500lb man rescued after 12 hours in river (Wisconsin alert)

[ChicosBailBonds]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1867270/posts?page=28


Some funny commentary in that thread

[muwarrior87]

I heard that on Bob and Brian this morning...they said a helicopter tried to come in but couldn't lift him out. Whether that's because he's 500 lbs or because trees were in the way I don't know. But man, how do you let yourself get that heavy?

[mu_hilltopper]

A comedian did a bit on whatever story about a fat guy, way more than 500 pounds, there've been some guys 1000+ lbs.

Anyhow, how they'd say he couldn't get out of bed, stopped going to work, yadda yadda. 

He theorized the conversation calling in to work:

Fat guy:  Hey, boss?  Remember how yesterday I was at work and was pretty fat?
Boss: Sure.
Fat guy:  Well, today I'm even fatter.  I can't come to work today, I'm calling in "fat".