t have to pay for fat people. When booking, customers estimate their weight, and are then weighed again at the airport. If they weigh more than they'd suggested, then presumably they'll be charged more, or perhaps flogged and dragged to Fat Jail? Alternatively, they could save money by chopping off an arm or a leg. Not their heads though – that would be inhumane. It serves them right, doesn't it? The...
An airline fat tax? It's the thin edge of a nasty wedge Barbara Ellen
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