AUDIO: DAD TELLS DAUGHTER NOT TO BUY EXPENSIVE EXERCISE BIKE
A woman named Clare O’Conner told her parents she was considering buying a Peloton exercise bike. They cost $2,245. Besides all the digital bells and whistles, they also have a computer screen where, for and extra $39 per month membership fee, you can patch in to on-demand exercise class videos. Right after she told her mother about the bike, her father, Colin O’Connor, responded in an email. Clare posted her father’s email on Twitter where it has received more than 53,000 likes. Here is what he wrote:
“I’ve heard of the Peloton and concluded that, like the use of cocaine, it’s another way of God saying people have too much money. It’s a ridiculous amount of money for such a basic concept as riding a stationary bike. You can ride a bike you own for as long as you want and cut the inevitable boredom factor by listening to podcasts or watching tv or clips of waves on the sand. The idea of looking at a screen while some cycling pro broadcasts encouragement is preposterous. I would implore you not to waste precious after-tax income on this latest attempt to encourage social strivers to show that they live at a more rarified level than the proletariat.”
* He also told her she was out of his will.
* Good old Dad. Always good for some common sense. The old tightwad.
* Y’know what’s more expensive than an exercise bike from Peloton? A defamation lawsuit from Peloton.
* And parents wonder why their kids never tell them anything.
CLIP: Our classic “SnordicQuak” parody spot.
