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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWho says old school is bad? Here is a fine idea: Weighing our public officials!
It was all about making sure you got good value for money when you elected the mayor, says Sykes. If he put on weight over the ensuing year, then it was deemed he was living off the fat of the land i.e., off your taxes. The crowd would cheer or boo loudly, depending on the result.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/07/18/t-magazine/art/britains-kookiest-rituals-shot-in-the-70s/s/homer-sykes-slide-S04W.html?_r=0
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Who says old school is bad? Here is a fine idea: Weighing our public officials! (Original Post)
jonno99
Jul 2016
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qnr
(16,190 posts)1. The mayor is using my tax dollars
for a personal trainer!
jonno99
(2,620 posts)2. Chuckles - yep there is that...nt
Will Morningstar
(90 posts)3. On an industrial scale.
Mayor Rob Ford once made a public pledge to shed 150-200 pounds or so, and would appear for weekly weigh-ins and photo-ops with the press corps. The industrial scale outside the Mayor's Office was quietly wheeled away two months later when he hadn't lost any weight.
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)4. and if they weigh more than a duck ...
?t=87 (starts at 1:27)
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)5. Only obesity is more common among the poor