It’s not a good idea.

I was leaning forward with my hands on the back of one of those chairs after the tunnel forum last night, chatting with some city hall staffers, and the back of the chair popped right off (well looky there, it just pops right off!) and I did a face plant on the ground, at the feet of said city hall staffers. Gotta hand it to them, their manners were impeccable: They were smiling hard, but none of them outright laughed, even though watching someone fall on their face is literally the funniest thing in the world.

(The lady on the treadmill at 3:35 for the win!)

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...

18 replies on “Memo to Anyone Who’s Thinking of Resting Their Weight on the Back of One of Those Sturdy-Looking Chairs at Town Hall and Leaning Forward”

  1. Next time put on a show popular enough to merit the big hall upstairs, not the remedial classroom below.

    Them pews upstairs don’t break.

  2. Jesus! Those are horrible! Crunching jaws against concrete?? Gaa, I had to stop at 0:53. But I’m sure your face plant was funny, unless you broke your jaw, too.

  8. God you fucking people are a bunch of weenies. “Oooh that looks like it HURT! I remember getting HURT back before I spent my whole life in a cube! Don’t remind me of that!” Do you want them to go back to videos of girls throwing puppies into the river? I thought not. Now have a fucking drink and relax and remember what good old PHYSICAL PAIN was like!

  12. I hope none of you who complain about the city buying cheap chairs also complain about paying the taxes that would enable the purchase of better chairs, but I expect to be disappointed, again.

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