Health experts agree - emails are fattening

[mandy]

Doctors have hit on a cunning plan to transform fatties into slimline wonders: stop sending emails.

Health experts believe millions of hours of vital exercise are being lost every week thanks to the explosion in electronic messaging.

Once we walked to a colleague's desk to pass on a filthy joke or reveal what the boss and his secretary were doing in the photocopier room for three hours during the office Christmas party. Now it is easier to tap a short note on the computer, hit the send button and the world knows in seconds what has happened. It's great for gossip: bad for the figure.

full article: http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/st...71,00.html

[rose]

[bargainbloodhound]

ign021: , now I have an excuse not to answer emails..."doctor's orders" 

[stardust]

>  So that's why I gained 50 pounds in 4 years.  Started putting it on right after I bought my first HP!