Monday, June 12, 2006

...another reason to eat how I want and not how I "should"

from Reuters:

A 440 pound German man discovered that being overweight can be good for your health -- if you get run over by a car.

German police said the extra body mass prevented the 30-year-old man from suffering potentially fatal injuries when a Volkswagen Polo drove over him after he braked suddenly on his bicycle at a crossroads and fell off in front of the car.

"It certainly helped him in this case," said Sven-Marco Claus, a spokesman for police in the western town of Gifhorn on Monday. "Someone smaller would probably not have been so lucky."

(H/T: Clyde Bauman: The Man Behind Mylo)

3 comments:

rustypth said...

that's it - no more gym for me

girlfriday said...

How was the bike supporting him, exactly?

kletois said...

super size me!