January 4, 2010
Dating website kicks out thousands of 'fatties'
By Hayley Mick
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
In post-holiday purge, BeautifulPeople.com boots more than 500 Canadian
members who gained weight, and 5,000 worldwide
The dating website BeautifulPeople.com [http://www.beautifulpeople.com]
has kicked off 553 Canadian members following complaints that they had
gained weight over the holidays.
The castoffs - among 5,000 worldwide - sealed their own fate by posting
new pictures that reportedly showed heftier versions of themselves.
Other members voted them out.
"Brutal, isn't it?" said the site's managing director Greg Hodge.
Mr. Hodge said the company began noticing the trend around U.S.
Thanksgiving. Christmas and New Year's made the problem get worse.
Most of those expelled came from Canada and the United States, but more
than 800 were British. Canadians make up 19,000 of the website's 550,000
members, the company said.
Entry to the site happens after applicants pass a rating process, where
members of the opposite sex vote on an applicant's worthiness based on
photographs and a brief profile. Members whose conduct - or appearance -
is later thrown into question can also be expelled by voting.
Expelled members received an e-mail encouraging them to re-apply when
they are back looking their best.
"As a business, we mourn the loss of any member, but the fact remains
that our members demand the high standard of beauty be upheld," site
founder Robert Hintze said in a release.
"Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model
and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded."
Mr. Hodge, in Toronto this week on a promotional tour of North America,
was more diplomatic.
"Certainly big can be beautiful. I guess it's just the way we carry it."
Asked if the company was exaggerating the case to generate publicity,
Mr. Hodge said no. "I wish that it was just a publicity grab. For us to
lose 5,000 members is tough from a business perspective."
CTVglobemedia Publishing, Inc
Of course, the doctor is too fat to get onto the website in the first
place.
Of course.
He needs to come back down to the "optimum level of
tubbiness".
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John Fleming
Edmonton, Canada
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
> On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:22:21 -0800 (PST), while chained to a desk in the
> scriptorium "Mr.Smartypants" <bc...@canada.com> wrote:
>> $On Jan 5, 12:03 pm, Loaf of Bread <johnt...@hotmail.com> wrote: $> On
>> Jan 4, 10:02 pm, "Matthew Kruk" <nob...@home.com> wrote: $>
>> $>
>> >http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/dating-website-kicks-out-
thousand...
>> $>
>> $> > January 4, 2010
>> $> > Dating website kicks out thousands of 'fatties' $> > By Hayley
>> Mick
>> $> > From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
>> $>
>> $> > In post-holiday purge, BeautifulPeople.com boots more than 500
>> Canadian $> > members who gained weight, and 5,000 worldwide $>
>> $> Of course, the doctor is too fat to get onto the website in the
>> first $> place.
>> $
>> $Of course.
>
> He needs to come back down to the "optimum level of tubbiness".
Do tell. Might that be part of why he has no girlfriend?
All the time he spends sitting behind a computer means he
doesn't get a ton of exercise. Imagine what that does to
his waistline.
Just as men like women with nice bodies, the converse in my
experience is also true.
I see lyposuction in his future.
Well you never know. Some of his boyfriends must like that muffin top.
I don't think I want to, thanx.
> Just as men like women with nice bodies, the converse in my experience
> is also true.
True enough, although I do believe that women can be more forgiving
in that area, at least where men are concerned if not where other
women and themselves are concerned.
Especially when Yads shows it off by wearing a belly-T.
In my experience: women are more likely to find other things that can
compensate for a less-appealing body. Men are more likely to lower
their standards regarding the body to compensate for a lack of
availability, but generally still hold the body as being the most
important feature.
Gag...gack....hack.....
God what a horrible mental image, tanker please...
--
PV
Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy.
H.L. Mencken
"Kaos" <ka...@xplornet.com> wrote in message
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Where the Hell have you been? Rumour had it that you were living in the
Doctor's basement.
Welcome back sane Kaos.
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Born 29 Jan 1969 Redhill,Surrey,England UK
Yep.
I understand.
> $> Just as men like women with nice bodies, the converse in my experience
> $> is also true.
> $
> $True enough, although I do believe that women can be more forgiving
> $in that area, at least where men are concerned if not where other
> $women and themselves are concerned.
I guess they are willing to make some allowances if the guy
has a fat enough wallet.
[snip]
> $Where the Hell have you been? Rumour had it that you were living in the
> $Doctor's basement.
I'd like to hope he didn't wind up down there. I understand
it is a fate worse than death.
Methinks you are right Loaf.
Some muffin tops are nicer than other muffin tops.
Did the tanker reach you in time?
Yes indeed, thanks again for the wonderful service.
We always aim to please.
"John Fleming" <nos...@sprynet.com> wrote in message
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Or a fat enough......? Thickness IS where it's at, right ladies?
"John Fleming" <nos...@sprynet.com> wrote in message
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Some muffing is nicer, depending on who.
"John Fleming" <nos...@sprynet.com> wrote in message
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Or, as the sign above the urinals, in the men's washroom at the local store
said:
WE aim to please, YOU aim TOO, please!
Well, that is true enough for some.
> Or a fat enough......? Thickness IS where it's at, right ladies?
And that as well.
Is there a brain in your skull?
Probably not.
0/10 Mr.TrollingPants.
The doctor's waistline is the wrong place for thickness.
Now if he had a rugged, athletic appearance, kind of like a
German biathlon contestant, that is one thing.
But when he looks like a guy who spends his waking life
eating cheeseburgers while typing away on a computer
keyboard, . . ..
It could be because he gets tons of free donuts from his male Lebanese
friend whom he claims to *know* in the Biblical sense.
> --
>
> John Fleming
> Edmonton, Canada
>
> Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
> And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
> With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
> Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
> Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
A couple of dozen donuts is pretty cheap. Ladies of the
night charge more.
Maintaining a consistent usenet feed has been tricky of late.
Plus, I get distracted by other endeavors. It is heartwarming to know
that my absence was noticed, though...
"Kaos" <ka...@xplornet.com> wrote in message
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Who could forget the nongendered pride of Edmonton Freenet? Remember the
late Keith Gross and all the other control freaks there who tried to control
FreeNet?
Sounds like a bunch of 0/10ers.
Not every ISP carries Usenet anymore. And if you want to
get it with these ISPs, you have to use alternate methods.
Google for example. Or open an account with SuperNews or a
similar provider in addition to the account with your ISP.
BTW, how are your studies going? I figure the reason you
don't post as much is because you have your nose in the
textbooks.
And according to Yads his giant schlong scares the ladies away.
> --
>
> John Fleming
> Edmonton, Canada
>
> Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
> And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
> With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
> Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
Right!!!
I'm guessing that is cover for the fact the ladies really
want more than two dozen donuts for their services.
Nuts!
Have some taste John.
It would be amusing to go to the same strip club Yads attends and
watch him try to stuff donuts into the girls g-strings while everyone
else is stuffing them with ca$h.
> --
>
> John Fleming
> Edmonton, Canada
>
> Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
> And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
> With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
> Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
> $It would be amusing to go to the same strip club Yads attends and
> $watch him try to stuff donuts into the girls g-strings while everyone
> $else is stuffing them with ca$h.
We'd have to catch it on video and post it to You Tube. It's
the only way to keep the doctor from trying to wriggle out.
How would you do that?
That's for us to know and you to find out, stupid.
It's only a matter of time. ;)
For once I agree with you Yads.
I don't think you'd *ever* find out how we'd do it.
He wouldn't figure it out even if we did tell him.
> I wear Depends.
Fixed that for you.
LOL!!
And for the Upcoming Darwin:
Nomimations for edm.general smarmer goes to
snowman a Loaf of Bread and PV
for their anti-common-sense trolling of the inconsiderate degree
And
Nominations for SS Survivor
goes to
Mr.SmartyPAnts Anarchore JQuebecois
For their known SS Death Camp Guard behaviour.