Family claims they are simply too fat to work

[Purseval]

Some stuff is too wierd to make up, I kept looking for some clue that this was a satire but it's the real deal. BTW, the weights are in stone, which equals 14 pounds. So 10 stone = 140 pounds, and so forth. 1 British pound equals about $1.45 so that 22,000 pounds = $31900

Family claims they are simply too fat to work

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...-fat-work.html



They have a combined weight of 83 stone and claim £22,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits on the basis they are ‘too fat to work’.

Yet, incredibly, X Factor flop Emma Chawner's family from Blackburn are demanding more money - because they still can’t afford their calorie-laden lifestyle.

Asked why they don’t simply go on a diet, the jobless Chawner family who are so obese their neighbours call them ‘the telly tubbies’ insist: ‘We don’t have the time.’

Emma, 19, famously appeared on the TV talent show in 2007 wearing a wedding-style dress made by her dad.
She was kicked off after the first audition, but not before the family were evicted from their previous house after neighbours complained about her singing at 3am.

Both Philip Chawner, 53, and his 57-year-old wife Audrey weigh 24st. Their youngest daughter, Emma, is 5ft 3in and weighs 17st, while her older sister Samantha, 21, is 5ft 9in and weighs 18st.

They haven’t worked in 11 years, claiming their weight is due to a hereditary condition.
Instead, the family spend their days in front of a television borrowed from a friend.

Mr Chawner said: ‘We love TV. It’s on from the moment we get up. Often I’m so tired from watching TV I have to have a nap.’

Yet of their £22,508 a year in tax-free benefits - equivalent to a £30,000 salary - Mr Chawner said: ‘What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It’s not our fault we can’t work. We deserve more.’

The family claim to spend £50 a week on food, including chocolate, chips and pies, and consume 3,000 calories each a day. The recommended maximum intake is 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men.

‘We have cereal for breakfast, bacon butties for lunch and microwave pies with mashed potato or chips for dinner,’ Mrs Chawner told Closer magazine.

‘We all love nibbling on biscuits. I once bought some pears, but they tasted funny.

‘All that healthy food, like fruit and veg, is too expensive. We’re fat because it’s in our genes. Our whole family is overweight.’

Emma, who would like to lose 6st, added: ‘We don’t have time to diet.’

Each week, Mr and Mrs Chawner, who have been married for 23 years, receive £177 in income support and incapacity benefit. Mrs Chawner is paid an extra £330-a-month disability allowance for epilepsy and asthma, both a result of being overweight.

Mr Chawner gets £71 a month after developing Type 2 diabetes because of his size. He was on a waiting list for a gastric band last year, but a heart condition made the operation unsuitable.

Samantha receives £84 in Jobseekers’ Allowance each fortnight while Emma, who is training to be a hairdresser, gets £58 every two weeks under a hardship fund for low-income students.

‘I’m a student and don’t have time to exercise,’ Emma said. ‘We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse we get in the street, but we don’t know how.’

[rabx5]

Originally Posted by Purseval

Some stuff is too wierd to make up, I kept looking for some clue that this was a satire but it's the real deal. BTW, the weights are in stone, which equals 14 pounds. So 10 stone = 140 pounds, and so forth. 1 British pound equals about $1.45 so that 22,000 pounds = $31900

Family claims they are simply too fat to work

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...-fat-work.html



They have a combined weight of 83 stone and claim £22,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits on the basis they are ‘too fat to work’.

Yet, incredibly, X Factor flop Emma Chawner's family from Blackburn are demanding more money - because they still can’t afford their calorie-laden lifestyle.

Asked why they don’t simply go on a diet, the jobless Chawner family who are so obese their neighbours call them ‘the telly tubbies’ insist: ‘We don’t have the time.’

Emma, 19, famously appeared on the TV talent show in 2007 wearing a wedding-style dress made by her dad.
She was kicked off after the first audition, but not before the family were evicted from their previous house after neighbours complained about her singing at 3am.

Both Philip Chawner, 53, and his 57-year-old wife Audrey weigh 24st. Their youngest daughter, Emma, is 5ft 3in and weighs 17st, while her older sister Samantha, 21, is 5ft 9in and weighs 18st.

They haven’t worked in 11 years, claiming their weight is due to a hereditary condition.
Instead, the family spend their days in front of a television borrowed from a friend.

Mr Chawner said: ‘We love TV. It’s on from the moment we get up. Often I’m so tired from watching TV I have to have a nap.’

Yet of their £22,508 a year in tax-free benefits - equivalent to a £30,000 salary - Mr Chawner said: ‘What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It’s not our fault we can’t work. We deserve more.’

The family claim to spend £50 a week on food, including chocolate, chips and pies, and consume 3,000 calories each a day. The recommended maximum intake is 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men.

‘We have cereal for breakfast, bacon butties for lunch and microwave pies with mashed potato or chips for dinner,’ Mrs Chawner told Closer magazine.

‘We all love nibbling on biscuits. I once bought some pears, but they tasted funny. ‘All that healthy food, like fruit and veg, is too expensive. We’re fat because it’s in our genes. Our whole family is overweight.’

Emma, who would like to lose 6st, added: ‘We don’t have time to diet.’

Each week, Mr and Mrs Chawner, who have been married for 23 years, receive £177 in income support and incapacity benefit. Mrs Chawner is paid an extra £330-a-month disability allowance for epilepsy and asthma, both a result of being overweight.

Mr Chawner gets £71 a month after developing Type 2 diabetes because of his size. He was on a waiting list for a gastric band last year, but a heart condition made the operation unsuitable.

Samantha receives £84 in Jobseekers’ Allowance each fortnight while Emma, who is training to be a hairdresser, gets £58 every two weeks under a hardship fund for low-income students.

‘I’m a student and don’t have time to exercise,’ Emma said. ‘We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse we get in the street, but we don’t know how.’

OMGosh I've seen fatter people working. They all seem to have decent clothes

This is just crazy. I know obese people have health problems, but come on, they seem like they lack for even trying to get work

By the way, I am fat and I would never use that as an excuse to not work.

[DisneyBamaFan]

This is too funny. It is like a satire from the Onion...

[GoodFairies]

I didn't think epilepsy had anything to do with weight. If the youngest one is training to be a hairdresser, it seems like she will get a job, otherwise why bother? The other daughter is on their version of unemployment it seems. I guess she is too fat to find a job too.

Also is it the genes, or the fact that healthy food is too expensive, or the fact that they don't like the taste of healthy foods. They are quick to blame everything but their inaction.

[jax677]

To me, it costs nothing to turn the tv off and find something else to do to keep the mind occupied away from food. I really hope something can be done to help the family members who want to lose. Plus healthy food doesn't have to equal $$$. All the junk food costs alot of money too.

[Uncle Remus]

Bacon butties?
I wonder what those are?

[Mom2Nick]

I like how they don't have time to diet. Since they have not worked in 11 years what the hell are they so busy doing?

[rabx5]

Originally Posted by Uncle Remus

Bacon butties?
I wonder what those are?

This is what I get when I google it

[maleficent1959]

Originally Posted by Uncle Remus

Bacon butties?
I wonder what those are?

Bacon sandwich.

[Uncle Remus]

Originally Posted by rabx5

This is what I get when I google it

Thanks rabx5.

Looks like a few of those could make one look like this:

[Kath2003]

You've got to remember this is from the Daily Wail, which has about the same credibility as Fox News.

[Uncle Remus]

Originally Posted by maleficent1959

Bacon sandwich.

I love this thread.

Thanks mal.

[bigmerle1966]

Originally Posted by Mom2Nick

I like how they don't have time to diet. Since they have not worked in 11 years what the hell are they so busy doing?

Well watching TV is busy work!

[lovetoscrap]

Darn, now I am really hungry for a BLT.

[Purseval]

My stepdaughter lives in Ipswich. She goes to Weight Watchers and that is paid for by the government. Maybe the government should stop giving them money and deliver nutritious meals instead, or make them walk to a place to get their meals instead. Exercise and nutrition at the same time.