I have seen even fatter people allowed to fly, so I am not sure why he was singled out. I swear some people get on the plane who are so fat, you can almost hear their chair talking shit.
Yeah, if he was able to get the armrests down, then he fit in one seat and shouldn’t have been kicked off. Unless, I guess, it was a little puddlejumper that literally didn’t have the power to get off the ground with a 300 lb dude…
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
Yeah, if he was able to get the armrests down, then he fit in one seat and shouldn’t have been kicked off. Unless, I guess, it was a little puddlejumper that literally didn’t have the power to get off the ground with a 300 lb dude…[/quote]
I’ll say this-- For business, I fly into Charlotte and take the express flight to Greenville-Pitt County airport in NC.
The jet is a Bombardier CRJ200-- a pretty popular ‘express flight’ aircraft.
I wear a size 38 jeans that are snug in the quads. My shoulders are bit wider, and I have to sit kind of sideways on that plane. I can’t even imagine how a seriously obese person could even fit on that plane.
he should fly with american airlines. they let THIS guy fly! they even gave him extra free seats and shit. it’s a related article.
This is the man who made “Dogma,” and his wife is hot.
Yes, this means that I will let his fatness slide when I would be disgusted by some no-name with the same amount of fat.
So what if he’s a hair fatter than George Lucas. lol
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
[quote]skaz05 wrote:
Smith makes good movies [/quote]
Name one good movie he’s made in the last 10 years.[/quote]
Am I the only person who liked Zach and Miri make a porno?
[quote]bonerjams98 wrote:
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
[quote]skaz05 wrote:
Smith makes good movies [/quote]
Name one good movie he’s made in the last 10 years.[/quote]
Am I the only person who liked Zach and Miri make a porno? [/quote]
I liked it. Elizabeth Banks is hot.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
Yeah, if he was able to get the armrests down, then he fit in one seat and shouldn’t have been kicked off. Unless, I guess, it was a little puddlejumper that literally didn’t have the power to get off the ground with a 300 lb dude…[/quote]
To be fair, just because someone can get into a seat with armrests down doesn’t mean the people sitting next to him needs to deal with his belly/arms being all over their personal space, which is limited enough as it is on airplanes.
On an unrelated note, at least he seemed relatively cordial despite being kicked off a plane. So many other people would have blown up over smaller things.
[quote]TheDudeAbides wrote:
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
He’s always been a big guy, but I’ve heard he’s gone from portly to dangerously obese over the past few years. [/quote]
He’s not a ‘big’ guy. He’s fat. Probably morbidly obese. I would describe someone as being ‘big’ if they worked out and carried some fat. People are siding with him because of his fame.[/quote]
This is a pic of Smith from July 2009. He’s, supposedly, somewhere around 5’8"-ish. I can’t find any actual weight for him, but in the past he has talked about how he “dreams of being 230 one day.”
I’m actually pretty surprised that no media seems to have picked up on an earlier Attack of the Uber-Smith situation from about a year and a half ago:
A porcelain toilet bowl broke when he sat on it. Supposedly this prompted him to try to drop some weight once he was done running around for Zack and Miri press appearances. Like 99% of Americans, he didn’t stick with it.
Smith’s main point of contention is that he did fit into the seat with the arms down, and he didn’t need a seatbelt extender. So I’m not really clear on exactly why Southwest thought it was necessary to boot him. That’s why I’m, kinda, “siding” with Smith. Not because of his celebrity. I’m not against the policy as a whole.
For what it’s worth (not much, I’m sure), the guy does have a home gym, though I’d be dollars to donuts - pun very, very intended - that it’s more for the wife.
I did catch someone on Twitter point out this ridiculous coincidence:
http://www.southwest.com/swamedia/bios/laurie_hulin.html
The pic above is Southwest’s VP of “Technology, Aircraft Operations and Enterprise Management Applications Portfolios” whatever that all means.
“Prior to joining Southwest Airlines, Laurie spent 20 years with Frito-Lay/PepsiCo”
“Best Advice Ever Received: ‘Integrity is your most important asset’”
Just classic.
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
[quote]skaz05 wrote:
Smith makes good movies [/quote]
Name one good movie he’s made in the last 10 years.[/quote]
Clerks 2. Funnier all around, didn’t feel like a high school production, deeper storyline, plus Rosario Dawson.
[quote]scw2 wrote:
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
Yeah, if he was able to get the armrests down, then he fit in one seat and shouldn’t have been kicked off. Unless, I guess, it was a little puddlejumper that literally didn’t have the power to get off the ground with a 300 lb dude…[/quote]
To be fair, just because someone can get into a seat with armrests down doesn’t mean the people sitting next to him needs to deal with his belly/arms being all over their personal space, which is limited enough as it is on airplanes.
On an unrelated note, at least he seemed relatively cordial despite being kicked off a plane. So many other people would have blown up over smaller things.[/quote]
Oh yeah, I hate it when I get ass fat leaking under the seat next to me, but if the airline’s rule is “armrests down, in one seat” then that should be the rule for everyone.
I loved Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Clerks II, and Mall Rats. I haven’t seen Zack and Miri, and I wasn’t interested in Jersey Girl. I don’t particularly like Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
“Would you fuck me? I’d fuck me”
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
For what it’s worth (not much, I’m sure), the guy does have a home gym, though I’d be dollars to donuts - pun very, very intended - that it’s more for the wife.
I did catch someone on Twitter point out this ridiculous coincidence:
http://www.southwest.com/swamedia/bios/laurie_hulin.html
The pic above is Southwest’s VP of “Technology, Aircraft Operations and Enterprise Management Applications Portfolios” whatever that all means.
“Prior to joining Southwest Airlines, Laurie spent 20 years with Frito-Lay/PepsiCo”
“Best Advice Ever Received: ‘Integrity is your most important asset’”
Just classic.
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
[quote]skaz05 wrote:
Smith makes good movies [/quote]
Name one good movie he’s made in the last 10 years.[/quote]
Clerks 2. Funnier all around, didn’t feel like a high school production, deeper storyline, plus Rosario Dawson.[/quote]
WHAT???
Clerks 2 fucking sucked. It was awful. How dare you.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
Clerks 2. Funnier all around, didn’t feel like a high school production, deeper storyline, plus Rosario Dawson.[/quote]
WHAT???
Clerks 2 fucking sucked. It was awful. How dare you.[/quote]
How dare me? How dare you, sir.
The first was good, the second was better. Even adjusting for the random dance scene (not that a gyrating Rosario can ever be a bad thing), like I said, the overall story was better, the lines were even more quotable and more frequent, and the acting was tons better than that high school drama club-reading the lines instead of saying the lines-stuff that littered the first.
I think the awful acting is part of what makes Clerks so endearing.
The story coming out now is Smith purchased 2 tickets for his flight as he normally does when flying Southwest (not his first fat ass rodeo apparently) he then missed his flight and had to fly standby, which meant that he could not have two seats. So, he was bumped…
I travel for business quite a bit and unless you have been seated next to some fat ass fuck for a cross country flight, YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
I would give Southwest a standing ovation if I could.
[quote]Battle Pope wrote:
he should fly with american airlines. they let THIS guy fly! they even gave him extra free seats and shit. it’s a related article.
Too Fat to Fly: Did This Man Need Three Seats? - ABC News [/quote]
That guy is a lot taller than everyone else in that row, gotta wonder if that pic is real.
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
[quote]skaz05 wrote:
Smith makes good movies [/quote]
Name one good movie he’s made in the last 10 years.[/quote]
Man Dogma really was 10+ years ago… I don’t think Zach and Miri is enough to make up for that huge gap.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was hilarious man…
and I thought Clerks 2 was alright.
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
The story coming out now is Smith purchased 2 tickets for his flight as he normally does when flying Southwest (not his first fat ass rodeo apparently) he then missed his flight and had to fly standby, which meant that he could not have two seats. So, he was bumped…
I travel for business quite a bit and unless you have been seated next to some fat ass fuck for a cross country flight, YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
I would give Southwest a standing ovation if I could.[/quote]
QFT… I fly quite a few times a year and at least one of those times it next to some fat ass… some of them fit with the seat belt and armrest down… but then their fat squeezes under and over the armrest all up in your space… i was practically sitting on a woman’s ass one time and it didn’t help that i was window seat.
Basically until you experience it don’t act like it is bearable and not a big deal. if its an hour flight then sure… but when its a 5-6 hour flight fuck that shit