The school BMI notifications -- dubbed "fat letters" by some -- have made the rounds in local and national media reporting in the past week. But on Saturday, the topic showed up in an unexpected place: on Saturday Night Live.
On SNL's "Weekend Update With Seth Meyers," among the many jokes on the fake news broadcast was one that had to do with the BMI letters being sent home to parents in Massachusetts.
"Though they could have used gentler phrasing than, 'Ya kid's a wicked porkah,'" Meyers said in a thick Boston accent.
You can watch the video in a series of highlights on NBC's website (the BMI letters are mentioned toward the end of the clip).
Hey, might as well have a sense of humor, right?
Karen Kline
11:13 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
To the adults, this is a funny mention of being plump.
To an overweight child it is not at all funny.
More needs to be done in the home, in school and by all of us to encourage good health in our children. That includes mental and emotional well-being also.
Karen Kline
Michael Quinlan
11:24 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
To the adults this is a funny mention of a leftist 'health' campaign running out-of-control. This hurts the adults' mental and emotional health so they 'cope' by joking about the absurdity of proven athletes (State Champion!) being labeled 'fat'. 'First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist...' (Martine Niemoller, 1946)