Do not taunt the Happy Fun Ball
Like most married couples the mate and I have our inside jokes, various sayings and quips. I would like to think ours are better and more clever of course because we both have talents with the written word--but they probably only are to us.
Anyway, since the mate's back surgery he has been doing exceedingly well and progressing along quite nicely overall. However as a precautionary move to prevent this from happening again, and to strengthen his core muscles, he has entered into physical therapy.
His sense of humor about it (and in general) is just well amazing.
So at his last visit the 12-year-old (probably actually in his early twenties) physical therapist gave him a giant green exercise ball. At first the mate called it "the ball of humiliation and pain." This then evolved into calling it "Happy Fun Ball" that took him forever to blow up with our handy and seldom used bicycle pump. According to the directions the ball has to rest for 24 hours after first being inflated. Apparently it is quite taxing for not only the user to inflate, but also the ball.
This then lead to the mate reading me the directions and various inane warnings about using the ball.
Such warnings included,"To avoid personal injury or damage to the product never use a sharp object to remove the plug."
It seemed to me after hearing all about "The Happy Fun Ball," we then agreed it was indeed a potentially dangerous device and should be watched carefully, so it doesn't just explode or something equally horrific.
He replied (with infinite wisdom) "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXG8RNTp5EM
Anyway, since the mate's back surgery he has been doing exceedingly well and progressing along quite nicely overall. However as a precautionary move to prevent this from happening again, and to strengthen his core muscles, he has entered into physical therapy.
His sense of humor about it (and in general) is just well amazing.
So at his last visit the 12-year-old (probably actually in his early twenties) physical therapist gave him a giant green exercise ball. At first the mate called it "the ball of humiliation and pain." This then evolved into calling it "Happy Fun Ball" that took him forever to blow up with our handy and seldom used bicycle pump. According to the directions the ball has to rest for 24 hours after first being inflated. Apparently it is quite taxing for not only the user to inflate, but also the ball.
This then lead to the mate reading me the directions and various inane warnings about using the ball.
Such warnings included,"To avoid personal injury or damage to the product never use a sharp object to remove the plug."
It seemed to me after hearing all about "The Happy Fun Ball," we then agreed it was indeed a potentially dangerous device and should be watched carefully, so it doesn't just explode or something equally horrific.
He replied (with infinite wisdom) "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXG8RNTp5EM