Reply to: The cause of fatness found

[doodab]

Two things:

Are you going to create jobs for people that are above the minimum wage?

I think you will find that these fat people are on benefits

I think poiticians should be doing more to make Britain's economy a high skill high value one and to put British nationals in the best position to compete for those jobs, so yes, I'll do what I can. Expecting 'the private sector' to magic them up or resorting to government spending programs isn't going to work though. You need seeds sown in fertile ground.

[MyUserName]

At dinner, my daughter has to try everything on her plate and does not get a pudding unless she eats most of it (as judged by me or Mrs MUN). She also is not allowed to leave the table until she asks and is given permission (if she gets up without asking she has to come back, sit down and then ask) and she also has to thank whomever cooked the meal. She also thanks Jesus (that does not come from me, I did not see him in the kitchen cooking or providing any money to buy the food etc.) but I do not mind her doing it.

My son is too young to really have those rules (at 18 months) but he will when he is older.

Apart from that they are allowed as much fruit as they want but other types of snack are parent controlled.

Daughter does ballet and swimming as well as pre-school and nursery. She is also no longer allowed to lay in the buggy unless we think she has walked a fair way and is actually tired rather than just being lazy, we usually have the double buggy for her brother anyway so it is no hassle.

I never considered myself strict, in fact I always thought I was quite soft!

[bobspud]

OMG I'm going to cry, I sincerely hope my next gig is in London I'm not too fussed on the food here.

It was moving gigs outside London and a works canteen that made the cardboard packaging look appealing that helped me decide to pack in professional gluttony I went to an interview last Thursday for a Job in London and my train arrived in paddington at 12.43 and I was sat in the soho branch of bo's ordering a rack of beef ribs by 1.20

[The Spartan]

While your are at it try these links for a nice lunch...

Bodean's BBQ Restaurants in London

The best steaks in London come to Covent Garden | The Hawksmoor

Not many paupers on benefits sat in these places for lunch but loads of fatties

OMG I'm going to cry, I sincerely hope my next gig is in London I'm not too fussed on the food here.

[bobspud]

Behave I'm drooling at the thought of a bacon sarnie, it p*sses all over my all bran lol

While your are at it try these links for a nice lunch...

Bodean's BBQ Restaurants in London

The best steaks in London come to Covent Garden | The Hawksmoor

Not many paupers on benefits sat in these places for lunch but loads of fatties

[The Spartan]

But isn't the nanny state there to do everything for them?

Hahaha BP I can always rely on you, if that's the case lets open up soup kitchens for them to eat properly and take away some of their benefits just a thought

[DodgyAgent]

And that you must eat everything on your plate (something to do with the starving kids in africa!)

One thing I have vowed with Jnr is that if he doesn't want it, I'll just take it away again. No point in force feeding the child & I hope to stick to that rule of thumb. Although he's not fussy at all and will eat everything, unless it's strawberries.

I am afraid that children use food as a means of control and sometimes it is no bad thing to make them sit at the table all day until they eat it.

[The Spartan]

Yes that's what I used to do.

Bacon sandwich
Couple of chocolate bars
All bar one for a three course lunch
More chocolate for an afternoon snack

I think you get the point

I have no potion control so I limit it the easiest way that I can.

Behave I'm drooling at the thought of a bacon sarnie, it p*sses all over my all bran lol

[original PM]

And many more have two working parents who are expected to spend an hour doing homework with them. There isn't time to go to the park for a couple of hours as well.

We've ****ed family life in this country.

cannot agree morwe with this - last weekend must have spent approx 8 hours with daughters - the 9 year old had a project on D-Day ffs - how do you explain to a 9 year old that thousands of people died without them getting a little upset.

the 6 year olds project was 'Why is science important?' jeez where do you begin! and on that we got onto the sibject of atomic energy and the bomb at which point the 9 year old piped up about it would be ok if you were in an Anderson shelter - impressed she knew that...

one day I will show here some vidoes of the hiroshima/nagaskai bombings but probably not till she is a touch older...

so yes in the contect of this conversation when was I supposed to get my kids out for some fresh air - making the assumption that I do not have a butler to do all the housework/cooking/ etc never mind the fact I may just want to watch half an hour of tv or something...

[bobspud]

Wow one meal a day I eat at least 5 spread out through the course of the day

Yes that's what I used to do.

Bacon sandwich
Couple of chocolate bars
All bar one for a three course lunch
More chocolate for an afternoon snack

I think you get the point

I have no potion control so I limit it the easiest way that I can.

[BrilloPad]

At the end of the day with a few exceptions if you're fat you've chosen to be that way and you can undo it if you wish to, what I hate is when you see kids that are badly overweight purely because their parents cannot be arsed to cook or provide them with proper nutrition

But isn't the nanny state there to do everything for them?

[The Spartan]

At the end of the day with a few exceptions if you're fat you've chosen to be that way and you can undo it if you wish to, what I hate is when you see kids that are badly overweight purely because their parents cannot be arsed to cook or provide them with proper nutrition

[mudskipper]

And many more have two working parents who are expected to spend an hour doing homework with them. There isn't time to go to the park for a couple of hours as well.

We've ****ed family life in this country.

Children now get taken to organised sport - dancing lessons, swimming lessons, footie on Saturday which puts further pressure on parents' time and finances.

When I were a lass, we'd disappear off over the woods, climb trees, jump off rocks, generally be running around most of the day. Apart from a couple of terms of swimming lessons, my parents never paid for me to 'be active'.

[DodgyAgent]

It's a combination of cash, time and what's available. A portion of fresh cod for two costs about the same as a family bucket, and the bucket doesn't need cooking after an 8hr shift with 3hrs travel cos they can't afford to live near work.

Reap and ye shall sow. Someone needs to do their sums and work out if an economy based on full employment at minimum wage is sustainable.

Two things:

Are you going to create jobs for people that are above the minimum wage?

I think you will find that these fat people are on benefits

[doodab]

live in company hotels on a bunk beds 2x1m away from their families for months and years ... and when there is a child both parents have to work to support the family ...

Aside from the size of the bed doesn't that describe an awful lot of jobs in modern Britain?