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A chance to arm-wrestle WHO?
Blog Guy, have you planned any special holiday events for your Goofy Face Museum and Doughnut Shop in Washington, DC?
You bet we have. We have new photo exhibits called “Goofy CEOs” and “Our Goofy Folks in Uniform.”
Plus, This week is our “Arm-Wrestle the First Lady” event, as you can see in the top photo.
Really? It surprises me that Michelle would participate in something like that at your museum, what with her commitment to eating healthy.
Oh. Well, she may have gotten the idea that it’s for charity, and we may have used our stationery that doesn’t mention doughnuts.
Blog Guy, in the picture it looks like your museum doesn’t seem to have walls or a roof. What happened?
Five great tips for keeping in shape
Blog Guy, you seem to have lost some weight, judging from your blog profile photo, and it looks like you’re working out, as well. Please share some health and fitness tips with your readers.
Okay. The first thing is to figure out what you should weigh. There are plenty of free online tools for calculating your Body Mass Index, which is a simple function of your height and weight.
Now, this is important to know. By BMI standards, nearly everyone on earth shows up as morbidly obese.
Ouch. Is there any way around that?
Yes. I told the calculator I was 7’11″ tall, and suddenly it said I weighed too LITTLE! I got fried chicken and cheesecake for dinner, baby!
Wow, that’s very useful to know. My doctor says I also need to lose five inches from around my waist. That’s going to be tough.
That Queen one always makes me laugh….like she’s *really* going to get a turn. 
How the rich and powerful keep fit
Blog Guy, as someone who hangs out with the power elite, can you tell me how they manage to stay in shape? I mean, they must get free food anytime they want, so how do they cope with all that?
Good question. Powerful people usually hire other powerful people as their personal trainers.
Really? It’s that simple? I’m not doubting you, but it’s kind of hard to believe. So who does Michelle Obama use, just for instance?
She uses Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Here she is, following his tough calisthenics regimen while practicing her goofy faces at the same time. It’s called “multi-tasking.”
Hmm. What about Britain’s Queen Elizabeth? She looked very spry and fit at the recent royal wedding. If you’re the Queen of England, who do you get for a personal trainer?
You get the British Prime Minister. The Queen enjoys daily Stairmaster-style workouts, using Number 10 Downing Street as her Stairmaster.
69Spin, it’s the Guinness diet. While others cheer and mingle, she downs her drinks in a jiffy, giving her the edge in sport.
http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/20 11/05/26/when-life-is-just-a-beer-commer cial/
The toughest health club in the world?
Sir, thanks for stopping by for a tour of our health club. We’re very proud of our facilities.
Is there anything you’re especially looking for in a new gym? Spinning classes? Free weights? Yoga?
Yes, I need a lot of tough, no-nonsense personal trainers. At my last health club I could never find one, so I never knew if I was doing the exercises right.
Say no more, sir, you’ve come to the right place.
All of our workouts are done under the careful scrutiny of hundreds of helmeted personal trainers who totally surround our barbed wired exercise room. Nobody cheats at our gym.
Wow, that’s very impressive!
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@justM: aaarrgh! I missed that in my preparations for this onrushing apocalypse thing that the Blog Guy is always warning us is coming! I’d ask you to inform me of this gadget, but we all know how that would end.