Fat family complain about their benefits

[super mike]

Family who are 'too fat to work' say £22,000 worth of benefits is not enough
A family of four with a combined weight of 83 stone say they are "too fat to work" and need more than the £22,000 they currently receive in benefits.

By Urmee Khan
Last Updated: 4:12PM GMT 17 Mar 2009
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(L to R) Emma, Audrey, Philip and Sam Chawner Photo: CLOSER/ BERNARD ASHTON
Philip Chawner, 53, and his 57-year-old wife Audrey weigh 24st. Their daughter Emma, 19, weighs 17st, while her older sister Samantha, 21, weighs 18st.
The family from Blackburn claim £22,508 a year in benefits, equivalent to the take-home pay from a £30,000 salary.


The Chawners, haven't worked in 11 years, claim their weight is a hereditary condition and the money they receive is insufficient to live on.
Mr Chawner said: "What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It's not our fault we can't work. We deserve more."
The family claim to spend £50 a week on food and consume 3,000 calories each a day. The recommended maximum intake is 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men.
"We have cereal for breakfast, bacon butties for lunch and microwave pies with mashed potato or chips for dinner," Mrs Chawner told Closer magazine.
"All that healthy food, like fruit and veg, is too expensive. We're fat because it's in our genes. Our whole family is overweight," she added.
Each week, Mr and Mrs Chawner, who have been married for 23 years, receive £177 in income support and incapacity benefit. Mrs Chawner is paid an extra £330-a-month disability allowance for epilepsy and asthma, both a result of being overweight.
Mr Chawner gets £71 a month after developing Type 2 diabetes because of his size. He was on a waiting list for a gastric band last year, but a heart condition made the operation unsuitable. Their daughter Samantha receives £84 in Jobseekers' Allowance each fortnight while Emma, who is training to be a hairdresser, gets £58 every two weeks under a hardship fund for low-income students.
Emma, said: "I'm a student and don't have time to exercise" she said "We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse we get in the street, but we don't know how."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ot-enough.html

[Nikki]

all i can say is ''' get to the friggin gym''

[Fear345]

Fucking hell look how big the mothers neck is it's bigger than her fucking head the fat cunt.

[ant3b]

these live in Blackburn.. disgusts me ..

[Fear345]

Why in fucks name pose for the photos and give the story ? the mind boggles.

[Nikki]

you wouldnt have to worry about the daughters cheating on ya with those biceps.

[liveseytowers]

Fat cnuts! I bet they still have Sky TV even though they can't afford to put healthy food on the table. How much bacon will those 4 go through for Dinner? Ever thought about making some Pasta it cost fook all to make and will fill them up till tea time no probs.

Makes me ashamed to be from Blackburn/Darwen

[BertRoot]

Fucking fat ugly cunts. Typical of this country, feed them till they fucking pop I say.

[XBOX4LIFE]

He looks proud as fook
Can they not use a computer or drive a car ?? Fat LAZY BASTARDS
22k WTF... they should be forced to work/work out , may take a cattle prod but i'd give it a try

[witchy2k1]

A prescription for the local gym is what's needed.

"It's hereditary" - yes being a lazy bastard tends to run in families.

[beerman]

I'm a student and don't have time to exercise

When I went to college I spent around 25 hours a week in lessons the rest of he time was my "study leave" or I had no lessons for that day. If this lazy wanker thinks she is that busy now she'll have a heart attack when she actually goes out to work.

As for claiming the weight is hereditary that's simply bollocks. They may have had fat parents but I guarantee it was down to calorie intake and lifestyle more than their genes. What about her family tree, if it's hereditary have none of them worked either?

[davey52]

They get more in benefits than I earn in a year, sommats wrong somewhere

[rIKmAN]

To be fair the kids are probably obese BECAUSE of their fat cunt parents, not saying it's all their fault but I`m willing to bet these kids were obese through primary and secondary school - a fault of the parents feeding them "pie and chips" every day.

This country is a joke!

[Nikki]

To be fair the kids are probably obese BECAUSE of their fat cunt parents

Yeah i totally agree with you.

[SiE]

Sue the fuckers for promoting fatness to the uk I say and take all of their benefits off them

[4me2]

Send the cunts to boot camp.

[sirdave]

I think we need to face facts, this country will soon be over run by fat lazy cunts like these wankers who think its there god given right to sit on there arses! Seriously it beggers belief you would even have the front to complain you aint getting enough money to eat properly when you look like a fucking spitting image family!!

On a serious note it bothers me now as ive got 2 young kids and I feel sorry as fuck for em cos in a few years they will be having the arses taxed off em more that we are to feed these greedy fucking lazy cunts.

Fuck I wish i hadnt read this now

Fucking fat cunts

[sirdave]

ive just had another look at the photo, if those fat fucking kids eat anymore there fucking eyes will close up, then i expect they will be on disability benefit!!!!

[B.I.G.]

I think we need to face facts, this country will soon be over run by fat lazy cunts like these wankers who think its there god given right to sit on there arses! Seriously it beggers belief you would even have the front to complain you aint getting enough money to eat properly when you look like a fucking spitting image family!!

On a serious note it bothers me now as ive got 2 young kids and I feel sorry as fuck for em cos in a few years they will be having the arses taxed off em more that we are to feed these greedy fucking lazy cunts.

Fuck I wish i hadnt read this now

Fucking fat cunts

Ha ha you can actually feel the anger build up as you where typing this.

[dpSparhawk]

The blonde girl is the stupid fat cunt who tried to sing on X Factor and ended up singing with the Rejects on the final.. She was the princess in the chair and even the guys carrying here almost dropped her.. Oh man, had that happened, it would have been so fucking hilarious.

The parents etc. are the ones who stormed in and started complaining to the judges.

Fat fuckers should be made to shovel shit from the ground. I have a colleague who is twice as big as any of those and he has a 100% attendance record and is highly respected. He's a fucking hoot as well.. always a good laugh around him.

That said, which one of you dirty fuckers is going to be the first to say you'd fuck both the girls... bag o' flour at the ready.. lmao