Smelly fat-arse banned from school bus

[Grahameeboy]

wont happen. People are just not like that.... particularly on the interwebs when they dont have to front people.

True although I shall be giving Dan a good spankin as he lives with a disabled child

[Finn]

If it's got to the stage where he is crapping himself involuntarily, then something needs to be done as it's not acceptable to allow him onto public transport.

If this was a pie eating, play station loser, then I say shoot the fucker, but it appears that he has something else wrong with him.

[Grahameeboy]

If it's got to the stage where he is crapping himself involuntarily, then something needs to be done as it's not acceptable to allow him onto public transport.

If this was a pie eating, play station l guy, then I say shoot the fucker, but it appears that he has something else wrong with him.

Dan............where are ya mate............

[Finn]

Dan............where are ya mate............

Dan is not fat, just a little cuddly and shitting yourself on a bike is not the same as doing it on a bus.

[Grahameeboy]

Dan is not fat, just a little cuddly and shitting yourself on a bike is not the same as doing it on a bus.

Especially in leathers............

[jrandom]

Dan............where are ya mate............

Working.

I ain't touching this quagmire of incompletely-informed debate with a barge pole.

[Grahameeboy]

Working.

I ain't touching this quagmire of incompletely-informed debate with a barge pole.

Is that the barge pole you mentioned last night.....

[HenryDorsetCase]

you've just made me google "Barge pole" on the assumption that it is (or was) an actual thing.

Yay for wikipedia:

The long poles used to manoeuvre or propel a barge have given rise to the saying, "I wouldn't touch that (subject/thing) with a barge pole." This is a variation on the phrase "I wouldn't touch that with a (insert length) pole." It appears that the association with barge poles came after the phrase was in use. Modern usage uses a ten foot pole, but the earliest instances in print involve a forty foot pole[1], which is improbably long for operating a barge.

and

A quant (quant pole) is a pole used to propel a barge (barge pole) or punt through water. A barge quant often has a cap at the top and a prong at the bottom to stop it from sinking into the mud. A quant used with a punt is about 4 metres long and made from either wood or a hollow metal, so that in either case it floats if left in the water.

A quant is used not only to propel such craft, but also to steer them by acting as a rudder. The operator of the quant can stick the quant behind the barge or punt to determine the direction of travel.

fascinating

[Reckless]

One thing that seems to be being forgotten here is that under the Human Rights Act in New Zealand, it is illegal for anyone to be discriminated against on the grounds of disability. So, rightly or wrongly, this kid is legally entitled to ride in the bus and the bus company have no right to stop him travelling.

My feelings on the HRA are strong and not for this thread.

I feel sorry for the kid as we all do!
But also the bus company could well be in a completely no win situation here. If the other parents are refusing to put their kids on this bus or organising an alternative bus. The poor old bus company could be left with a bus with just one occupant!
Hehe It'd be cheaper for the bus company to pay for the parents petrol! Or maybe that's what the point of this whole exercise is in the end. Another freebee for the parents who couldn't manage there kids eating habits in the first place.

Working.

I ain't touching this quagmire of incompletely-informed debate with a barge pole.

But you started it???? You can't pull out now!!!

[Blue Velvet]

Many parents struggle everyday and don't know what they are entitled to for their child/young adult..... because the govt depts fail to tell them. They find out by word of mouth from another parents or a stranger talking to them.

Exactly what I was thinking.

[Ixion]

you've just made me google "Barge pole" on the assumption that it is (or was) an actual thing.

Yay for wikipedia:



fascinating

"Forty foot pole".A standard wooden telephone pole is (or was) forty foot long.

[*caution*]

".....are hoping to source a bicycle or tricycle in an effort to avoid the operation."

I'm just shaking my head and don't know where to start on this.....

but if the smells are that bad, you can't subject the other kids to it.

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Better get a bucket, I'm going to throw up...

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlK62rjQWLk[/YOUTUBE]

[Grahameeboy]

"Forty foot pole".A standard wooden telephone pole is (or was) forty foot long.

A bit heavier though.

[avgas]

He probably shit himself on the bus once after getting a stomach bug and a 'Reporter" has turned this issue into something that it isn't.
"Fat Kid Shits Himself on Bus" obviously generated a bit of advertising revenue, didn't it?
Oddly enough, there are people in NZ who struggle to afford bus fare for their kids let alone own a car, but I'm sure that comment will generate the typical series of Marie Antoinette inspired comments that it always does amongst people who have it pretty good.

Fair enough, i do think there is more to it than the press is letting on.
But lets look a basic facts:
a) The bus driver had to make a call it was that bad, and had been that bad for a while - the driver probably even knew of the condition and had tolerated it for sometime.
b) The child went home to mum.....as in she was home.
c) I know people who struggle with what money they have, i was one of them (i lived on -$25/week for 12 months), but if the situation was that bad for a parent.....the state has buffers set in place for these people.
My comment about the short bus still stands - the world is a big horrible place, and forcing people to combine with it is too much for the kids. The short bus is a state funded buffer to help these guys slowly integrate.
The self esteem of this guy would be low enough as it was, making him take that bus every day would be hell. The bus driver had to act not only to kick the kid of the bus (and force the parents to think), but also to make sure the kid didn't top himself due to name calling.