redpitbull44
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- Sep 30, 2010
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I just spent the evening with some members from my wife's side of the family, as well as some from my side, at a birthday party in a church building her dad is a member at. It began to snow, A LOT. We finished up and everybody headed out. Now, several of the people in my wife's family are, ahem, "big boned". You know the type, well fed, but not Michael Moore or Jaba-da-hut disgusting. My family, for the most part, consists of leaner built people.
Anyways, as I drove home, I thought, what if we were trapped in that building with nothing but water to drink with all those people. Obviously whatever food was left would go to the children, and the adults would just have to survive on water. The average time one can survive without food is 3 weeks. But how long could a hefty person last? An Obese person even?
A quick Google search turned up estimates anywhere from 3-25 weeks, depending on how morbidly obese they are. Of course, other factors like their will to live, climate, stress level, and overall body systems health come into play, but TWENTY FIVE WEEKS!!!! That's HALF A YEAR!!!
So, next time you go looking at the guy in the checkout thinkin' "Buddy, you need to loose a few tons." Just hope like hell he doesn't have more ammo than you do to fend off the looters.
Oh, and before you say anything about Zombies... that doesn't count. Everybody knows the fastest runner wins.
Anyways, as I drove home, I thought, what if we were trapped in that building with nothing but water to drink with all those people. Obviously whatever food was left would go to the children, and the adults would just have to survive on water. The average time one can survive without food is 3 weeks. But how long could a hefty person last? An Obese person even?
A quick Google search turned up estimates anywhere from 3-25 weeks, depending on how morbidly obese they are. Of course, other factors like their will to live, climate, stress level, and overall body systems health come into play, but TWENTY FIVE WEEKS!!!! That's HALF A YEAR!!!
So, next time you go looking at the guy in the checkout thinkin' "Buddy, you need to loose a few tons." Just hope like hell he doesn't have more ammo than you do to fend off the looters.
Oh, and before you say anything about Zombies... that doesn't count. Everybody knows the fastest runner wins.
