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Obese Have Right To Two Airline Seats

Posted by samzenpus on from the big-bottoms dept.

The Supreme Court of Canada decided to not hear an appeal from Canadian airlines on Thursday, effectively ruling obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one. The Canadian Transportation Agency had made a decision earlier that people who are "functionally disabled by obesity" deserve to have two seats for one fare. The appeal had been launched by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet. Now they just have to work on more leg room for tall, fat people and complimentary pie.

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  1. Economy class arm-rests by ettlz · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know, on some flights these don't flip up. So if you get on a aeroplane, and the arm-rest is a bit warm and musty...

    1. Re:Economy class arm-rests by Intron · · Score: 2, Funny

      For those ones you need a screwdriver.

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      Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.
  2. Re:A Thought by Roger+W+Moore · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's all very well, but what if they cut off a leg?