Saturday, September 20, 2008

Pull up a chair


















Nothing says Saturday like spending a few hours of absolute relaxation in your favorite easy chair, which would be Dr. Riter’s Ergo Chair if you had one. The chair encourages, nay, insists upon, proper posture, and strengthens both abdominal and back muscles while in use—more of the multi-tasking required of all good twenty-first century products. And don’t we all like to buy things that can potentially make us stronger? Yes, studies show that most of us do.

That big silvery egg is actually an inflatable ball which can be filled to exactly the tension level you desire (air pump included). Remove the egg-ball from the chair and use it for therapy exercises (instructions included, although not in English). You realize what this means, don’t you? This chair has accomplished the nearly impossible and broken on through to the other side—the fabulous other side where one minute something’s a chair and posture improving device, the next, it’s an exercise ball. Best of all, the empty chair unit makes a great scooter. There’s even a cushioned handrail. I like to ride it around the house, speeding up my household chores. It’s also great for short trips to the convenience store.

You may be having a hard time conceiving of this as a chair. “Wait, are you telling me I have to balance my posterior upon the egg-ball?” you might be thinking. Yes, that’s it, precisely; just like this:





















See how comfy Miranda is? She might appear to be a little uptight and uneasy, but believe me, this is Miranda in fully-kicked-back mode, maximized, optimized, and posturized, albeit possibly slightly broody. Don’t worry if you’re not as petite as she is; the egg-ball is capable of holding up to 1420 pounds and a replacement unit is available. Once you’re toned and balanced from using it, you’ll be ready to think about adding our ergo ottoman, which will soon be available at a fine purveyor of consumer goods somewhere in your immediate vicinity. Act now, because today’s novelty chair is tomorrow’s ignored yard sale item.