What in the fucking FUCK?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pounds-for-pounds-scheme-helps-obese-people-shed-stones-1993285.html

So these walking, ok shuffling whales will be paid to do what should be natural to them. Lose weight and look fucking normal?

Fucked off of North London
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 19:50, 6 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

they'll only spend it on pies

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 19:53, Reply)

I'm all for offering incentives to encourage healthy lifestyles,
but to be paid to do it is ridiculous.
There's a couple of companies that I know of that will give you an extra half day or full day vacation time if you join their healthy lifestyle schemes and accomplish the target goal. I think that's fair. But not paying somebody cash.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 19:55, Reply)

Is this a californian thing?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 19:56, Reply)

Yes, but it's also nationwide.

( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 19:57, Reply)

I have a brilliant idea for combatting obesity.
Obesity is caused by the availability of cheap food in supermarkets, so if the price of all food is doubled or even tripled, there'll be no more cheap food, and therefore no more obesity!

I should be paid to come up with classics like this; preferably about £100,000 a year.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 22:04, Reply)

But then they'll give them vouchers for even more money
If they had food deliveries of fresh vegetables and fruit and were banned from going to the local chippy, that might help a bit.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 7 Jun 2010, 22:33, Reply)