S10.E06: Paul's Journey LIVE CHAT

[umgoblue]

I can't take the poundticipants being so far behind schedule that they are driving to the appointment and hope to not be late.  Plan people.  This is ridiculous...

But more importantly, get there early enough to WASH YOUR ASS!

And brush your teeth.  No one wants to interact with your nasty, non-hygienic asses. 

Good grief.  Dr. Bow Now (or the nurse) doesn't deserve that shit.

[DropTheSoap]

800 wouldn't be a huge shock to me. In fact, I'm upping my 722 to 801.

[LEILANI2]

This episode covers only six months, because two months was spent on just driving to Houston.

[Hellga]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:48 AM, Pepper Mostly said:

A refreshing bucket of cold water could do the trick. 

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A well-used flyswatter across the sleepy face works too!  

[Pepper Mostly]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:52 AM, Eldemarge said:

I hope they stick him straight into the hospital.

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Its his only hope. Plus we'll get to watch him whine about the food, and having to get out of bed. And of course his devoted mama will sneak in food. 

Weight? 789

[Chicklet]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:49 AM, Hellga said:

*I* am my Mom's Dr. Google. :)   What's the point of having a pharmacist for a daughter if you have to figure it all out for yourself?  Though she still does online research... and then I spend an hour explaining to her why what she read doesn't apply to her or is total quackery! :)  Some things she finds are super funny, like 'natural' homemade treatments that she is always happy to try... 

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Pt-Did you know that nobody prescribes metformin for diabetes anymore!

Me- you read that on the internet didn't you?

Pt- HOW DID YOU KNOW?

Ugh

Edited December 9, 2021 by Chicklet

[Auntie Anxiety]

I’m putting my money on 727.

[Kid]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:50 AM, String Theory said:

If I was JJ I'd leave him & his sorry ass mommy at the hotel and go back home.  He's already planning his FF stops on his way to Houston...he needs to rest??? Guess all those FF stops did him in.  

Don't see this going well.  He doesn't seem invested in anything but eating!

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Too bad Lacey’s boyfriend’s sister did not drive him!!

[TazDevil]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:53 AM, Pepper Mostly said:

As Tim Gunn always used to say "I can't want this more than you do". He does not want it at all. 

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Right?  Who even reached out to the show to get him on this "journey"?

[Hellga]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:55 AM, Kid said:

Too bad Lacey’s boyfriend’s sister did not drive him!!

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We need to clone Sharon, every state needs a couple... 

[Pepper Mostly]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:51 AM, ams1001 said:

He didn't have time to mentally prepare himself on the how-many-hours drive to Houston?

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He was too busy planning his fast food menu.

[Suzywriter]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:52 AM, aliya said:

We had a piano in an area in the living room formed by the stairs. Of course, any sound from the piano would go right up the stairs. When we didn't get up early enough, my mother, a coloratura soprano, would play and sing the Star Spangled Banner.

It was a weird childhood, people.

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It sounds SMASHING!
My mother would vacuum our rooms with a deafening 1962 Electrolux canister vac that slid around on little skis instead of wheels, while yelling "Get out of that bed! And make it up first!"
 

[Elizzikra]

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I can't do soda for breakfast.  I don't know why I'm surprised he doesn't have a normal breakfast meal...

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I drank a Diet Coke with breakfast every single day for years until I couldn't drink it anymore.

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Pt-Did you know that nobody prescribes metformin for diabetes anymore!

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I take metformin. A lot of metformin. I wish someone would figure out how to make those pills smaller.

[String Theory]

776 lbs.

[Hellga]

Given that he was weighed recently, his weight shouldn't be too much of a surprise.  I think somewhere between 750 and 800...  let's call it 777!

[TazDevil]

I just got a commercial for "Catholics Come Home.org".  That was odd...

[Auntie Anxiety]

I was 30 pounds off. Oh well.

[mmecorday]

747

[ams1001]

Wait, what was his weight? I missed it.

[Lillith]

JJ is a rock star, she really is. 

[umgoblue]

He's as big as a jet!!!!

Hahahahahahahahaha

[Pepper Mostly]

Mama: Oh son, what are we going to do? 

Paul: Probably go out for a pizza.

[Hellga]

Ugh, 757.  

At 239 passenger or so capacity, no wonder he eats as planeload of food every time!

[sainte-chapelle]

My hubby watched a bit and thought it was boring…..I was explaining that last week was the crown jewel and he missed out

[Suzywriter]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:54 AM, Hellga said:

A well-used flyswatter across the sleepy face works too!  

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That is attempted murder!

[LEILANI2]

Embarrassing at 757 is an understatement. 

[DropTheSoap]

757.

He's a wide body.

[aliya]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:56 AM, Suzywriter said:

It sounds SMASHING!
My mother would vacuum our rooms with a deafening 1962 Electrolux canister vac that slid around on little skis instead of wheels, while yelling "Get out of that bed! And make it up first!"
 

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Ah, Electrolux! We had one of those, too. 1962-ish would be right.

[Suzywriter]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:57 AM, mmecorday said:

747

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so close!

[Auntie Anxiety]

It wouldn’t have taken three days if they didn’t have to stop every hour for a small snack. 😂

[dreadfulLeigh]

He keeps saying embarrassed, it’s embarrassing, I’m embarrassed, but shame is a poor motivating factor. Clearly. 

[Splashes]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:54 AM, Chicklet said:

Pt-Did you know that nobody prescribes metformin for diabetes anymore!

Me- you read that on the interest didn't you?

Pt- HOW DID YOU KNOW?

Ugh

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They put me on metformin to try to counter my hunger from my antipsychotics. All it did was give me diarheia and make every doctor think I had diabetes. Also my mother constantly asks if Im diabetic. It is very frustrating.

[String Theory]

Mom "son we're going to have to do something about it"

Paul (thinking) where's the closest Mc Donald's?

[Elizzikra]

You know - Paul has a handsome face, I think. In all seriousness...

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They put me on metformin to try to counter my hunger from my antipsychotics. All it did was give me diarheia and make every doctor think I had diabetes. Also my mother constantly asks if Im diabetic. It is very frustrating.

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I can understand. I do actually have diabetes, so... And it was a bit rough until I got used to it; it's hard on the digestive system. But nothing compared to the Trulicity. That made me sick for a couple of weeks and I almost gave up taking it.

[Suzywriter]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:58 AM, aliya said:

Ah, Electrolux! We had one of those, too. 1962-ish would be right.

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Shaped like a blue steel loaf of sandwich-style bread?

[LEILANI2]

Dr Now is speaking so clearly tonight or I'm getting adjusted to him.

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:59 AM, Elizzikra said:

You know - Paul has a handsome face, I think. In all seriousness...

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I think so too. His voice is nice too.  Too bad he a giant lazy fat ass.

[Chicklet]

I don't recall any vegetables in anything they have eaten. 

[Eldemarge]

This is wild.  I was a slightly chubby little girl and my parents stuck me in gymnastics for four years (though there was still soda and ice cream in the house).  Point being, they didn't just shrug and keep over-feeding me and let me sit around doing nothing.

[charmed1]

Hellooo! How y’all doing? I’m in a terrible mood and am in need of a snark fest. I ate an entire bag of potato chips. I’m sad I missed the drive down to Houston. Where was the drive-thru stop?

[DropTheSoap]

Things happen...he tripped and the contents of the refrigerator fell into his mouth.

[umgoblue]

Excuses...excuses.  I am glad Dr. Now is calling mom out on eating fairly well and feeding/cooking him garbage.

[Pepper Mostly]

You know, Pounders, on the positive side, at least he didn't shit himself en route. 

[Splashes]

  On 12/9/2021 at 2:01 AM, Chicklet said:

I don't recall any vegetables in anything they have eaten. 

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There was lettuce on those burgers.

[Suzywriter]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:59 AM, Elizzikra said:

You know - Paul has a handsome face, I think. In all seriousness...

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[Hellga]

  On 12/9/2021 at 1:58 AM, Suzywriter said:

That is attempted murder!

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After 30 years, I am sure the statute of limitations should be up on that one! 

It was a soft leather flyswatter, not a hard plastic one.  It did have remnants of dead flies caked onto it from years if not decades of use, though, so I am not sure what's worse. :) 

[mmecorday]

It seems like talking makes him short of breath.

[DropTheSoap]

  On 12/9/2021 at 2:01 AM, charmed1 said:

Hellooo! How y’all doing? I’m in a terrible mood and am in need of a snark fest. I ate an entire bag of potato chips. I’m sad I missed the drive down to Houston. Where was the drive-thru stop?

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Where wasn't it?

I think he ran the McD's menu, and that was just for him.

[LEILANI2]

She  would have just kept feeding him til he died if it wasn't for this show.

[Auntie Anxiety]

Paul seems like he’s in a food coma.

[Suzywriter]

  On 12/9/2021 at 2:02 AM, Pepper Mostly said:

You know, Pounders, on the positive side, at least he didn't shit himself en route. 

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It happens! It happens!