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Defend the NYC sugary drink ban

  • You hear me Stro? You gotta pick between re runs of the wire or community because watching both is un healthy for you.

    redraven1

  • SATerp said...

    I'm open to you finding one for me.

    You must be new here, I just make pithy comments, I don't use facts and figures.

    hgoodman

  • 5th and lehigh said...

    no one in philly eats fast food or drinks tons of soda

    The above statement is one hundred percent preposterous bullshit.

    Maybe you were making a joke at your city's expense...?

    mrjah

  • mattw75 said...

    Interesting. Obesity is incredibly prevalent among the lower class and lower class whites for the most part don't live in NYC (or DC, for that matter).

    It all starts with edumacation.

    RandomTerp

  • RDurr said...

    a couple of those things, just the name was invented in philly. i'm sure philladelphians were the first people ever to put flavor to ice, or meat between bread...

    also, you appear to be taking credit for the entirety of the contributions of the largely rural pennsylvania dutch people.

    what has gaithersburg invented?

    5th and lehigh

  • UMD alumni have created the following...The Muppets, Seinfeld, The miniature insulin pump, coronary stents, The Wire, Broke Watergate, Google, The hybrid engine, The Universal Price Code, Pulse Doppler Radar, UnderArmour, The Boondocks, The Octane System, The automatic parachute, Retractable landing gear, Linear programming, Launched Sirius Satellite, founded Nautica and Outback Steakhouse, Designed the first large screen stadium television, created frequent flyer programs, sydicated Baywatch, wrote Apollo 13

    screamin_jay ●

  • neal990 said...

    So really it sounds like Philly is solely responsible for the obesity problem in America

    I've held this stance for a while. The city is home to all the fatties, the suburbs are where it's at anyway.

    patterp09

  • 5th and lehigh said...

    what has gaithersburg invented?

    not sure, i don't really know anything about the place. why do you ask?

    RDurr

  • RDurr said...

    not sure, i don't really know anything about the place. why do you ask?

    Because in his mind, Philadelphia = Gaithersburg.

    SATerp

  • I could really go for a Bad Analogy Tax right about now.

    MisterSmiley

  • Do people really think fat people don't get free refills? Fat people and kids are the populations who hit the fountain the hardest. Those populations will continue to drink 40+ oz of soda with every visit.

    Saying that Philadelphians don't eat fast food is kind of ridiculous. My office will go to one of three places for lunch; Reading Terminal Market, primos, or the roach coach. None of those places are providing food any less caloric than McD's. You are kidding yourself if you think the FF restaurants aren't packed all day though. Ill snap a picture of the line at Popeye's and McDonalds when I grab a spicy chicken from CFA at lunch today. The line at the Gallery@ME Popeye's looks like the NYSE after an earnings release.

    Titanterp ●

  • LeftyTerp said...

    It wont make you lose weight but you will be a complete moron for ordering a milkshake just to show the city whose boss.

    just like the people who go to buffets and have stacks of food, but a diet coke?

    nihterp

  • "It combines the draconian government overreach people love with the probable lack of results they expect" - Jon Stewart

    Major Major

  • 5th and lehigh said...

    what has gaithersburg invented?

    Ever hear of a place called NIST?

    I bet Gaithersburg's significant inventions per capita per year are higher than Philadelphia's by an order of magnitude, and quite possibly even higher than that. You could not possibly have picked a worse example, given that nobody on this board seems to be from Los Alamos NM.

    (Awaiting the inevitable irony: "Butbut you can't count that because it's just some people inventing tons of stuff in Gaithersburg. So it's not really Gaithersburg.")

    mrjah

  • screamin_jay said...

    UMD alumni have created the following...The Muppets, Seinfeld, The miniature insulin pump, coronary stents, The Wire, Broke Watergate, Google, The hybrid engine, The Universal Price Code, Pulse Doppler Radar, UnderArmour, The Boondocks, The Octane System, The automatic parachute, Retractable landing gear, Linear programming, Launched Sirius Satellite, founded Nautica and Outback Steakhouse, Designed the first large screen stadium television, created frequent flyer programs, sydicated Baywatch, wrote Apollo 13

    terplandlord returns?

    winterps

  • as a former fatty, i just want to say, I hate all fat people, most of them are completely useless and lazy, and in denial. My sister is obese, and I take every opportunity to ridicule her. If you allow yourself to become obese you deserve no mercy. I say this as someone who has been to the other side. There is no excuse to ever be more than 10-15 pounds overweight.

    Actually this weekend we were at a cotillion and I asked my sister "how much do you weigh?" she responds "why?" I said you dont have to give me a number just say something like "less than your average rhino, or hippo but more than large wild boar."

    This post was edited by Mr Tiffles7673 on 6/4/2012 at 9:50 AM

    Mr Tiffles7673

  • mrjah said...

    Ever hear of a place called NIST?

    I bet Gaithersburg's significant inventions per capita per year are higher than Philadelphia's by an order of magnitude, and quite possibly even higher than that. You could not possibly have picked a worse example, given that nobody on this board seems to be from Los Alamos NM.

    (Awaiting the inevitable irony: "Butbut you can't count that because it's just some people inventing tons of stuff in Gaithersburg. So it's not really Gaithersburg.")

    good point. here's a list of about 34,000 things gaitherburg has invented

    gaithersburg, md - Google Search

    https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=&tbm=pts&source=hp&q=gaithersburg%2C md&oq=gaithersburg%2C md&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=hp.3..0l10.1840.4178.0.4320.16.9.0.7.7.0.156.701.5j4.9.0...0.0.zEcG4TNi2ig

    www.google.com

    RDurr

  • redraven1 said...

    Again I will ask where does it end? No more large fries? No more large pizzas? No more double cheeseburgers? Where is the line drawn?

    SLIPPERY SLOPE EVERYONE!!!! SLIPPERY SLOPE!!!!! panic

    macterp

  • macterp said...

    SLIPPERY SLOPE EVERYONE!!!! SLIPPERY SLOPE!!!!!

    dude you realize we're talking about the government banning large sodas, right? this IS the slippery slope.

    Phatboy if you had any balls I'd meet you at the AFA Boxing gym and have Coach Weichers put some gloves on us.

    phatphelix

  • [Eric]"God damn poor people suck"[Cartman]

    CDeacMan

  • Tiffles was going COTILLION on them bitches! HARDCORE ETIQUETTE LIKE A BOSS.

    MisterSmiley

  • Still nobody has answered where it ends.

    redraven1

  • redraven1 said...

    Still nobody has answered where it ends.

    OMG BAN RHETORICAL SLIPPERY SLOPE QUESTIONS!?!?!?

    MisterSmiley

  • I have no problem with fat people. They just make in shape people like me look better. More sugary drinks for all.

    WMTerp12 ●

  • redraven1 said...

    Still nobody has answered where it ends.

    With a society filled with attractive, in-shape people having free sex and smoking legalized pot?

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    hgoodman

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