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By: Matt Wed, Nov 12th, 2003
Fitness for Teens
An average of eight lonely years...

While browsing Bizarre Records, I came across the LP Fitness for Teens, recorded by Bonnie Prudden. She's supposedly knowledgeable when it comes to exercise, but the back cover makes it clear that she's pretty sure the only way to have a happy marriage is to be physically attractive:

HOW TO PICK A HUSBAND AND A WIFE
Convertibles wear out and make-up washes off. Check your future partner for something that won't do either... a good body.
The boy must have square shoulders. If he's drooped all over, he's going to be too tired to be a husband.
Next, look at his mid-section. If that's gently rounded, he's sedentary. That means he is a likely candidate for a heart attack. American women live an average of eight lonely years longer than their husbands.
Finally, look at his seat as he walks away. If it's soft and squishy, he's not for you.
Fellows, you marry a girl, not a girdle. If she has to be held together, in and up with rubber bands, she has made a poor start which can only get worse with each succeeding baby.
If her seat looks like nervous pudding, she's soft. Not nice soft... ickey soft. In a short time there will be more of it...and sideways.
If that seat looks like cement in a barrel, that's nervous pudding in a girdle.
Your best bet is a cheer leader, gymnast, dancer, athlete or tomboy (the latter won't make sissies of your sons). However, in America very few girls ever get the chance to be those things...but that doesn't mean you can't get it on your own for yourselves and for each other. You don't need a team, a gym, or a pool to get into shape...but don't make the mistake of thinking a sport will get you into shape. Unless you are a natural, sports won't come easy without preparation. So you'll get discouraged and perhaps hurt (as in skiing). Get in shape first with exercise and then try the sport. You will do well and you will stick with it...because it's fun. Anyone who is strong, more flexible and has more endurance...will be better than the others... at almost anything.
You will be better looking. Everyone knows that boys look at girls. Not everyone knows that girls look at boys...really look.

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 Mary - Nov 12th, 2003 at 1:36 pm 
I am seriously disturbed.

 Trust me, you're no more disturbed than I amMatt - Nov 12th, 2003 at 1:45 pm 
After all, I have a soft seat, my shoulders aren't square, and I'm *ahem* gently rounded. How will I ever marry a tomboy so my sons won't be sissies?

 Wow...Becky - Nov 12th, 2003 at 3:15 pm 
They actually used to have *skinny* people in this country??!!

 heidi - Nov 12th, 2003 at 4:24 pm 
Well, Matt, clearly you need to acquire that record. ;-)

 heh...wonderful.Mark - Nov 13th, 2003 at 6:18 pm 
I think you should start a section on 'I Eat Paint' showing examples of very attractive, normally-proportioned people. It is possible to have a little junk in the trunk and still be a babe magnet. Conversely, I know many quite attractive women who don't exactly fit the traditional beauty bill.

 sadness!Belle - Nov 14th, 2003 at 6:31 pm 
Friends, looks aren't everything! I was a cheerleader in highschool, and let me tell you, just because someone is thin doesn't mean they're in shape, and just because someone doesn't appear to have the best body ever doesn't mean they're NOT in shape! Don't let it bug you, everyone is beautiful in their way!



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