
Just workin' on they fitness
emmy: i once read this NYT article that says a 40 year old woman should be able to manage 16 push-ups no problem, which means a 20 year old woman should probably be able to do 20-30
jeremy: wow, i ain’t got shit on a 40 year old woman
emmy: ok so i just tried, i can do about 12 pushups in a row before i’m just like FARTTTTT
jeremy: i think i can do like, 7, whoop
emmy: i’m a leg strength kind of person!
jeremy: i have retarded leg strength too, compared to my arm strength
emmy: retarded=good?bad?
jeremy: good, always good
emmy: oh word. yeah i can leg press a family of hippopotamus
jeremy: i once drop kicked a mailbox
emmy: i pretty much loathe the gym but i’m fascinated by the thought that i could become a phonebook-tearing monster, just, rrrrrrip, ROAR
emmy: perhaps the origins of the phrase “rip-roaring”
jeremy: yeah, i wish i could, like, do back flips off walls
jeremy: but whatever, i’m really good at the internet
jeremy: smugface
jeremy: god i need a fuckin’ emoticon for the smug face
jeremy: maybe ; /
emmy: ;-}{
emmy: GOT EM
emmy: it has a doublechin and everything, just like a real smug face
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What's that smell?
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