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When People of Size Take To the Skies

When People of Size Take to the Skies By Elton Camp When the extremely obese get onboard a plane About their comfort and “rights” they complain They forget that one ticket means only one seat And with their seatmate for space can’t compete Because the passenger who about normally trim Shouldn’t have blobs of blubber pressed on him Realize that man has paid for the use of a full seat To have half taken by a tub of lard is sure no treat Southwest Airlines has courage to do what’s needed Requires fatsos to buy an extra seat if space exceeded The rule is if the armrest between seats can’t be lowered The “person of size” pays for two seats to get on board Passengers who are of such enormous, abnormal girth More trouble to the airlines than their business is worth

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