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Acrylic-bob 20-04-2008 07:22
John Prescott Battles Bulimia
 
BBC NEWS | Politics | Prescott tells of bulimia battle

I'm sorry, I know that for those who genuinely do suffer from eating disorders, that it is no laughing matter but, I haven't been able to stop laughing since I read this report.

jaysay 20-04-2008 10:44
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John Prescott suffers from Bulimia, I had to check the date, thought it was April 1st

garinda 20-04-2008 11:05
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob (Post 565075)
I haven't been able to stop laughing since I read this report.
Although I have no great love for the man, happily I'm not the sort of person who finds mental illness a cause for mirth.:(

Yolanda25 20-04-2008 11:12
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whats so funny about someone having bulimia?

emamum 20-04-2008 13:31
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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob (Post 565075)
BBC NEWS | Politics | Prescott tells of bulimia battle

I'm sorry, I know that for those who genuinely do suffer from eating disorders, that it is no laughing matter but, I haven't been able to stop laughing since I read this report.
How do u know its not genuine?

Acrylic-bob 20-04-2008 14:24
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I found it wryly amusing simply because it was John Prescott. The thought of a Deputy Prime Minister with Bulimia had me in stitches. How many more lame excuses are the labour party going to come up with as an explanation for their rank incompetance?

Tony Blair OK'd the Iraq war with God. John Prescott was poised permanently over the bog throwing up, I wonder what Gordon Brown's excuse is going to be: child abuse, teenage pregnancy, Dyslexia?

West Ender 20-04-2008 14:49
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It's no more funny in an overweight deputy P M than it is in a young teenage girl. Bulimia is an illness that can have tragic consequences and, whether or not you like Mr Prescott (and I don't, particularly), he's still a human being.

katex 20-04-2008 15:03
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Bulimia is an extremely dangerous condition, more so than anorexia, due to the damage caused by the vomiting, however, I can see a little irony (not exactly humour) in what A-B saw. It is all about losing control and events around you and eating habits are the one thing that you can control .. so maybe this is the truth behind his illness. !

garinda 20-04-2008 15:40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob (Post 565226)
I found it wryly amusing simply because it was John Prescott. The thought of a Deputy Prime Minister with Bulimia had me in stitches. How many more lame excuses are the labour party going to come up with as an explanation for their rank incompetance?

Tony Blair OK'd the Iraq war with God. John Prescott was poised permanently over the bog throwing up, I wonder what Gordon Brown's excuse is going to be: child abuse, teenage pregnancy, Dyslexia?
As Prescott is standing down at the next election I can't see how on earth this is going to help anyone politically, except perhaps other sufferers.

His going public about this problem has made him go up in my estimation.

flashy 20-04-2008 16:12
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just been listening to this on news 24, i cant see anything funny about it, he's just said he could go to a restaurant and eat everything on the menu then go home and bring it all back up, that must have been really hard for him, being in the public eye so much, good on him for admitting it i say

kathleen_firth 20-04-2008 16:14
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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 565133)
Although I have no great love for the man, happily I'm not the sort of person who finds mental illness a cause for mirth.:(

i agree here

BERNADETTE 20-04-2008 16:51
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I fail to see anything funny about that and think he should be applauded for having the courage to let people know about it.

Tin Monkey 20-04-2008 16:55
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Good job he hasn't got an terminal disease or we'd be ****ing ourselves. :(

Acrylic-bob 20-04-2008 16:55
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I am not completely without a heart. As I was at pains to point out at the begining of the thread I can well understand that for genuine sufferers bulimia is no laughing matter. I suppose my reaction to this news report centres on the fact that Prescott is a politician and as such is more or less a stranger to the truth. In short, I don't believe him. He is Lying or exagerating what little truth there is to grab a little sympathy.

Margaret Pilkington 20-04-2008 17:29
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Could it be something he has brought up(no pun intended) because he is due to publish a book(like, he needs the money).

Or is that just cynical me again.


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