The back, most commonly thought of as simply the bit of the body that joins the upper half to the lower half, is infact the human races anatomical version of the bitter spouse. For year after year, it will take all sorts abuse, accepting bad posture, carrying large loads, without a remark. Don't be fooled. It is really a seathing mass of resentment, carefully recording the abuse and the promisses to be nicer to it next time. Suddenly, in the manner of the scorned torching the car and cutting up your suits, it will pop out a disk, at the slightest of excuses (like standing up from a train seat- not that I'm bitter) and criple you.
Stand up (or crawl forward in agony) for your rights. Don't let a stack of funny shaped bones and intervening jelly like disks rule your life. Have your back surgically removed and replaced with a length of scafolding pole.
Alternativley, look after your back, like we're all supposed to, and whilst you're up, cut your collesterol intake, give up smoking, excercise daily and write that novel you've been playing around with in you're head all these years.
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