Thread: Americans Too Fat For Cremation

Originally Posted by Iceman123

Back on topic.

Over 60% of Americans don't own a passport.
It's not that they do not wish to leave their country, they're just too fat to fit in a photo booth.

Aussie Exceptionalism? LOL.

But I get that a lot from Aussies; must be the low oxygen content in the air down under

It's OK to have your own opinion, but you can't have your own facts

How many Americans have a passport? This was a question a British friend had asked me a few years ago, probably based upon the assumption that much of the world has about Americans, which is that the majority of Americans do not have passports. I had no idea what the answer was, so I decided to do a little research, and the answer is somewhat surprising.
The quick answer is that yes, the majority of Americans do not have a passport. The percentage of Americans who have a valid passport, according to the most recent statistics as tabulated by the State Department, is about 46%. This[at]number excludes passport cards, which are identification cards that only allow sea and overland entry to the U.S. from Canada, Mexico and certain parts of the Caribbean, but not the rest of the world.

To get this number I took the number of outstanding valid passports in circulation as estimated by the State Department — the number is 138,675,021 — and divided that by the total U.S. population[at]according to the Census Bureau, which as of December, 2016,[at]was 325,103,000[at](minus the the approximately 11.1 million people who are undocumented residents and 13.3 million legal permanent residents[at]that live in the U.S. but cannot obtain passports or have valid passports issued from other countries).

For those keeping score, the fact that 46% of Americans have a passport means that a little less than half the population can’t fly to Canada, let alone travel to any other country in the world.

How Many Americans Have A Passport? | TheExpeditioner Travel Site

Originally Posted by Lancelot

a little less than half the population can’t fly to Canada, let alone travel to any other country in the world.

I believe they can fly there without a passport, but they can't get back in without one.

Originally Posted by khmen

I must say, an argument over the process and science of cremation is one of the more bizarre internet arguments I've ever been partial to.

Though it's not as bizarre as an argument as to who started an argument over the process and science of cremation.

Said it before about "Yankees"...There is no other country in the world that I can think of that "has it all" like the US of A...Even barring Alaska and Hawaii, there is no place on earth that has such diversities in climate where you can literally swelter on the beach or freeze on a ski hill at the "same time"...No need to leave the country for nearly any type of holiday...Ergo, less need for passports...

Regarding the cremation of poor fat fcks: The families will simply have to "sear" them at home before bringing them in...Just to meet the "specs"...Heh...

Or flay them slightly

How's skinning them slightly going to help?

Sadistic pleasure, for one thing...

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Lancelot

a little less than half the population can’t fly to Canada, let alone travel to any other country in the world.

I believe they can fly there without a passport, but they can't get back in without one.

The passport card is supposed to be good for travel to Canada, Mexico and some Caribbean Islands. But maybe it applies to land crossings...

However, when it comes to US Immigration, nothing would surprise me They hire people that can't get a job at McDonalds (Apologies to McDo employees...)

Originally Posted by Lancelot

They hire people that can't get a job at McDonalds (Apologies to McDo employees...)

That applies to the TSA too...

Facebook...meh!

Isn't that the cut of steak someone here paid 10,000 baht for?

(I don't have facebook...fuck 'em)

http://www.scattering-ashes.co.uk/hi...ish-cremation/