This is sad :(

rprussell2004

HollyMGT

I work in a law enforcement agency and we have our fair share of heavy deputies. I find it strange that our sheriff is more concerned about deputies not having visible tattoos than then being physically fit. How is a 300 pound deputy supposed to chase a suspect? Baffling.

Sinistrous

HollyMGT wrote: »

I work in a law enforcement agency and we have our fair share of heavy deputies. I find it strange that our sheriff is more concerned about deputies not having visible tattoos than then being physically fit. How is a 300 pound deputy supposed to chase a suspect? Baffling.

He can throw a donut, if he has any left from that dozen.

sentaruu

HollyMGT wrote: »

I work in a law enforcement agency and we have our fair share of heavy deputies. I find it strange that our sheriff is more concerned about deputies not having visible tattoos than then being physically fit. How is a 300 pound deputy supposed to chase a suspect? Baffling.

don't need to run if you've got a taser

bulbadoof

it's also incorrect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_heaviest_people

note the innkeeper from the 1800s

manderson27

Wow Big Joe's size was obviously considered so extreme in his day people would have travelled and paid just to look at him I suspect. Now we see people that size every day and think nothing of it. A sad indictment on our modern dietary habits.

bulbadoof

manderson27 wrote: »

Wow Big Joe's size was obviously considered so extreme in his day people would have travelled and paid just to look at him I suspect. Now we see people that size every day and think nothing of it. A sad indictment on our modern dietary habits.

actually people travelled and paid to look at this guy in 1806 who was much bigger than "big joe" 100 years later, so both borderline-impressive obesity and society's fascination with it dates back considerably farther than the op's meme would have you believe.

Miss_1999

bulbadoof wrote: »

it's also incorrect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_heaviest_people

note the innkeeper from the 1800s

I'm glad you posted this. I am actually really, really sad to see that Manuel Uribe lost his battle. I watched a couple of documentaries about him on Discovery. He had the best attitude and really wanted to lose weight and live. Bless his sweet heart. He had lost 447lbs when he died. I really wanted him to make it. He had so many things he wanted to do, I really thought if anyone would do it, it would be him. I just hate this.

SubZeroDude

The "police" at my school are either built like that guy, or they smoke nonstop (private police/security standards are low)

He might just be private police aka "police", but who knows. My city's cops are mainly fat and old anyways.

Aviva92

google tells me that the guy in the pic from 1903 was 754 pounds. that's not common now at all.