Kevin Smith became a fat super hero this week. Angered by Southwest’s “Get your fat ass off my plane policy.” He went interweb Batman on them by taking the issue to the mean streets of twitter. Good Ol Kev’s got something like 1.6 million followers that at the very mininmum tolerate his fatness, some of them understand that without his being fat a lot of what we love about his films wouldn’t have been there. And even further still there are those of us that are fat as well airplane rides suck for us already I’m tall too so there’s pretty much no where for me to go. I’ve never been asked to do an armrest test either (this is the test where you lower the arm rest to see if your fat gut oozes over the sides of the armrest), and I can tell you that I have probably been both fatter and thinner than Kevin while flying. Some people would say just lose the weight if it’s a problem, I say if you eyeball the guy and you mentally think the test is going to be close, why put him through the embaressment if his seatmates aren’t complaining? He passed the arm rest test, and they still yanked him. Sounds like money to me. It’s always money.
WIN! This one cracked me up guys.
Good thing you aren't Humpty Dumpty or just an egg. And I turn that WIN around for team SFC! Oh wait… that was already a win for SFC…
Great illustration, I think the Smith thing is a little ridiculous.
Hey Thanks Meso! I don't know what is about drawing "fatties" but like Santa Clause's visits, I'm left with an empty glass and an empty plate of cookies. I don't know how this makes any sense.
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I think this is a bit absurd on smiths part and the airlines This policy has been in place for years… I was actually happy when this policy was adopted as I have been on plane rides where it was just the most uncomfortable thing due to some large individual in a bare midriff pretty much sitting in my lap. The person had a "deal with it attitude" when he saw when he was resting a portion of his body on me. Had that person been someone what considerate of the situation and given me the good ol "im sorry , im fat" line.. i woulda been cool. Problem is there is not to many "kevin smiths" (cool guy that is upfront about their weight and it could be a bit of an inconvenience on others), in fact, in my experience there are more people who feel they are entitled to an acre of the plane due to the fact that they bought an airline ticket. Id be happy to sit next to any person as long as they recognized that we are on that potential death ride together . …..i dont know maybe i just need a hug…matt?
Absurd?!?!? Maybe cause I'm like a chihuahua and have no hair or fat, but my big boned airline companion can smother me anytime… except when they sweat profusely, I don't like getting wet. Oh yes, the absurdity! its absurd there's such a policy! Maybe I can't help being chunky in all the right places? maybe theres a little more handling to go around, but maybe they should have done the chubby checker test when I bought my ticket? Similar to those age verification checks when you go to those websites… with the "mature" content…
wheres my hug Hernan?
I think if his armrests went down he has every right to complain. Also the best hugs in the world come from big fat guys.
LMAO. Again I am a bit delayed on a site visit but this is funny shit. I watch Loverboy way too much for my own good when it was on cable. I like how he tries to ask for forgiveness from his girlfriend at the end. "I was a prostitute for you sweetie…I swear!"
PS- Thank you for not missing the sombrero….. But you did miss the giant stash.