Talk about pigs

An issue or two ago The Economist highlighted obesity. A gentleman from Indiana wrote in to highlight some of the costs that the obese impose upon society:

My doctor had to buy new electronic scales with a maximum of 450lb as his beam scale only went to 350lb. Patients over 450lb are sent to a farm with scales that are used for weighing pigs to determine if they are ready for market.

Call me mean, but it made me laugh.