by Catriona Mills

Strange Conversations: Part Two Hundred and Eleven

Posted 18 October 2009 in by Catriona

When shopping this morning (during which we cracked and bought Wii Fit, which has just assessed my age as 44, and asked me if I trip over a lot while walking), Nick and I split up, so that he could grab lunch and I could take the groceries to the car:

NICK: Maybe I should take the Wii Fit with me?
ME: Why?
NICK: Aren’t you going to have too much to carry?
ME: No. What am I, a delicate flower?
NICK: Of course not. You’re robust!
(Pause)
ME: Thank you, sweetheart.
NICK: You’re welcome!

Sadly, the Wii Fit agrees with him.

Share your thoughts [4]

1

michelle wrote at Oct 18, 08:28 am

Robust is an excellent word, and an excellent thing to be!

Is wii fit different from the tennis and so forth?

2

Catriona wrote at Oct 18, 08:31 am

Yes, the tennis and so forth are on Wii Sports.

Wii Fit is a whole fitness programme, which runs off a balance board. So you stand on the board, and it tells you that your centre of gravity is far too far to the right, then it tells you you’re fat, then it estimates your “Wii Fit” age (which is far too old), and then you feel bad about yourself.

At least, I assume this is the common experience.

Then it gets you to set a goal, and you work through a vast series of exercises: there’s yoga, and jogging, and aerobics exercise, and so on. All done on the balance board and/or with the Wiimote, so it can tell you how many calories you’re burning and how you’re progressing towards your goal.

It’s rather awesome, but “robust” is not how it described me.

3

Kirsty wrote at Oct 18, 09:04 am

I love it when it tells me I’m ‘unbalanced’. How the truth hurts. BTW after yesterday’s stellar 33, today’s Wii Fit age is 44. Boo!

4

Catriona wrote at Oct 18, 09:42 am

That’s my Wii Fit age, too! 44! Though I’m all of 32 in non-Wii Fit age.

Well, nearly 33 . . .

(Nick is 45.)

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