Why the term ‘lazy bones’?

Is laziness permeating our life to an extent so much so that the fabric called life has become visibly frayed? Well most probably it is and not only is it limited to fabric, but also permeates our skins & flesh and hence the deep within hidden lazy bones are clearly visible on the surface – thats is where perhaps the term ‘lazy bones’ comes from I guess!

Metonymy apart, here are few thngs that have abetted us in our crimes -

Remember we used to be crib about getting up and reducing the volume of our TV sets when it was blaringly loud? But we still use to get up and do it.
Now it is done reclining in our couch and  just by hitting the remote button.

Remember we used to walk up and down the stairs of shopping complexes?
Now escalators are helping us to make our limbs a victim of disuse atrophy.

Remember how we used to pedal our way across the lanes of our town or just walk, not too long ago?
Now we just hit the electric start and rev the throttle.

Remember how we stood in the long queues for hours and hours at the banks and bill payment counters?
Now we hit the submit button from our couch and deal via online banking and direct debits

Remember we used to queue up at STD booths after 11.00 PM to call our distant relatives?
Now Vodafones and Airtels make it simpler from our bedrooms

Remember as a kid we all used to play gilli-danda and bhanvra and cricket and lukka chuppi and vish-amrut and pakda-pakdi?
Now is theAge of Empires, FIFA, Medal of Honours and so on.

The list is endles and the harder we try and remember the way things were done a decade ago, we will realise how technology has simplified our lifestyles and accentuated our lazy instincts further.

Remember the quote “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler”?
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Now you are most welcome to add your own remembrances in the comment section.

Cheers.