Wednesday, January 27, 2010

In Which I Use The Reader As My Therapist

To get the full ridiculousness of this post, don't skip the comments. There's a surprise ending!

I'd like to start by stating that my Body Mass Index is in the normal range.

That said, I am on that diet that I have been obsessing about all month to get my BMI to a number that is not quite so close to the Big Mac Enthusiast side.

That said, I am 47 years old.

That said, this just happened.

I have this shirt on. This shirt is a mash-up of internet memes that I bought as a joke at an after-Christmas sale. For background, see the 1,673 comments for this popular Amazon item here and the most popular piano-playing cat of all time here. At the time of this event, I did not have the sweatshirt on.


Dean liked it, so he snapped a picture with his iPhone (sans sweatshirt) and sent it to a friend (I'm not sure who). The friend texted back, "That is the shit. Where's it from?" or something to that effect. I told Dean the t-shirt company that sells it (Threadless), which he texted back.

I minute later, another text. I leaned over because I'm naturally curious. It wasn't meant for my eyes, and Dean tried to hide it from me. But it was too late. It said something like, "and where did those flabby arms come from?"

Ouch. Sucker punch. Awkward laughter. Change of subject.

Lasting bruise.

I'll be under the covers for the rest of the day if you need me.

3 comments:

DT said...

long story:
so the text read (and I quote) "what's the arm jiggle thing called?"

On the very slow YouTube heavy day at the bike shop that this particular friend discovered Keyboard Cat, he also found this gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S3C4AC908w

Which has nothing to do with your arms, and everything to do with the fact that its discovery was chronologically related to the Keyboard Cat, and the idiot kept searching for "arm jiggle thing," and miraculously couldn't find it. So. When I sent a pic of the keyboard cat, he remembered its comedy pal, the Shake Weight.

Ellen found it too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kmrFBnrkqg&feature=related

piglet said...

Holy crap. Am I more self-involved, or more self-loathing? I can't decide.

cpt a said...

Are you out from under the covers yet????