Robbery fraught by "athletic" customer.

Makunouchi · 20 Sep 2009 at 15:38

qqg3 said:
Hardly athletic actions if you ask me

This happened in the land of the obese you have to remember.

Spyhop · 20 Sep 2009 at 15:39

In the longer version of that video, the woman gives the guy on the ground a kicking. You see her winding up for it at the end of the BBC video.

Dark_Angel · 20 Sep 2009 at 15:45

Makunouchi said:
This happened in the land of the obese you have to remember.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

According to that, the UK ain't massively (excuse the pun) far behind.

30 percent US
24 Percent Mexico
23 Percent UK

Zip · 20 Sep 2009 at 15:50

Dark_Angel said:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

According to that, the UK ain't massively (excuse the pun) far behind.

30 percent US
24 Percent Mexico
23 Percent UK

When was this made?

I thought we(Australia) were the fattys of the world now!

Dark_Angel · 20 Sep 2009 at 15:55

Zip said:
When was this made?

I thought we(Australia) were the fattys of the world now!

I googled for 2009, but to be fair I stupidly forgot to check the date of the ariticle so it could be 10 years out of date for all I know.

Tefal · 20 Sep 2009 at 15:59

Dark_Angel said:
I googled for 2009, but to be fair I stupidly forgot to check the date of the ariticle so it could be 10 years out of date for all I know.

it's from 2005

leaskovski · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:01

Dark_Angel said:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

According to that, the UK ain't massively (excuse the pun) far behind.

30 percent US
24 Percent Mexico
23 Percent UK

Hmm, maybe I have a better chance of pulling then? :eek:

Zip · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:03

Dark_Angel said:
I googled for 2009, but to be fair I stupidly forgot to check the date of the ariticle so it could be 10 years out of date for all I know.

The latest comprehensive obesity study has shown that 26 per cent of adult Australians – almost four million – are now obese, one million more than the last calculation in 1999.

The findings give Australia top spot as the world's most overweight nation, ahead of the notoriously super-sized Americans, who have a 25 per cent obesity rate.

From 2008

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23890071-29277,00.html

I thought we got the title not long ago.

Dark_Angel · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:06

I was right on the ten years then.

RadioheadR6 · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:46

challengedavid said:
like the woman jumping up and down

I wonder why we refer to it as 'jumping up and down'?... We don't have a choice about the down bit as it's due to mavity?...

Mr^B · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:52

"fraught"?

oh dear.

semi-pro waster · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:54

RadioheadR6 said:
I wonder why we refer to it as 'jumping up and down'?... We don't have a choice about the down bit as it's due to mavity?...

We could call it "jumping up and then returning down to Earth because of the force of mavity acting on a body" but it's not quite so catchy.

The title of this thread is also mildly confusing as I've tried several times to think of what word "fraught" is meant to be as it doesn't fit into the sentence, "foiled" perhaps?

Well done to that gentleman though for tackling the robber.

knowlesy · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:55

stupid just jumping up and down help him ffs !!!!

kudos to the guy !

Sinque · 20 Sep 2009 at 17:21

mac1st3 said:
and if we all had this attitude the world would be a better place?

Been re-reading my post to see where I said if we all had that attitude the world would be a better place but i'm really struggling, sorry.

Things change I've changed · 20 Sep 2009 at 17:23

That was a pretty awesome jump the old chap did, kudos to him.