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Wii Sports Fitness |
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I bought one of those Wii Sports Fitness jobbies with a balance board
from Amazon, and the thing started right off by insulting me. I didn’t
know the sneaky little sucker was going to weigh me. I wondered why it
wanted to know my age, how tall I was, and how heavy the clothes were I
had on. It claims I’m obese! |
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It suggests my weight should be around 165. It says I weigh 185, which
is ten pounds more than my bathroom scales report. I think little
smart-assed Wii said I should be at 164.2, or something like that. It
got downright precise about it and suggested that would be my ‘ideal
weight’. |
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also asked me if I stumbled a lot while walking. I’ll presume that was a
joke. The bad part about it was it started out by telling me I was in
pretty good shape for my age. Then it slowly began to slip the knife in. |
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That was after we discovered I can’t ski for squat. I wiped out more
flags trying to go through the slalom gates than Hitler did marching
through Europe. Mr. Wii Fitness told me I should lean left or right to
change direction, and I’d lean, but nothing would happen, then all of a
sudden, it would kick in. I discovered the trick was to lean forward and
put my weight on my toes – worked a lot better, then. Maybe I should try
bowling; I’m pretty good at that. |
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I do hope that beeping little SOB really does have a sense of humor…do I
stumble a lot while walking! That little turkey’s got some nerve! We’re
both going to need a sense of humor, plus a lot of patience, during the
next few months. It’s pretty bad when a little box full of tiny
transistors and printed circuits starts calling you names. |
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However, I will be back to take up the challenge tomorrow. |
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Hmmm…maybe that was the idea… |
| © T.P. Woodfork 12/19/2009 |
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