Sit Like A Normal Person!

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I always sit on my feet (or one foot) -- at school, here at the computer, on the couch, in fancy restaurants where I should be more lady-like ... It's a really stupid habit and they always fall asleep and I wind up limping around or falling on my face when I stand up.

But at least I'm kinda small. There's this big tall guy at work who always sits on one foot and he looks weird as hell. And once I dated a really tall guy who always sat cross-legged on the couch, which I thought was funny.

― jewelly (jewelly), Saturday, 12 April 2003 16:30 (twenty-three years ago)

http://home.earthlink.net/~jdyingst/_uimages/humanpretzel.jpg

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Saturday, 12 April 2003 16:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I often sit with my leg on the table and my chin leaning against my ankle. (Not in most public places tho)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 12 April 2003 16:49 (twenty-three years ago)

jewelly, i encourage you to cease and desist with bad sitting practice - over the last 6 months i've spent a small fortune ($60 a week) on oesteopathic treatment all because of posture (and cause i'm now addicted to the crunching manipulations my osteo always does...) even if you are small things can go wrong. my right side's at war with my left, apparently...

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Saturday, 12 April 2003 20:18 (twenty-three years ago)

jewelly, and why not, all the ladies in the place......if you want to save on massage bills, just ask a guy who exhibits all the traits of nimble-fingeredness in his regular habits eg rolling tidy blunts real quick, to "feel my heart, it's going really fast!"....of course he's gonna scrape up against your bosom.....then you ask him immediately to do your legs and lower back.....coo some shit like "yeah, im really knotted up in that spot"......shit, i always fall for it

― Ramosi, Saturday, 12 April 2003 21:36 (twenty-three years ago)

PS - the rapid heartbeat excuse holds more water when you're all coked to the gills, or otherwise you may be branded a harlot, young miss!

― Ramosi, Saturday, 12 April 2003 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

(Does Curtis have a removable prosthetic leg?)

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 12 April 2003 23:29 (twenty-three years ago)

I have long been (and still am far too much) in the habit of sitting on one foot or kneeling on both. I'm trying to quit!

As someone over 30, I can say this habit definitely leads to knobbly ankle syndrome sooner or later. My ankles look awful. Stop before it's too late!!

― ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Saturday, 12 April 2003 23:36 (twenty-three years ago)

if i sit/kneel on my feet for any length of time circulation to my unmentionables gets cut off and they tend to 'fall asleep' in the same pins & needles fashion as feet. except the prickly sensation is faaar more painful.

i don't mean to drag this perfectly respectable thread into the gutter but, uh, does this happen to anyone else, or am i a total sideshow?

― brian badword (badwords), Sunday, 13 April 2003 01:17 (twenty-three years ago)

That's kinda rough.

― slutsky (slutsky), Sunday, 13 April 2003 01:22 (twenty-three years ago)

well, it's maybe not as bad as i made it out to be - it's not some chronic disorder, it just happens from time to time. makes me wonder.

i just want to be like everyone else :/

― brian badword (badwords), Sunday, 13 April 2003 01:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Thanks, brian, you cured my penis envy for all time!

Christine: I live in fear of my knees turning on me when I grow up. Maybe I should attach weights to my feet so it's more difficult to get them into the chair ... otherwise they wind up there with no conscious thought on my part.

― jewelly (jewelly), Sunday, 13 April 2003 05:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Which reminds me of a funny story about when I was 15 and put on a pair of Christmas socks a senile aunt gave me when I was 12. They had little micro-chips in the lining that played "Jingle Bells" when you pressed them. Of course I never wore the goddamn things but I guess that morning clean socks were scarce and I was in a hurry. Then in my first hour class we're taking a test and the whole class is silent and I sit on my foot, activating the festive micro-chip and bringing ridicule and derision down on my head. Then, two classes later ... I did it again! (Yet I still sometimes seriously entertain the possibility that I am a genius.)

― jewelly (jewelly), Sunday, 13 April 2003 08:04 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't sit still, and I slouch all over the place. I will get a bad back.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 13 April 2003 09:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Brian, is that just an excuse for rubbing between your legs in public. "No no, it's just...grunt...pins and needles...gasp..."

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 13 April 2003 10:40 (twenty-three years ago)

ramosi!!!!!!!!!

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 13 April 2003 10:46 (twenty-three years ago)

it's not like you have to walk on yr penis or something. um, I hope.

My feet always fall asleep when I sit on my feet like that for too long, but I keep sitting that way anyway.

i just want to be like everyone else :/
Don't we all.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Sunday, 13 April 2003 14:40 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm the sloppiest, flightiest sitter in the world. I don't keep still and fidget to the point of people telling me to sit still because I'm making them nervous and/or motion sick.

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 13 April 2003 23:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ramosi you're so fuckin' hot. Welcome back.

― Sean (Sean), Sunday, 13 April 2003 23:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Har har, I thought I was the only person in the world that sat on one leg. It's a horribly bad habit. It makes my back ache constantly. But I can't stop doing it. Even at work! Office chairs are not designed for slouchy sitting, especially considering we all have these crazy massive fuckoff CEO armchairs.

― kate, Monday, 14 April 2003 07:23 (twenty-three years ago)

i do this too: is there anyone out there who doesn't?

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 14 April 2003 08:41 (twenty-three years ago)

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 14 April 2003 08:59 (twenty-three years ago)

i was sitting on one foot when i read this msg the first time but now i'm not (does that mean it worked?)

― minna (minna), Monday, 14 April 2003 09:02 (twenty-three years ago)

ronan you freak

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 14 April 2003 09:08 (twenty-three years ago)

When I eat, I almost always unconsciously slip into a position where my other leg is on the chair against my stomach. Also, I'm unable to put my shoes on while standing - I'll always have to sit on the floor to do this. I have a new roommate and she keeps laughing at my peculiarities. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only freak in this world.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 14 April 2003 09:18 (twenty-three years ago)

I have big enormous boots on which would cause severe bumpains if I sat on one or more of them. So I just sit upright for a while, then slouch, then sit up, etc. My back is a nightmare.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 14 April 2003 09:21 (twenty-three years ago)

tis a sign of pixie tendencies and thus to be suspected

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Monday, 14 April 2003 14:20 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to do it a lot, but I don't any more on either my work or home seats. Elsewhere I still do it occasionally, but at my age one has to worry about seizing up in the position.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 14 April 2003 16:59 (twenty-three years ago)

at work they keep advertising a staff development thing in how to sit properly (it has a proper title, but it escapes me at the mo), but i am far too scared to go to it, because i know how dreadful my posture is...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 14 April 2003 19:25 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

I was recently informed (by the mother of a friend) that there's an old wive's tale myth to the effect that "if you sit on your foot you'll become an old maid."

:=(

Guess I need to start buying cats.

― jewelly (jewelly), Saturday, 10 May 2003 18:09 (twenty-three years ago)

right now I have my toes on the desk and my shoulders and knees are on a level. As I type this. This thread is an inspiration.

My dad used to yell at me for sitting 'like a bird' all the time.

I slouch at work like a motherfucker. I use the computer case as a footrest and I always leave the chair in the free-floating position so my back angle adjusts to my attitude. The other day I was down so low I was practically invisible from the rear.

― Millar (Millar), Saturday, 10 May 2003 18:18 (twenty-three years ago)

right now I have my toes on the desk and my shoulders and knees are on a level. As I type this. This thread is an inspiration.
My brain exploded trying to picture this. Thanks a lot.
― jewelly (jewelly), Saturday, 10 May 2003 18:23 (twenty-three years ago)

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 10 May 2003 18:27 (twenty-three years ago)

that was supposed to be me closing the tag.
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 10 May 2003 18:28 (twenty-three years ago)

html + me = ?
― jewelly (jewelly), Saturday, 10 May 2003 18:29 (twenty-three years ago)

― gygax! (gygax!), Saturday, 10 May 2003 18:30 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.duke.edu/web/lit132/SoftConstruction.jpg

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 10 May 2003 19:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry, that's a little cliche, not to mention grotesque. I'm still excited about the easy image posting function.

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 10 May 2003 19:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Grotesque, yes. Cliche? Well, not in my world ...

― jewelly (jewelly), Saturday, 10 May 2003 19:59 (twenty-three years ago)

I often crouch on perfectly good chairs, or on the backs of sofas. I do it without thinking and find it kind of comfortable though I sometimes get pins and needles when I stand up afterwards.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 10 May 2003 20:02 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm 6 foot tall so I haven't got the small excuse. Work colleagues find it odd. I probably do look stupid.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 10 May 2003 20:03 (twenty-three years ago)

N. -- as long as your comfortable, the hell with them.

In high school I used to sit so that my ankles were crossed under me, legs curled up, left foot tucked under right butt cheek and vice versa. And it looked weird and people made fun of me but it was comfy back then (though now it hurts like hell and I have no idea HOW it could have been comfortable, but it was for a while there).

― jewelly (jewelly), Monday, 12 May 2003 00:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I tend to sit with one leg/foot tucked under my body - and then will shift and tuck the other one under - used to drive my boss batty at work, 'cause I'd take off my shoes at my desk to do it, and so when I'd go to a meeting I'd have to hunt around my office for the lost shoes.

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Monday, 12 May 2003 01:07 (twenty-three years ago)

I sit like a slob, all the time. I act like I'm in my living room. Me and a friend were marvelling at it the other day, we were both sprawled out everywhere at a little cafe.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 12 May 2003 01:12 (twenty-three years ago)

I had a number of occasions in school where boys "stole" my shoes when I'd kicked them off for the same reason. Their version of pulling my pigtails I guess - I didn't have pigtails.

― jewelly (jewelly), Monday, 12 May 2003 01:14 (twenty-three years ago)

three months pass...

I thought of this thread because I have the most severe case of restless legs lately and as a result I believe I have invented sitting positions heretofore unknown to man.

― jewelly (jewelly), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I had that last night in bed, it's horrible when it happens & you just cant get rid of it! I sometimes lie on the sofa with my legs up against the wall & my head hanging over the edge of the sofa. i usually reserve this for when i'm on my own tho!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 12 August 2003 13:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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