I really want to do something...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

That Simpsons episode is one of my favorites. "The fingers you have used to dial this number are too fat. Please hang up and try again..."

Swing and a miss Goose.

"To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now!"

[Nurian]

Swing and a miss Goose.

"To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now!"

BAH! You beat me to it!

[Giggle Goose]

Swing and a miss Goose.

"To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now!"

DAMMIT! I knew it was something along those lines! I miss the days when i could watch Simpsons reruns after school.

How 'bout the movie theater manager that said he would treat Homer to a garbage bag full of popcorn if he didn't sit in the aisle?

[Nurian]

DAMMIT! I knew it was something along those lines! I miss the days when i could watch Simpsons reruns after school.

How 'bout the movie theater manager that said he would treat Homer to a garbage bag full of popcorn if he didn't sit in the aisle?

Or using the drinking bird to repeatedly hit "Y".

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

DAMMIT! I knew it was something along those lines! I miss the days when i could watch Simpsons reruns after school.

How 'bout the movie theater manager that said he would treat Homer to a garbage bag full of popcorn if he didn't sit in the aisle?

"Hey fatty! I've got a movie for ya. 'A Fridge Too Far!'"

[fireheart]

and it's gone straight down the toilet already

IMHO though, I think if you can, try and report it. I'm not from the US, so I'm really not 100% sure about that. Otherwise, just leave it. Like the others have said, she's digging her own grave getting too fat.

[Seshat]

If you have the opportunity to talk to her about it, you could try pointing out that free money means very little when you're in too much pain to enjoy life.

I'd consider reporting it, if only for her sake - if she can't get disability benefits, maybe she'll give weight loss a try instead. Probably not, but I can dream, right?

But from a karmic point of view, she really is letting herself in for a world of pain and misery.

[Bradester]

"To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now!"

I tried to put that as my voice mail message on my first ever cell phone by holding it up to the television and recording it. Didn't work

"I don't wanna look like a freak! I'll just take the muumuu."

Simpsons quotes aside, this makes me incredibly sad. I've gained quite a bit of weight recently and it's starting to have some bad effects on my body. I can't fathom why a mentally stable person (and perhaps that's the issue here) would purposefully do such harm to themselves, even for economic reasons. If she ever realizes what a mistake she's made, it might be too late to undo the damage.

[Lehk]

that sounds like the least efficient method of committing suicide i have ever heard of.

[Jester]

....THAT'S an image I can do without....

Actually ... that makes me want to be Jester's fangirl for some reason.

To both of you (and for different reasons) I will point out that I have great legs from years of cycling, not to mention the fact that my job involves me being on my feet and often being QUICK on my feet all day. And said legs are only going to get less lead-like and back to their steely former selves as I cycle more. Sadly, I have not done any cycling since Monday, as I have been sick since Tuesday. Bleah. I hate being sick for so many reasons.

that sounds like the least efficient method of committing suicide i have ever heard of.

I don't know about that. I would imagine there are other less efficient methods. Like jumping out the window of a one-story building. Or shooting yourself in the head with a water gun. Over-dosing on Tic Tacs? Stabbing yourself with a rubber knife? Hanging yourself with a noose five feet above the floor when you are six feet tall?

Just some thoughts.

[JoitheArtist]

I don't know about that. I would imagine there are other less efficient methods. Like jumping out the window of a one-story building. Or shooting yourself in the head with a water gun. Over-dosing on Tic Tacs? Stabbing yourself with a rubber knife? Hanging yourself with a noose five feet above the floor when you are six feet tall?

Those would be merely ineffectual. "Inefficient" would be something that eventually causes the death of the person, but poorly and slowly.

Oh, did I mention I'm a total vocabulary nazi?

[RootedPhoenix]

I don't know about that. I would imagine there are other less efficient methods. Like jumping out the window of a one-story building. Or shooting yourself in the head with a water gun. Over-dosing on Tic Tacs? Stabbing yourself with a rubber knife? Hanging yourself with a noose five feet above the floor when you are six feet tall?

"Oh, crud! Extra-fresh breath!"

*runs away*

[Broomjockey]

Hanging yourself with a noose five feet above the floor when you are six feet tall?

Just some thoughts.

apparently you've never heard of cases of people hanging themselves from closet rods, bunk beds, and the such.

[Jester]

apparently you've never heard of cases of people hanging themselves from closet rods, bunk beds, and the such.

Don't bother me with details like facts.