Thanks to Fark for that one.
The real story‘s far less interesting, which is sad because I wasted a half-hour of my life I’ll never see again gathering up all my bottles to take back for the deposit. I have almost enough.
All asides and italics here are from the original article.
(Quick aside: How creepy is the guy in the pic? And the girl looks a little too happy to be a in a gym setting.)
There’s a new fitness machine causing a stir in England, thanks in part to Madonna. The Power
Plate is a workout machine that consists of a vibrating platform you stand on and do light stretches and squats for 15 minutes, three times a week. Apparently there is something in the added vibration that stimulates the muscles and causes them to tire faster than a traditional workout, a chain reaction that Madonna claims causes her physique to remain toned. (Doesn’t she work out 8 hours a day? –Editors)
raincoaster 
Couldn’t you get the same effect from just standing atop a truck or a city bus dodging power lines, bridges and crows?
Not only that, but I bet folks’d pay to watch–no need to call a dump truck to haul off the bottles.
If you insist on buying it, try selling your magazines at a penny a pound. It would soon make up the difference.
Yeah, you could call it “The Indiana Jones Workout”. All the fortysomethings would want that!
Of course, no one’s noticed that Madonna’s new pommel horse is actually an $11,000 dildo with carrying handles . . . .
Of course, no one’s noticed that Madonna’s new pommel horse is actually an $11,000 dildo with carrying handles and a stand
Must be Friday, Frontier Editor has clearly shot his keyboard–with a repeater.
Or, in the words of the inestimatible Groucho Mark, the Gat had gittens
You know, I had a rule over at VFB; all double posts were to be penalized. The offender had to post a picture of Viggo Mortensen naked. Seems like the right time to resurrect that rule.
Just so you can get the urge to go do something? Alberto Gonzales would have my computer seized, assuming he wasn’t seizing himself while looking at Viggo Mortensen naked.
Alberto would be delighted, of course. I will accept a link to a pic instead of the pic, but you don’t want me to block your comments till you come across now, do you?
Give me 10 minutes then
ticking…
Done
A LITTLE OVERDUE!!!
Time’s compressed here
Riiiiight. Response posted. Check yo blog.