Fuck, fuck, fuuuuuuuuuck....

[blackieC]

Okay, so a couple of minutes ago, all I did was shift the position of fat ass in my chair and hear a "pop" followed by a moment of vertigo induced by the fact that one of the legs of my office chair had decided to mutiny and just snapped off.

It snapped off.



It snapped the fuck off.



So I make a quick quarter turn to the right and catch myself on the corner of the desk before being hurtled 180 and catching a facefull of amp.

Good thing, that.

Anyone that has ever fallen over face first onto a
Marshall can attest to the fact that the amp always wins.

So now I sit, more that a bit askew, thinking that I'll be adding hitting a few thrift shops to my already full pre holiday schedule tommorow, shopping for a new office chair that I have not budgeted for.

If this is the worst of my problems this holiday season, then I count myself lucky.


I've got good friends, good family and a dog minds me most of the time.



When put in perspective, a broken chair doesn't mean shit.


Funny what viewing things from a slightly different angle will lead you to.

[emtou2u]

2 ibuprofen tonight will short-cut the head-ache in the am...

just a "heads up" :lol:

g'night blackie!

[otek]

Blackie,


If it's any consolation, I've actually toured with my furniture demolition act several times.

The total tally so far is a futon, a shower stall and a porch.

Gotta love being the lard-ass.


otek

[Tim Halligan]

I was completely wrong about this thread.

Judging by the title, I thought you were trying to catch ekko's attention...


:lol:




Cheers,
Tim

[Senap]

Blackie,


If it's any consolation, I've actually toured with my furniture demolition act several times.

The total tally so far is a futon, a shower stall and a porch.

Gotta love being the lard-ass.


otek


I wanna hear the shower stall story again.

Which gig was that? Belgium on the 2004 tour right?

:very happy:

[jerryskid]

hey at least it's the leg of the chair..and not YOUR leg....

[dikledoux]

Yet another reason to ALWAYS have your webcam running. That way we can all share in the joy of the moment.

:lol:

dik

PS - glad your face and ass are relatively ok still

[crunch]

Dude.

:lol:

I'm not laughing with you, I'm laughing at you.

:grin:

And you checked, and the Marshall's ok, right?

:Thumbsup:

Office chairs. Man. Ask gg, we still have 3 in our office chair graveyard (most people call it a garage) I refuse to throw away, to either cannibalize parts from or to sit and watch the kiddos ride bikes.

P.S. Office Max. best combination of cheap/comfortable.

Hope your Thursday gets better.

[Mixerpuppet]

Be thankful the snap was the chair and not your knee....


I blew my knee out again and then tweaked my back as I fell from the knee caving...


I went past the profanity and straight to weeping...


Get a bean bag...

[crunch]

BTW black, if it's one of those $80 black office chairs, I have plenty of parts in the garage. I may be in your neck of the hood this afternoon, lemme know and I'll bring the parts to ya.

So there. Merry Thursday!

:Thumbsup:

[Slipperman]

OK. Finally a subject that I am an expert on.

Lesson 1. Chairs that are advertised as "Supports up to 400lbs." are not duty cycle tested by persons ACTUALLY WEIGHING even a paltry 325-375 lbs.

I am such a person, and routinely DESTROY aforementioned chairs with frightening regularity.

Of course, persons as gigantically and morbidly corpulent as myself are not usually found doing the incredibly stupid/abrupt/violent maneuvering I do in such chairs but...

I DEMAND MY MONEY BACK.

And, of course, do not get it...

This is probably due to the cigar burn holes, stabs and slices, intern blood, scotch, coffee and prestone stains.

The casters suffer a similar fate between the dog shit, sawdust(from my girth grinding the wheels thru the parquet floor) and general 'control room muck'...

Including, but not limited to:

Client puke, piss, shit, blood, strips of flesh, shards of bone and sinew... tooth fragments, KY jelly, tunafish, eyeball fluid, hot sauce, flying and crawling insect carcasses, and of course... Finger ease.

Anyhoo. Gotta flee. Mix hell.

In my big, busted, listing chair.

SM.

[Johnny]

...and just snapped off.

It snapped off.



It snapped the fuck off.


You doin' Ron White's material, Blackie? ;)

[blackieC]

I knew somebody would catch that.
:grin:

I forgot to add:

"effectively turning my chair into a tripod."


Both face and amp are okay today and crunch has made the donation of chair parts.

Kinda goes back to the point I ended up with last night.


Things have a way of working out and most problems are less than they seem and very temporary.

[Brendo]

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs8/i/2005/274/7/c/Broken_Chair_by_fluffy.jpg

[blackieC]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:




Oh Jeebuz!



I'm laughing my ass off here.

:lol: :lol: :lol:



It's the same fucking chair!!!!!!!

[eagan]

Holy shit.

Have you guys ever considered side gigs in product testing?


A PORCH?

How the hell do you kill a fucking PORCH?

JLE

[Brendo]

I've got the same one too. Mine usually break where the "stem" meets the "assholder".

[mousdrvr]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:




Oh Jeebuz!



I'm laughing my ass off here.

:lol: :lol: :lol:



It's the same fucking chair!!!!!!!

Ok, Now that I see the chair in question, I would advise you guys to maybe cut yourselves a little rope with the girth thing. I've destroyed several of those POS and I weigh in at 165 on a good day.

Not all y'all's fault.

[Smileyblue]

Get yourself one of these baby's.

They might cost a bit, but you'll have em for a long time and they won't break.......They are totally worth the investment....and comfort ohhh man they are the bomb...We bought two of em for the control rooms. They are called Areon Chairs.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/Smileyblue/carbon_classic_regular.jpg

SBG

[seagate]

Don't let Slippy sit in those...

[Brendo]

I weigh in at 165 on a good day.

kg or lbs?

Or stone?! :lol:



Shit, those Aerons are $1300 AU. Fuck! I can buy 15 chairs for that price, keep them in storage and bust a new one out every year or so, keep the old ones for spare parts...:Confused:

[sqkychair]

Ha Ha,

I have broken two of those pieces of shit. I get to leaning back and the back must be made of styrofoam. They just snap in half.

The problem I usually have with chairs is that they tend to be well..................


squeaky. :Surprised:

[Droolbucket]

Whenever I hear a "pop" followed by a moment of vertigo, it means I have passed gas and am about to be overcome by the fumes.
When possible, I try to do this next to the drums and walk quickly away.
Droolbucket

[Statick]

earlier today i attempted to stand up, not realizing that cuz i'd been sitting funny my left leg had gone completely dead.

as soon as i stood, my leg just collapsed and refused to do anything i was telling it. i ended up on my ass, on the floor, and unable to get up for about 2 minutes !

[mousdrvr]

kg or lbs?

Or stone?! :lol:



Brendo your right. That was so Yank of me.
Stone of course!

naw..... 'bout 12 stone and 75kg

Still I'm fidgety and destroy furniture and clothing worse than a little kid.

Yeah I want one of those Really sweet chairs too but man that's a lot of scratch.


Y'all seen those "Zero Gravity" chairs? they really are bliss but I can't see how you could work in them unless you made your studio look like a dentist office with all the swing arms.

[seagate]

naw..... 'bout 12 stone and 75kg

:icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:

151kg???

[mousdrvr]

:icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:

151kg???


:lol: :lol: Oh boy good thing I don't get paid to be precise!

[jerryskid]

A TRUE gentleman never asks the size.....

just ask Kenny...

[seagate]

just ask Kenny...

NOT touching that...