Seaside donkey proprietor John Nuttall has sparked debate by insisting children undergo a weight check before being allowed to ride his donkeys in Skegness. The 61-year-old has faced criticism for allegedly fat-shaming youngsters, yet many are applauding his decision.
With over four decades of experience providing donkey rides in Skegness and Cleethorpes, Nuttall has introduced a weight restriction to safeguard his donkeys in the face of increasing concerns about childhood obesity. He’s set up weighing scales adjacent to his mobile paddock, complete with a sign detailing the requirements: under ten years old, shorter than 4ft 6ins, and lighter than six stone (38kg) for a £4 jaunt along the promenade.
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Can you ever really own a donkey? I think they largely play along with our nonsense to humour us.
Only if you’re under 38kg.
Can you ever really own a donkey?
Yes.
Thank you for listening to my TED talk.
No no, you’re thinking of cats.
No no, I was thinking about ducks.
If someone asks me how many ducks I own, I have tinsay none, because can you ever really own a duck? A live one anyway.
These are live animals. As long as he isn’t mocking these children after they’re weighed everyone can fuck off with the complaints.
All he has to do is stop saying “nyah nyah, scram fattie!” and I’m fine with it. If he would just stop saying that part, I’d be fine with it.
Let’s face it, the only people getting upset about this are the land-whales whose obese kids are everybody’s fault but theirs
While Limiting weight on a donkey is perfectly reasonable.
Calling people land whales is fucking pathetic. You have fuck all idea of the medical history of these people. And arseholes like you are why folks like this guy suffer.
If little shitheads like you, did not spend their time insulting people who have done fuck all to them. The mental health of these people would mean they are less delicate when real life interferes.
-“You shouldn’t bad talk people”
Continues to bad talk people.
Yeah I’m telling my mum
Hold on, no, she died
Said like a true fatty
Are you missing a /s?
You know there are many kids who have weight issues due to disability, right? Parents are just trying to have a normal childhood for their kids and are trying to include them as much as possible. It’s understandable the donkeys have physical limitations; it’s also understandable that parents might be disappointed if their kids don’t fit the restrictions. It also sounds like he’s rude about it/makes comments when they weigh too much, but the article was hard to read so idk for sure what exactly is going on (popups).
You can be kind to both groups. That you’d talk so badly about heavier people says a lot about you, not them.
If a parent insists on hurting a donkey simply because their kid throws a wobbly, it doesn’t matter the reason for their obesity, they’re still cunts
So are donkeys mind you.
I’d agree with the guy in the article who has to put up with both types of cunt, day in, day out lol
I never said they deserve to hurt an animal. Just that disappointment is understandable and there’s no need to bully them.
Is that some american disease where you feed your kids McDonald’s and then for some reason it doesn’t lose weight? Do these fat kids have some sort of membrane to pull calories out of the air without feeding them? Because that’s a crazy superpower.
Look it up. It’s genetic. They constantly feel the hormone ghrelin.
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Yes, blame children. How old were you when you lost weight, which was very very hard to do?
And definitely let’s not look at this systemically, like at government and corporate level for what food is allowed and what guidelines are put out there, along with lack of medical care in many instances.
But yeah, those stupid fat kids can’t pull themselves up by their bootstraps and be a picture of perfect health, so let’s be bigoted and ableist /s
Good for him honestly, he shouldn’t subject his beautiful animal to weights that may be harmful to its body. If parents don’t like it, then don’t go to him.
No, the guy hasn’t “sparked debate”. The single complainant cited is from some obesity alliance, who says it’s wrong to weigh children in public.
OP SLAMMED for sharing poor quality news.
It’s like how America thinks Meghan Sussex/Markle sparked debate here when people didn’t even care that much
I would have expected the weight requirement, so they don’t have to control the age and height. Interesting that they still have those…
Boy that site is cancerous without ublock
That’s Reach Plc for you.
Owns every regional news site in the UK. Seemingly publishes shit on random ones, like this which is Wales Online, but apparently fat kids on the opposite side of the country are considered newsworthy.
I’m just glad they got rid of the side swiping on articles, where a clumsy scroll would just load an entirely different page for no fucking reason.
How about you stop exploiting donkeys all together for your personal gain?
Typical fat shaming jackass.
