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Re:100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a ci... by CoryMathews on Friday April 16, 2010 @09:52AM (#1270567)
Sadly hes probably just over normal now.
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Re:100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a ci... by chunkyslink on Friday April 16, 2010 @10:07AM (#1270609)
Not in Africa, South America, Asia or even Europe hes not.
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Re:100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a ci... by smokinn on Friday April 16, 2010 @10:05AM (#1270601)
Average maybe but definitely not normal.
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Re:100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a ci... by GFischer on Friday April 16, 2010 @10:16AM (#1270653)
If you think that's anything remotely close to average, you have to get out of your country more often.

My mother really loved moving to Canada, because of that... over there she's not thought of as fat (heck, not even as overweight).

I weigh 175 lbs (80 kg) and for my height (5 foot 10 / 175 cm) I'm considered on the fat side for my country (Uruguay).

Whenever a fat consultant from the US comes, he is gaped at (much like the fat man on the freak show).. a TV figure from Argentina is famous precisely for being fat (Daniel "Tota" Santillán)

Edit: 3 other people made the point so far too.

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Re:100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a ci... by hackermom on Friday April 16, 2010 @10:13AM (#1270640)
In Europe, and Scandinavia in particular, that man would sit at a point way, way beyond anything defined as normal or even plump.
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Re:100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a ci... by tjogin on Friday April 16, 2010 @10:58AM (#1270769)
True, here he would still turn heads.
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Re:100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a ci... by pw0ncakes on Friday April 16, 2010 @10:14AM (#1270646)
No. I'd guess him at 99.5th percentile at least in the US, but you're right that he's not that out of the ordinary, given that we now have people who exceed 1000# and can't leave their houses.
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Re:100 years ago, people paid money to see a fat man in a ci... by gcb on Friday April 16, 2010 @10:20AM (#1270670)
the sum of the couple was around 900
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