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no skinny people? How is that defined? I donated back in college when I weighed 140lb at 6'2" (64kg and 1.87 for those of you from countries that have made it into the 19th century).
by MarekNYC on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 02:39:34 PM EST
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Well, as usual the rules make no sense -- there was some random cut-off weight that didn't take height into consideration.  I think it was 105 lbs. or something like it.  This was back in the early 80s.  I got a letter asking if I'd donate blood to replace the blood I'd gotten in transfusions.  Attached was a list of rules including the weight restriction and no donating if you'd had blood transfusions.  I haven't even bothered trying since.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 02:51:11 PM EST
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Weight makes sense - lower weight means much less blood available, and taking too much of your blood is bad for your health, obviously.

It's the same reasons for which light - not skinny - people get drunk much faster.

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue May 20th, 2008 at 03:46:16 AM EST
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Damn, I thought I was skinny.  That's friggin' skinny.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 02:52:12 PM EST
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