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Subject: Re: Paying Extra For Being Fat Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:18:25 -0700

Shawn Hirn wrote:
> In article <_4idnXYI1ObqhfbVnZ2dnUVZ_sjinZ2d@comcast.com>,
> mrtravel wrote:
>
>
>>Shawn Hirn wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article ,
>>> Brian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:37:31 -0400, Shawn Hirn
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Not necessarily, but wider people can take up more than one seat due to
>>>>>their expanded girth.
>>>>
>>>>At the same BMI and the same % of body fat, the taller person will
>>>>weigh more.
>>>
>>>
>>>True, but the taller person won't encroach into an adjacent passenger's
>>>seat.
>>
>>Where will he put his elbows?
>
>
> Next to his body, same as anyone else. Your point though about charging
> for weight makes sense. Either way, a taller passenger will pay more
> than a shorter passenger of the same body mass.

What point did I make? I was suggesting it didn't make sense.

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