>> Seriously - the centrifugal forces just make the veins in my hand 
>> overpressure. And my wrist hurt.
>
> 
> Don't swing so hard, it maxes out at 3Gs.

Oh *now* you tell me!

Actually, the one that got me was the boxing. No matter how you wave the 
controller around, my character remains motionless. I can't figure that 
out...

>> I wonder... surely there have been some pretty serious injuries / 
>> property damage due to the Wii, no?
>>
> 
> No injuries, thankfully. I think we only had one person slip while 
> playing Tennis, and bowling in socks on a hardwood floor is just asking 
> to learn to do splits.

Heh. Too true!

But when girls do the splits, it looks sexy. When guys do it, it just 
looks awkward and painful. [Which it is...]

A bit like dancing, I guess?

> I can just imagine someone going to the doctor 
> with a sprained wrist or elbow . . .
> Doc: "What have you been doing that might have caused this?"
> Patient: "Well, I've just been playing with my Wii."

Yeah - there are *so* many ways that one product name can get you weird 
looks. [Although possibly not from a doctor - surely they've already 
seen half a dozen people who did the same thing, or worse!]

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