Forklift helps 700-lb Mexican man take rare outing

AckwelFoley

A 700-pound man once considered the world's most obese person left his home for the first time in five months Sunday with the aid of a forklift and a platform truck.

Manuel Uribe traveled to the shore of a lake in northern Mexico without ever leaving his specially designed bed. A forklift hoisted the bed onto the truck, which then hauled him to the lake, where he snacked on fish and vegetables and joked with a local boat operator.

Looking at the boatman's small craft, Uribe joked, "Too bad I can't get on it — it would sink."

Once considered the world's fattest man when his weight hit over half a ton, more than two years of steady dieting had helped Uribe drop to about 700 pounds as of June — 550 pounds less than his former Guinness record weight of 1,235 pounds. He did not say what his current weight is.

While somewhat bothered by the summer heat, Uribe appeared to enjoy Sunday's outing. He is still unable to walk, and his last planned outing in March was aborted after the platform carrying his bed got stuck under an overpass.

His last successful trip outside his home was in March 2007, when six people pushed Uribe's wheel-equipped iron bed out to the street as a mariachi band played and a crowd gathered to greet him.

Before that, he hadn't left his home in five years

Yes he is married.

sexy.

Le_Sabotage

I pity the guy tbh

Cool_CM

snyper wrote: »

Yes he is married.

sexy.

Gold-diggers ftw;)
Here's a picture of the happy couple, there was an article in the examiner about him last month, he pointed out that they are a normal couple who have sex..... must be a fairly well reinforced bed
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/fianceREX0204_468x369.jpg

Plug

Cool_CM wrote: »

Gold-diggers ftw;)

No, she's not a gold digger, I saw her on TV, she's just simple.

Cool_CM

Plug wrote: »

No, she's not a gold digger, I saw her on TV, she's just simple.

According to the examiner article she also has a bit of a thing for larger men, her family didn't want her to get married to him because her last husband was giant and died of respiratory failure.
Maybe I was wrong and it really is true love

Kold

How the f*ck? I got 1 stone over my recommended weight and thought "Holy F*ck, I'm getting quite tubby" so made the move to change my lifestyle. Do other people not get this?

Jimbo

Cool_CM wrote: »

Gold-diggers ftw;)
Here's a picture of the happy couple, there was an article in the examiner about him last month, he pointed out that they are a normal couple who have sex..... must be a fairly well reinforced bed
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/fianceREX0204_468x369.jpg

Him on top?

Kold

Motion of the bloody ocean right there.

KBarry

:eek: His moobs are bigger than her head.

Dudess

The sex I'd be sceptical about. Morbid obesity can lead to impotence.

Jimbo

Is that a mars bar in his pocket? Or maybe a couple of bags of cement

seamus

There was a programme on the discovery channel about him and his quest to lose weight.

His wife seems to have a thing for the larger men alright - I'd imagine it's something of a florence nightingale thing.

Creature

He could feed a family of hungry zombies for quite a while.

Cool_CM

Dudess wrote: »

The sex I'd be sceptical about. Morbid obesity can lead to impotence.

He probably hasn't seen it in a few years, never mind being able to feel it;)

Kold

Creature wrote: »

He could feed a family of hungry zombies for quite a while.

Don't they go for brains? He'd feed pub clientele for some time though, think how many bags of scratchings you could get out of him.

Dudess

Yeah, if he was the only morbidly obese partner she ever had, I'd keep an open mind and allow for the possibility that it was his personality that attracted her... but when he's the second such partner for her, seems like a "carer" thing. Kinda like the "feeder" guys - apparently they get off on a woman being helpless and entirely dependent on them.

Jimbo

seamus wrote: »

There was a programme on the discovery channel about him and his quest to lose weight.

His wife seems to have a thing for the larger men alright - I'd imagine it's something of a florence nightingale thing.

He used to weigh something like 1000 lbs.
I've owned lighter cars

Dudess

Around 1,250lbs - apparently around the same as five baby elephants.

There was another guy who was the subject of the Channel 4 documentary Half Ton Man - he weighed less. Obviously.

FlutterinBantam

Not too many of those bints around:cool:

Firetrap

I'm still stunned by the sex bit. How on earth can "little Manuel" manage to find its way out of there? :eek:

Dudess

I doubt it does tbh...

Man he's so fat his dick turned into a vagina.

jiltloop

i wonder when he is on the pallet truck do they have to pallet wrap him into a huge square so he doesn't spill over the sides

AckwelFoley

Am i the only one aroused by al those gashes and folds he has?
U ppl are sooo picky

Dudess

Would you see yourself as a potential "feeder" snyper?

AckwelFoley

If makin a cup a tea is being a feeder..yes

but i expect a bj and a massage in return

Firetrap

Firetrap wrote: »

I'm still stunned by the sex bit. How on earth can "little Manuel" manage to find its way out of there? :eek:

It is likely that he he has the most.........industrious mouth in the world though.

Oprah says beer bellys devour inches off dumbsticks....he must be at -20inchs.

He is actually a sweet guy though, if that documentary is anything to go by.

Cokehead Mother

...

Overheal

And they said Chimichangas weren't a threat.

entropi

snyper wrote: »

If makin a cup a tea is being a feeder..yes

but i expect a bj and a massage in return

Well coming from you, this is a pretty tame thing to want :P

hunnybunny

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dudess
The sex I'd be sceptical about. Morbid obesity can lead to impotence.

He probably hasn't seen it in a few years, never mind being able to feel it

Never mind whether he is able to, How would he get out from the folds of flab that have consumed him. The flab must weigh a couple of stone. I just can t see how sex is physicaly possible?
Not to mention the smell from him must be toxic!

How does anyone let themselves get into that state? I gained 6 pounds this year and Im now exercising and dieting like crazy to get it off and Im still in a normal weight range for my height. Well I could be a lot worse as this poor fella has proved.
I mean we think Ireland got a problem. Thats a scary look into the future!

TerrorFirmer

jimbo78 wrote: »

Is that a mars bar in his pocket? Or maybe a couple of bags of cement

Damn, no thanks left....

Terry

How the fúck is he alive?

I'm ~280 lbs and can barely walk.

AckwelFoley

Terry wrote: »

How the fúck is he alive?

I'm ~280 lbs and can barely walk.

pfft.. im 255 and can do the 100m in erm..well..fast... but im 6'4 so it doesnt show much

Mind you, im carrying over the odds in my pants.

I see this clump dieted and lost more than my bodyweight!

I await the its not his diet brigade.. its a hormone probem.. yea..

it is a hormone problem.. along with those 15 pizzas and 3 gallons of coke he consumes a day for dinner.

Imagine the heap of shoite he leaves after him...

It'd bring a tear to flutteringbantams eye

Terry

snyper wrote: »

pfft.. im 255 and can do the 100m in erm..well..fast... but im 6'4 so it doesnt show much

Mind you, im carrying over the odds in my pants.

I see this clump dieted and lost more than my bodyweight!

I await the its not his diet brigade.. its a hormone probem.. yea..

it is a hormone problem.. along with those 15 pizzas and 3 gallons of coke he consumes a day for dinner.

Imagine the heap of shoite he leaves after him...

It'd bring a tear to flutteringbantams eye

I'm 6' 2" and it does show.

I put all the BGRH regulars to shame with my belly.

truecrippler

Cool_CM wrote: »

Gold-diggers ftw;)
Here's a picture of the happy couple, there was an article in the examiner about him last month, he pointed out that they are a normal couple who have sex..... must be a fairly well reinforced bed
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/fianceREX0204_468x369.jpg

Lol, he could be a gymnast in the Olympics, he's doing the splits.

AckwelFoley

Terry wrote: »

I'm 6' 2" and it does show.

I put all the BGRH regulars to shame with my belly.

Hmm.. maybe there is more in my pants than i thought

mumhaabu

During a rather stressful period of my life I gained alot of weight and was "obese" with a BMI of 32, I was like that for at least two years, however as things improved I changed my lifestyle and ate more healthily and exercised alot. I gained 1 and a half inches on the ol' weapon and I was only three stone over weight. There is not a hope in hell that he could have sex with her, the thought of it has me fairly grossed out to be honest.

mumhaabu

mumhaabu wrote: »

During a rather stressful period of my life I gained alot of weight and was "obese" with a BMI of 32, I was like that for at least two years, however as things improved I changed my lifestyle and ate more healthily and exercised alot. I gained 1 and a half inches on the ol' weapon and I was only three stone over weight. There is not a hope in hell that he could have sex with her, the thought of it has me fairly grossed out to be honest.

Oprah never lies.


He did say that it was physically impossible in the documentary.

Not talking about the op.
But I don't understand ordinary people comparing this guys problem to their personal attitude.
Obviously the weight is not down to a love of pies.