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| Obesity on 14:33 - Dec 11 with 2487 views | essextaxiboy |
| Obesity on 14:23 - Dec 11 by toboboly |
"Person of less than desirable morals and social etiquette" |
Often to be seen lurking around Basildon town centre , while every other fcker is working their nuts off . |  | | |
| Obesity on 14:39 - Dec 11 with 2480 views | Pommyhoop |
| Obesity on 14:19 - Dec 11 by Clive_Anderson |
"That word Chav again. I hate it. As bad as N igger or P aki in my opinion. "
So "Chav" is out these days? Didn't know that.
What is the approved replacement word? |
When I first came over here fancy dress parties were the rage. Expats going mental , bonding and the wives trying to out do each other. I went to one of my mates son's 21st party which was mid jan. The expats on here will know how hot it is over here in January.
I smashed it
Burberry swimming shorts.fake ..mine allready 
Burberry tee well loud .full tarten.. Mrs got it from charity shop.. 
Burberry cap Genuine .My eldest daughters 
Burberry shades .( frames) fake My eldest daughters.
My havaiana flip flops .Genuine
Spliff behind my ear ..Fake
Everyone knew I had come as a Chav . I corrected them .I was a Chav on holiday.. |  |
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| Obesity on 15:00 - Dec 11 with 2446 views | TacticalR |
@BazzaInTheLoft 'That word chav again. I hate it.'
You will love Owen Jones' Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class. |  |
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| Obesity on 15:12 - Dec 11 with 2419 views | Clive_Anderson |
| Obesity on 15:00 - Dec 11 by TacticalR |
@BazzaInTheLoft 'That word chav again. I hate it.'
You will love Owen Jones' Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class. |
Owen Jones probably should have found out what a chav is before writing a book about them. |  | | |
| Obesity on 15:13 - Dec 11 with 2419 views | Konk |
| Obesity on 15:00 - Dec 11 by TacticalR |
@BazzaInTheLoft 'That word chav again. I hate it.'
You will love Owen Jones' Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class. |
I don’t like “chav” because it seems to mostly be used to sneer at working class people who dress a certain way, shop at Greggs/Iceland and live on estates, regardless of whether they’re good, decent people or “scum”. It presumably makes people feel superior when they can point at someone kitted out at Sports Direct on a low income/benefits, and dismiss them as a “chav” without knowing a thing about them. Each to their own, but I think it's a horrible word. |  |
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| Obesity on 15:17 - Dec 11 with 2409 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Obesity on 14:30 - Dec 11 by essextaxiboy |
What on earth is wrong with Chav ?
The fact that you typed it but felt that you had to break up the other two shows that .
This word police stuff really does water down real genuine nasty prejudice .
What word would you have us use Baz ? |
I only broke the words up because LFW made me mate.
For people who act anti socially, dick head covers all basis. That way politicians, celebrities, or investment bankers are included without bringing class into it.
I know you probably think I'm a whingy pedant, but it's just isn't nice. If you want to attack someone for damaging society look a bit higher up the food chain. |  | | |
| Obesity on 15:29 - Dec 11 with 2379 views | Pommyhoop |
| Obesity on 15:13 - Dec 11 by Konk |
I don’t like “chav” because it seems to mostly be used to sneer at working class people who dress a certain way, shop at Greggs/Iceland and live on estates, regardless of whether they’re good, decent people or “scum”. It presumably makes people feel superior when they can point at someone kitted out at Sports Direct on a low income/benefits, and dismiss them as a “chav” without knowing a thing about them. Each to their own, but I think it's a horrible word. |
I'm working class and to me a Chav is a young yoot neer do well ( hoody if you like )
If I called people who lived on estates Chavs it would be a bit close to home..
I might be wrong though about the words meaning.
I haven't been back in a while.. [Post edited 11 Dec 2015 15:31]
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| Obesity on 15:35 - Dec 11 with 2367 views | Konk |
| Obesity on 15:29 - Dec 11 by Pommyhoop |
I'm working class and to me a Chav is a young yoot neer do well ( hoody if you like )
If I called people who lived on estates Chavs it would be a bit close to home..
I might be wrong though about the words meaning.
I haven't been back in a while.. [Post edited 11 Dec 2015 15:31]
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That’s the general idea, mate, but in my experience, I hear it used all the time — generally by people from very comfortable backgrounds — to laugh at people who fit in with the stereotype of not badly behaved youth, but a class of white people who typically live on estates, wear a lot of leisure wear, don’t have the best diets, have kids young etc. And that’s regardless of whether they’re grafters, good as gold or anything else; it’s simply their wardrobe, diet and where they live that enables others to sneer at them.
I also hate "White trash" as a term, so maybe I'm just too sensitive. | |
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| Obesity on 15:50 - Dec 11 with 2345 views | exiled_dictator |
would vicky pollard be classified as a chav?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/characters/vicky.shtml
Vicky Pollard is your common-or-garden teenage delinquent, the sort you can see hanging around any number of off licences in Britain, trying to persuade people going inside to buy them 10 fags and a bottle of White Lightening.
what about harry enfield's loadsamoney?
or is he a son of thatcher? | |
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| Obesity on 16:18 - Dec 11 with 2310 views | Clive_Anderson |
| Obesity on 15:29 - Dec 11 by Pommyhoop |
I'm working class and to me a Chav is a young yoot neer do well ( hoody if you like )
If I called people who lived on estates Chavs it would be a bit close to home..
I might be wrong though about the words meaning.
I haven't been back in a while.. [Post edited 11 Dec 2015 15:31]
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Yep.
It's only middle class lefties and champagne socialists like Owen Jones that lump chavs and the working class into one amorphous group, because they have never interacted with either of them so they aren't able to tell them apart. | | | |
| Obesity on 16:25 - Dec 11 with 2297 views | Northernr |
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| Obesity on 16:26 - Dec 11 with 2294 views | Konk |
| Obesity on 16:18 - Dec 11 by Clive_Anderson |
Yep.
It's only middle class lefties and champagne socialists like Owen Jones that lump chavs and the working class into one amorphous group, because they have never interacted with either of them so they aren't able to tell them apart. |
That’s not my experience. I find it’s people from middle-class backgrounds and up who tend to use the word chav — and they use it to describe anyone who looks white and working class regardless of what how they’re behaving or what they’re like. It’s an acceptable term you can use when you want to sneer at the white, working class. | |
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| Obesity on 16:26 - Dec 11 with 2289 views | essextaxiboy |
| Obesity on 15:17 - Dec 11 by BazzaInTheLoft |
I only broke the words up because LFW made me mate.
For people who act anti socially, dick head covers all basis. That way politicians, celebrities, or investment bankers are included without bringing class into it.
I know you probably think I'm a whingy pedant, but it's just isn't nice. If you want to attack someone for damaging society look a bit higher up the food chain. |
I dont think you are a whingy peasant , I really enjoy your posts .
I just think you tend to sweat the small stuff a bit .. no offence .
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| Obesity on 16:29 - Dec 11 with 2283 views | hoof_hearted |
You knocking one out and hit the wrong key? |  | | |
| Obesity on 16:30 - Dec 11 with 2273 views | Clive_Anderson |
| Obesity on 16:26 - Dec 11 by Konk |
That’s not my experience. I find it’s people from middle-class backgrounds and up who tend to use the word chav — and they use it to describe anyone who looks white and working class regardless of what how they’re behaving or what they’re like. It’s an acceptable term you can use when you want to sneer at the white, working class. |
Really? I've not particularly found that at all.
I'd agree there is a hatred of the white working class, especially amongst the media and political class. It's one of the reasons for the over the top vitriol towards UKIP because they actually dare stick up for the WWC interests. | | | |
| Obesity on 16:41 - Dec 11 with 1969 views | Pommyhoop |
| Obesity on 16:29 - Dec 11 by hoof_hearted |
You knocking one out and hit the wrong key? |
Pardon ?
OOOps
I dont even like rugby that much. | |
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| Obesity on 16:55 - Dec 11 with 1955 views | londonscottish |
I went to the doctor to get my hearing looked at. While I was there he told me I was obese an did some tests and then told me I shouldn't drink any more.
Which was fine as I usually limit myself to six pints a night and that's probably enough. |  |
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| Obesity on 17:02 - Dec 11 with 1941 views | simmo |
Fat or obese kids are a pet hate of mine - if you've got a massively obese kid you should be done for abuse. There is zero excuse for a kid to be oveweight. |  |
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| Obesity on 17:06 - Dec 11 with 1931 views | paesanu |
Download the myfitnesspal app if you're a fatty. Stick to it, you'll see the pounds shed off.
That is a stonewall GAURANTEE. |  |
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| Obesity on 17:19 - Dec 11 with 1909 views | exiled_dictator |
ok, so reading some of the comments, here's a couple of questions for you:
(ignoring naturally medical issues or thyroids)
seriously obese children under the age of 18, should the parents be prosecuted?
should the parents of seriously obese have to pay for additional nhs treatment or medication?
should such a thing as summer fat camp be mandatory for kids who are in danger?
and given the time of year, how long does a 150kg child take to cook? with or without potatoes? | |
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| Obesity on 18:25 - Dec 11 with 1874 views | EastR |
Clive was your post meant for the 'women you do but shouldn't thread'? Feeder fetish?  | |
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| Obesity on 18:47 - Dec 11 with 1862 views | Clive_Anderson |
| Obesity on 16:41 - Dec 11 by Pommyhoop |
Pardon ?
OOOps
I dont even like rugby that much. |
Is that the hooker? | | | |
| Obesity on 18:55 - Dec 11 with 1852 views | runningman75 |
My brother is sedentary and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I went for a blood test and was told my cholesterol level was dangerously high ( family history). Took up running , not massive distances but try to do 5K , 3 times a week and sometimes run further. I now do Parkrun every Saturday which means a good change of routine as at 9.00 a.m so not in the pub every Friday and cut down on junk food. Was a real wake up call. Would say to people around 35 years old or older to request a cholesterol and fasting blood test if you have had not had one. | | | |
| Obesity on 19:14 - Dec 11 with 1831 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Obesity on 14:30 - Dec 11 by TheBlob |
Who died and made you king?
Anything else you'd like to object to Your Highness? |
Pipe down Blob .
Just airing an opinion. I don't like the word. You don't have to heed it if you don't want to. | | | |
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