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« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2008, 02:45:53 AM »

When I was a small child and we used to go on vacation, chintzy motels used to have beds with "Magic Fingers" massage - for only a quarter!

Also in the Sixties, you used to be able to buy a thing for weight loss purposes that looked like a lawn motor motor with a belt coming out of it. You stood in front of the motor and put the belt around your waist and hips and it vibrated the fat away, supposedly.

The fun we can have with a little vibration!
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« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2008, 03:19:33 AM »

Here's what they think about it in Hawaii. One memorable line:
"To tie such a beautiful ancient Polynesian dance into what looks like a human stuck in a blender is unfortunate." - DvF
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« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2008, 04:00:52 AM »

The Hula Chair's got nothing on this:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=scsWvjBbpEY&feature=related

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=gLjoBDLzbz4&feature=related
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« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2008, 09:52:44 AM »

Here's what they think about it in Hawaii. One memorable line:
"To tie such a beautiful ancient Polynesian dance into what looks like a human stuck in a blender is unfortunate." - DvF

According to this article, the chairs are supposed to help with constipation also.  I can see that.
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« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2008, 05:01:01 PM »

According to this article, the chairs are supposed to help with constipation also.  I can see that.

Do you really want to see that? - DvF
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« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2008, 05:33:19 PM »

According to this article, the chairs are supposed to help with constipation also.  I can see that.

Do you really want to see that? - DvF

No.  Metaphor.  "Can" not = "want to."

We can try it, though--who has that constipated cat?  Here, kitty kitty!
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« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2008, 11:44:54 PM »

According to this article, the chairs are supposed to help with constipation also.  I can see that.

Do you really want to see that? - DvF

No.  Metaphor.  "Can" not = "want to."

We can try it, though--who has that constipated cat?  Here, kitty kitty!

Nah, Flyguy's cat has chronic renal failure. Unless the Hawaiian chair comes equipped with an irrigation device I don't think it's going to help.
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« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2008, 08:39:54 AM »

Wait. It's supposed to help with "slimming" AND it has a motor?

I feel like a jog. Will someone get over to my office and push me down the street in my chair?

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« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2008, 09:50:58 AM »

Just ride on the beer cart, Alan.
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« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2008, 09:54:23 AM »

Just ride on the beer cart, Alan.

Genius! I can feel myself getting in a different shape right now.

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« Reply #25 on: March 10, 2008, 09:59:02 AM »

The shape of Alans to come.

Or this shape.
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« Reply #26 on: March 10, 2008, 12:35:08 PM »


That's what people mean with they describe me as a well-rounded person!

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