S10.E04: Mike's Journey LIVE CHAT

[CringeWatcher]

Ok I’m behind, as usual, but Mom laughed? “Then it’s like uh-oh.  Hee hee.” If I had that boy living in my basement I would be sobbing on the floor. 

[Suzywriter]

Just now, Pepper Mostly said:

@Suzywriter, jinx!

Does that mean I can't snark until you release me???

[CrazyInAlabama]

4 minutes ago, babyhouseman said:

I don't know anything about sports, but I didn't know they cared how many concussions you got.

Yes, after finding out how many ex-football players, boxers, and race car drivers have CTE, which is horrible.    A lot of sports limit return to action after concussions, and if you have too many, too often, then you may have to quit.   

[7EasyPayments]

SAMSUNG ! DON'T get that BSB earworm in my head !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Suzywriter]

Just now, CringeWatcher said:

Ok I’m behind, as usual, but Mom laughed? “Then it’s like uh-oh.  Hee hee.” If I had that boy living in my basement I would be sobbing on the floor. 

 

I'd be sending out change-of-address cards.

[sainte-chapelle]

You guys my boss asked me today “ you are shutting down what’s wrong” I told the unedited truth lol….let’s hope I still have a job. Lol

Edited November 25, 2021 by sainte-chapelle

[Chicklet]

Ok why can't American cooking competitions be a little bit classy? I can't watch any of that nonsense.

[MsVixen]

Mike may have been a big child but he didn't really look too overweight.  I guess he wanted to eat his body up to what he thought he looked like (and succeeded spectacularly).

[dreadfulLeigh]

Hi, y’all! How ya doin’?

Me in the first 5 seconds of him breathing: 😮 

[Eldemarge]

I need the T from the ex-wife. I get the feeling he wasn't the most engaged husband/father and she was raising him like a fifth kid.  One that eats all her food.

[poeticlicensed]

Happy Thanksgiving!

[ams1001]

Dad's kinda big, too...

[sagittarius sue]

I'm guessing 767 on the weight if it's still open.

[aliya]

I'm gonna say this - I have never been a fan of sports. I don't like how football players are treated like kings, from high school on.  I saw some nasty stuff go on at Michigan where the players got away with all kinds of physical abuse and drugs when others would have been expelled.

I understand maybe his school couldn't give him a full scholarship anymore (and why are we doing that?) if he's not playing, but he got injured playing for them. At least give some tuition  or something. Assuming they can actually do college academics, no one should have to drop out because they got injured playing sports for their school. 

He's another one who says he loves his kids, but actually, he doesn't love them, or himself, enough to lose weight. I'm not sympathetic to these people anymore. 

Wow - I'm listening to him breathe just getting into the van. Awful.

[TazDevil]

I'm imagining seeing this guy with tiny Dr. Paradise 😂😂

[sainte-chapelle]

2 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Yes, after finding out how many ex-football players, boxers, and race car drivers have CTE, which is horrible.    A lot of sports limit return to action after concussions, and if you have too many, too often, then you may have to quit.   

No joke my friend played rugby in high school. I was at a game and he hurt his leg, the coach called him a pussy and made him push through. Turns out he broke his femur. Coaches are assholes.

[babyhouseman]

Drive thru. bingo

[CringeWatcher]

3 minutes ago, Chicklet said:

Ok why can't American cooking competitions be a little bit classy? I can't watch any of that nonsense.

I miss The Great American Baking Show.

[Hellga]

Mandatory fast food stop on the way to Houston:  check

[poeticlicensed]

Sorry Dad just cuz you play sports doesn't mean you can eat unhealthy 

[DropTheSoap]

5 minutes ago, sainte-chapelle said:

Working from home is a permanent thing for a lot of us post pandemic. He should be able to find work.

Working from home was my normal pre-pandemic. Even easier now. 

[Suzywriter]

749

What state are they in?

Oh boy, a drive thru!!

[Pepper Mostly]

5 minutes ago, mmecorday said:

And no meth lab!

That we know of

4 minutes ago, Suzywriter said:

Does that mean I can't snark until you release me???

I don't know! But just in case, I release you since I cannot live without your snark. 

1 minute ago, MsVixen said:

Mike may have been a big child but he didn't really look too overweight.  I guess he wanted to eat his body up to what he thought he looked like (and succeeded spectacularly).

He looked like what we used to call "Husky" when I was a kid. A big boy but not extraordinary.

[ams1001]

Quick bite to eat before we get outta town...

 

Double whopper, chicken, onion rings, pie, giant drink... does that include dad's or did he order his own?

[mmecorday]

Dad: This should last us until we stop tonight.

Mike: That's cute.

[Twopper]

12 minutes ago, CringeWatcher said:

Helllloo pounders! Long time no chat. Eating habit was Lima beans. I’m in the process of moving, so that was the best I could do.

We aren't yet in the process of moving, but we are starting to pack stuff up so maybe we are.   We had planned to move in late spring, but after Mr Twopper's little stroke, the "kids" want us moving closer to our daughter and SIL.   I have 3000 sq feet of stuff that has accumulated over 40 years to deal with.   My grandmother had more than that in a huge house that belonged to the family for 6 generations, and she had a heart attack a few months after moving to an independent living place. 

I just had a bunch of text messages.  So is he now divorced?  I heard wife and children, then when I looked up he was having dinner with his parents.

[Hellga]

That must be baby lymphedemas starting to form on his legs...  

[CrazyInAlabama]

19 hours best route to Dr. Now's.      I'm guessing first drive thru in less than an hour, and I bet it will be three days of whining about how much pain Mike's in.   

So, first drive thru before they hit the interstate.    Burger King, with Whoppers, and about 6,000 more calories.   I bet BK would pay the producers to cut that part out. 

 

[Chicklet]

He is going to have a heart attack just getting into the car. Yikes

[mmecorday]

He doesn't have calves, he has cattle.

[poeticlicensed]

6 hours of sitting on your ass shouldn't be exhausting 

[Pepper Mostly]

I think this counts as "ow, my laig!" for those of you who are marking your Bingo cards.

[aliya]

I don't say this to be snarky, but I think the guy needs to be on oxygen.

[ams1001]

6 pumps of syrup, heavy cream...and splenda...

[TazDevil]

The cameras keep focusing on his calves.  Looking for the blood clot that's getting ready to dislodge, I guess.

 

[MsVixen]

One thing about the poundticipents:  they can always find stretchy shorts to cover them (but not enough so that the butt crack doesn't peep out every so often).

[babyhouseman]

He's from Ohio. He lives an hour and a half away from his kids.

[OoogleEyes]

Splenda!  Because we do need to watch our caloric intake

[Kid]

He made sure to sweeten with Splenda!!!🤣🤣

[Hellga]

Cuuute!  Three Splenda when you order a shit ton of calories in your drink.

[Eldemarge]

1 minute ago, DropTheSoap said:

Working from home was my normal pre-pandemic. Even easier now. 

I was WFH pre-pandemic and I just got a new job where it's a hybrid sort of thing.  After three years of remote, I started to get the urge to see people and make new friends.  It's going okay, so far.  But driving to downtown is...going to take some getting used to!

[poeticlicensed]

Dude thinks that if he makes it to Houston he will magically lose 500 pounds.

[aliya]

1 minute ago, mmecorday said:

He doesn't have calves, he has cattle.

Kerosene drawers! We need the kerosene drawers over here!

[Suzywriter]

Three Splenda and extra heavy cream.

I howled so loudly, the turtle woke up.

[CringeWatcher]

I just realized that this week I’ve been kind of living like a pounder. With the move in progress, I have stuff ev.er.y.where, and my boyfriend brings me food 🤣 On the other hand, whatever he brings, I eat half for lunch and then half for dinner, so there is that. Not going to talk about how much of my mom’s dressing I’ll eat tomorrow. Nope, not going there! 

[CrazyInAlabama]

2 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Quick bite to eat before we get outta town...

 

Double whopper, chicken, onion rings, pie, giant drink... does that include dad's or did he order his own?

There's no way that's dad's portion too.   And that coffee order with a ton of sugar in it was ridiculous. 

[ams1001]

Dad just came in with arm load of food...and he has to go back down to get his.

[Pepper Mostly]

"Just drop it on the bed, Dad, I'm just going to fall face first into it".

[7EasyPayments]

Exxxtra heavy cream !!!!

Dude I could chug eggnog by the gallon if I wanted to be a moron.

And 737 pounds.

[sainte-chapelle]

That brrpeathing though…does dude have heart failure?