Humor Index


Humor

Calorie-burning Activities

Here's the guide to calorie-burning activities and the number of calories per hour they consume:

Beating around the bush
Jumping to conclusions
Climbing the walls
Swallowing your pride
Passing the buck
Throwing your weight around (depending)
Dragging your heels
Pushing your luck
Making mountains out of molehills
Hitting the nail on the head
Wading through paperwork
Bending over backwards
Jumping on the bandwagon
Balancing the books
Running around in circles
Eating crow
Tooting your own horn
Climbing the ladder of success
Pulling out the stops
Adding fuel to the fire
Wrapping it up at the day's end
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75
100
150
50
25
50-300
100
250
500
50
300
75
200
25
350
225
25
750
75
160
12

To which you may want to add your own favorite activities, including:

Opening a can of worms
Putting your foot in your mouth
Starting the ball rolling
Going over the edge
Picking up the pieces after
Counting chickens before they hatch
Calling it quits
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50
300
90
25
350
6
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