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Can a Chair Make Your Ass Fat?
You bet your patoot
I’ve never thought of furniture as something to fear, other than when I trip over a coffee table. To borrow from the great Spencer Tracey in Father of the Bride:
“One is so quick to attribute such things to alcohol.”
But, I have to say, I believe the chair in front of my computer is intent on giving me an enormous keyster. I’m starting to hate this chair. Did you get that? Hate. I’m thinking of putting it on the curb and letting someone who needs or wants a fat ass, take it off my hands. Or, ass.
Now, this chair is nothing fancy. It’s a regular, old office-type chair that we’ve had for years. But, the seat is not what you’d call “supportive” in any way. Rather, sitting here, my ass feels like a marshmallow melting into a cup of cocoa.
Please tell me I’m not the only one experiencing this odd phenomenon. What is one to do when one simply must sit? I don’t have one of those standing desk thingamajigs and I’m not going to throw money at one anytime soon.
This is just one more way writers are screwed. Here’s what The Week says about chairs and fat asses:
The pressure placed on the buttocks and hips from too much sitting or lying down can generate…
