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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / December 2007It's A Small FAT World After All
Bizarre news story -- Disney is temporarily closing It's A Small World to dig out the boat channel deeper to prevent grounding the boats due to increasingly obese passengers. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0712/gallery.101_dumbest.fortune/13.html This gives a whole new aspect to the phrase "bottoming out". > Bizarre news story -- Disney is temporarily closing > It's A Small World to dig out the boat channel deeper [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > This gives a whole new aspect to the phrase > "bottoming out". Musta been quite a tradeoff, "Shall we go deeper or wider"? D. > Musta been quite a tradeoff, "Shall we go deeper or wider"? They can't go wider -- all of the rides have a fixed distance for the boat width. And the cost of D2O precludes the small advantage that would provide. On the other hand, a hypersaline floatation medium could provide a temporary fix, like the Dead Sea. Corrosive to machinery, but you'll retire after a successful career before anybody notices. Or can make a stink that shareholders will hear about. >> Musta been quite a tradeoff, "Shall we go deeper or wider"? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > successful career before anybody notices. Or can > make a stink that shareholders will hear about. Ok, next suggestion. Set up a large readout weigh in scale that flashes and buzzes before the ticket is rejected. Then a small T-Shirt stand that sells, "I'm With Fatso" would suppliment lost revenue. Don W. > Ok, next suggestion. Set up a large readout weigh in scale that > flashes and buzzes before the ticket is rejected. Then a small T-Shirt > stand that sells, "I'm With Fatso" would suppliment lost revenue. Sort of like the You Must Be This Tall To Go On This Ride signs found at many theme parks, except that it would be You Must Be This Thin. I like the idea, but I'm afraid some customers would be deeply offended. The same thing as with my other idea, which is to charge admission fees by the pound. "Hey, lady! Get on the scale! You're gonna cost a mint!" > "Hey, lady! Get on the scale! You're gonna cost a mint!" ... or the Talking Scale that sez, "Only one person on the scale at a time, please". Don W. It is not a one person per boat ride. So, you just need more boats and put fewer people in each boat. Really really big folk can ride alone. > Bizarre news story -- Disney is temporarily closing > It's A Small World to dig out the boat channel deeper [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > This gives a whole new aspect to the phrase > "bottoming out". |
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