No Fat Kids

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31st July 2007, 02:55 PM
bitingmidge

No Fat Kids

Tired of arguing about the presumption of innocence, I thought it particularly cynical of a particular political party to announce that it will ban the use of cartoons in advertising fast food!

So no more cartoons in the ads eh? That ought to fix 'em.

What will they think of next? Perhaps the use of remote controls will be banned for those under a certain age to ensure they get exercise walking to the tele to turn it off!

How about a Girth-guage, a bit like the height gauges on sideshow rides, (you know the ones that if you can walk under them you aren't big enough to ride), well if they just narrowed down the doors of the problem businesses, then the fat kids couldn't get in to buy the stuff in the first place!

P (suffering from no Krispy Kreme shop within 1000k's)
:D :D :D
31st July 2007, 02:58 PM
MurrayD99

Would this be some guys over there on the left. They usually can't resist the urge to regulate....
31st July 2007, 03:07 PM
Gra

its cheaper than making physical education manditory
31st July 2007, 03:13 PM
Sebastiaan56

I reckon those jingles need to go, you know the ones, they stick in your head. And for those who suffer from them a head-song-ripper-outerer, plastic with teletubbies on them, issued pre election....

Im all in favour of regulating kids TV, get rid of the rubbish, bring back Roger Ramjet!

Sebastiaan
31st July 2007, 03:14 PM
silentC

Just make the buttons on Playstations smaller. Too easy!
31st July 2007, 03:15 PM
Manuka Jock

""How about a Girth-guage, a bit like the height gauges on sideshow rides, (you know the ones that if you can walk under them you aren't big enough to ride), well if they just narrowed down the doors of the problem businesses ....""

Like our Parliament's doors eh :U
31st July 2007, 03:17 PM
MurrayD99

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Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

Like our Parliament's doors eh :U

Do a deal with Canberra and we can shut them for good (riddance).
31st July 2007, 03:41 PM
Wongo

Fat kids are good for the nation. They die young so we don't have to look after them when they get old. Think about the money we can save. :2tsup:

:D
31st July 2007, 04:16 PM
craigb

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

P (suffering from no Krispy Kreme shop within 1000k's)

Mate, that's a blessing not a curse. :wink:
31st July 2007, 04:58 PM
Gra

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wongo

Fat kids are good for the nation. They die young so we don't have to look after them when they get old. Think about the money we can save. :2tsup:

:D

They are also harder to kidnap as well
31st July 2007, 05:35 PM
outback

Wot R Krispy Kremes?
Sounds like a socially transmitted disease :?
31st July 2007, 05:39 PM
echnidna

Maybe its the thin edge of the wedge for unheathy food vendors.

The anti-smoking wowsers started the same way.
31st July 2007, 06:12 PM
ozwinner

Quote:

Originally Posted by outback

Wot R Krispy Kremes?
Sounds like a socially transmitted disease :?

http://www.krispykreme.com.au/

Apparently they taste divine, so you cant stop at one, Ive never tried them.

Al :no:
31st July 2007, 06:14 PM
Rocker

Being genetically a nerd, I hated sports at school, but I was forced to engage in them daily. In retrospect, I think this was a good thing, since, when I went to college, I was motivated to take up rowing to keep fit. Then, when I started work, I found myself walking ten or 15 miles a day doing geological surveying. Now that I am retired, the inner nerd has taken over, but I haven't become fat yet:)

Rocker
31st July 2007, 06:30 PM
jow104

Mobile phones must also be causing a problem, they only have to reach into their pocket to take the call.
Less excercise again.:rolleyes:
31st July 2007, 06:35 PM
jmk89
I think that it is the loony left trying to make sure that the ALP continues its outstanding record of losing when the government is doing everything it can to help them win! The obvious answer (ie sport at school) is not for these nutters because it:
1. involves teachers in supervising risky activity
2. might lead to more of all the things about Australia that they disapprove of - teamwork, leadership, self-reliance, accepting that everyone has different levels of accomplishment at different skills and working with that rather than pretending that we are all eqully talented, etc.
Much better to regulate even if it won't have any effect than to do something effective which has those risks!!!:o
31st July 2007, 06:38 PM
scooter

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

http://www.krispykreme.com.au/

Apparently they taste divine, so you cant stop at one, Ive never tried them.

Al :no:

Overrated to hell I reckon, tried them & they're just doughnuts, no biggie I reckon.

Jam doughnut at the van at the Dandy market, now they're worth a mention.........yummo !
31st July 2007, 06:48 PM
craigb

I reckon that they are bloody awful!

Absolute sugar overload in the donut and then they add these sickly sweet fillings. Yeck!

I really don't understand the attraction. :?

Well maybe for kids I do, but adults? No way.
31st July 2007, 06:51 PM
Skew ChiDAMN!!

Liposuction and youth: the answer to the fuel crisis?
31st July 2007, 07:05 PM
outback

Wow, the only doughnuts we get are the old cinnamon kind from the baker. I used to love them as a kid, taste like sweetened grease now. :oo:
31st July 2007, 07:23 PM
MurrayD99

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmk89

I think that it is the loony left trying to make sure that the ALP continues its outstanding record of losing .............Much better to regulate even if it won't have any effect than to do something effective which has those risks!!!:o

Ahhh. So I picked it - from this distance..... It is Kevin, trying to score off Mr Howard. What can I say. Just came back from a tour of the Reagan Library. Outstanding! (falls & dies)
31st July 2007, 07:55 PM
Tonyz

All the evidence you need
31st July 2007, 07:57 PM
corbs

The estimated financial cost of obesity in 2005 was 3.767 billion $$$:oo::oo:. It is estimated that nearly 30% of the population will be classified obese by 2025:-. Add these figures to an aging popluation and it's scary to think what the future holds when you consider basic figures like these.:no:

Corbs
31st July 2007, 08:57 PM
Gra

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocker

Being genetically a nerd, I hated sports at school, but I was forced to engage in them daily.

I was genetically a geek, which is a nerd with worse dress sence and les ball skills:(( , I know where you are comming from here, and it made no difference to me. Though I think a lot of the problem is parents have been scared of letting their kids roam. I grew up in Warrandyte, it is surrounded in national parks. I would spend most of my school holidays wandering around these, would leave home mid morning, wouldnt get back until dinner time. So I guess that was how I got my exercise. This was the late 70's through the 80's. Now parents wont let their kids out of their sight, so the kids either sit at home on the computer or in front of the TV, or the parents send all their time running the kids to "organised activities". I think the media needs to back off the scare mongering. The dangers that the kids of today face are no greater than the dangers that we (or at least I) faced, it is just the media have sensationalised them.

well thats my opinion, give the kids some space and chance to run and most of the obesity will disappear.
1st August 2007, 10:16 PM
Glen

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Apparently they taste divine, so you cant stop at one, Ive never tried them.

Al :no:

I stopped at 1/2 a doughnut :yuk: , couldn't understand why people queded up for hours when it first opened down the road. But extremely well marketed.