Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
15-01-2010, 10:16
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Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
I shouldn't laugh really, but: 
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A floor collapsed beneath a group of about 20 members of Weight Watchers as they gathered to compare how many pounds they had shed over Christmas.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle6989291.ece
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15-01-2010, 10:20
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
They should do it in groups of 5. the rest can listen how much weight each other has lost from outside the door.
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15-01-2010, 10:26
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
I'd rather blame the building contractors, even with 20 people in there the floor should have been able to cope.
Still though it's great free advertising for weight watchers
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15-01-2010, 10:30
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
Oh yes. It sounds like a construction fault. That doesn't change the fact that it's funny as hell though. 
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15-01-2010, 10:30
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
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I'd rather blame the building contractors, even with 20 people in there the floor should have been able to cope.
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Yes, if the weight was spread evenly. they were all gathered around the scales so the weight was focused one one spot.
then you've got them all jumping up and down with excitement. which wouldn't help 
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15-01-2010, 10:34
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
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Yes, if the weight was spread evenly. they were all gathered around the scales so the weight was focused one one spot.
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Read the article properly, the floor seperated from the walls (so it pancaked) this isn't indicitive of all the weight being in one spot (not unless they were all huddled along one side of a wall, but still that shouldn;t have given way in a properly designed building
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15-01-2010, 13:16
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
Phew! The scales survived!
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15-01-2010, 13:19
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
Well they didn't lose enough weight, you can never trust weight watchers lol
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18-01-2010, 20:37
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Read the article properly, the floor seperated from the walls (so it pancaked) this isn't indicitive of all the weight being in one spot (not unless they were all huddled along one side of a wall, but still that shouldn;t have given way in a properly designed building
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its just wrong to use a word like pancake at a w w meeting ,can we just say it rice caked 
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18-01-2010, 21:25
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
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I'd rather blame the building contractors, even with 20 people in there the floor should have been able to cope.
Still though it's great free advertising for weight watchers
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free advertising??
this would be bad advertising though
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18-01-2010, 21:35
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
someone ate too many mince pies... in fact, I reckon about 20 people ate too many mince pies.
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free advertising??
this would be bad advertising though |
any publicity is good publicity... allegedly.
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18-01-2010, 21:37
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
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someone ate too many mince pies... in fact, I reckon about 20 people ate too many mince pies.
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any publicity is good publicity... allegedly.
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especially the scales manufacturer
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18-01-2010, 23:06
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
I have to say I had a PMSL moment when I first read this article.
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18-01-2010, 23:39
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Re: Floor collapses at Weight Watchers meeting
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Originally Posted by http://www.timesonline.co.uk
the weigh-in continued in a nearby corridor.
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weren't they afraid of breaking the corridor aswell??
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