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Steve Jobs Issues Update On His Health

i4u writes "Rumors about Steve Jobs' health have been flying high again after Apple announced that he will not be holding the keynote at the Macworld 2009. Today Steve Jobs issued a letter with a rather personal update on why he was losing weight in 2008. The reason for losing weight in 2008 is a hormone imbalance that has been reducing proteins. The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward according to Jobs. Steve and his doctors predict that he will have normal weight again by Spring. So stop the rumors and enjoy Macworld 2009."

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  1. Hormonal Imbalance? by SetupWeasel · · Score: 4, Funny

    If anime has taught me anything, Steve Jobs should be back to work in no time with a huge rack.

    1. Re:Hormonal Imbalance? by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 5, Funny

      I hope not, I've heard that the iRack is unstable.

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    2. Re:Hormonal Imbalance? by powerlord · · Score: 3, Funny

      As an FYI on the above joke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcjLEwZqcQI

      Truly funny MadTV skit.

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    3. Re:Hormonal Imbalance? by Sentry21 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Great, like Mac fanboys aren't in infatuated with him enough already.

    4. Re:Hormonal Imbalance? by mattwarden · · Score: 3, Funny

      > Truly funny MadTV skit.

      I know; I was just as shocked as you were.

  2. What is weird is... by pato101 · · Score: 5, Funny

    why is not Ballmer loosing weight despite of being unable to sit down anywhere?

    1. Re:What is weird is... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

      why is not Ballmer loosing weight despite of being unable to sit down anywhere?

      It's not fat, it's muscle. Peons like us don't realize the weight of a good, executive chair.

  3. It's January 5th by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think Steve is the only one resolving to be "back to normal weight" by spring.

  4. Misspelled by Roland+Piquepaille · · Score: 3, Funny

    "stop the Tumors."

    There, fixed that for ya...

    1. Re:Misspelled by Abreu · · Score: 1, Funny

      hormone imbalance that has been reducing proteins.

      ...yeah, and Michael Jackson has a skin disorder that makes him paler ...

      I'm kidding! I'm kidding! Please don't mod me down!

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    2. Re:Misspelled by MBCook · · Score: 4, Funny

      It is not a tumor.

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  5. I only want to know by codeButcher · · Score: 4, Funny

    .... How does this influence the strength of the Reality Distortion Field??

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    1. Re:I only want to know by StikyPad · · Score: 4, Funny

      For values inside the RDF, the field strength is unchanged.

  6. Which Steve? by chill · · Score: 4, Funny

    The big question is, which Steve will be commemorated by the U.S. Postal Service on a stamp? The younger, chubbier Steve or the older, skinnier, playing-in-Vegas Steve. If only there was a precedent...

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  7. Re:News because by tritonman · · Score: 4, Funny

    yea, they need someone who has the hormones of a 13 year old girl to design their products!

  8. Okay, so I have to ask the obvious question... by Fritz+Benwalla · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do I *get* this hormone imbalance?

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    1. Re:Okay, so I have to ask the obvious question... by denzacar · · Score: 4, Funny

      Start using exclusively apple products.

      Apple computers, apple software, apple music, apple apples...
      Pretty soon you will run out of money, so you will be soon be forced to eating apples grown in the wild and ones you can steal at the market.

      You'll be losing weight so fast - Justin Long will try to kill you in a fit of jealousy.

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  9. Re:Typo Correction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Freudian slip. The author was thinking of Steve's asshole when he wrote the summary.

  10. poor jobs by clam666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess Jobs should have eaten an apple a day to keep the doctor away.

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  11. Re:News because by Mr_Perl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Remember John Sculley?

    People usually pick inferior successors, egomaniacs even moreso. Makes their own "term in office" look better. It was Jobs who set up that failure and Jobs who profited from it on his return.

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  12. Re:News because by Apocalypse111 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, that *would* explain the pastel color schemes...

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  13. Update on my weight by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just want to update everyone on my weight. I lost a few pounds when I got sick recently. Well, that or the scale varies by a few pounds (I just started using it, so I don't know how much it normally varies). I hope to have my weight back up in a few weeks. I hope this calms everyone's curiosity. I'll keep you updated on this as it progresses.

  14. Re:News because by loshwomp · · Score: 2, Funny

    When many people believe that the continued success of a large company depends on one individual, his health becomes news.

    Seeing that much more people care about "lose" vs. "loose" - I don't think so.

    I think you mean many more people.

  15. Re:Should I sell my Apple shares? by Hanners1979 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'll either be that or the iMortal.

  16. Future Headline: Steve Has Breasts! by bodland · · Score: 2, Funny

    A buxom Steve Jobs delivered a healthy keynote at MacWorld 2010. After months of hormone imbalance treatment Jobs emerged on stage at this year's MacWorld sporting a apple logo tube top, short shorts and C cups.

  17. hormone imbalance by jap · · Score: 5, Funny

    is an anagram of 'a common rehab line'

  18. Re:News because by Bourbonium · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remember Gil Amelio? He followed Scully, and proceeded to pull Apple stock down to around $10 a share. That's about the time I should have bought a ton of Apple stock. Too bad my time machine was running Windows NT at the time.

  19. Re:Should I sell my Apple shares? by aliquis · · Score: 2, Funny

    You stick it in, and ... boom!

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

  20. Re:Wording is correct by easyTree · · Score: 2, Funny

    or badgers..

  21. Re:Jobs != SinglePointOfFailure by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jobs is a mortal, and will not be around forever.

    With iClone technology, it won't matter!

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