un-Scientific Study BX1-4

Recent study reveals that many activities, despite their sedentary nature, do indeed burn up calories. The following shows the number of calories burned per hour for each of these activities:

Beating around the bush - 75
Climbing the walls - 150
Passing the buck - 25
Pushing your luck - 259
Adding fuel to the fire - 140
Wading through paperwork - 300
Jumping on the bandwagon - 200
Eating crow - 225
Jumping to conclusions - 100
Swallowing your pride - 59
Dragging your heels - 100
Hitting the nail on the head - 50
Bending over backwards - 75
Running around in circles - 350
Tooting your horn - 25
Throwing your weight around - 50-300 (depends on your weight)
Making Mountains out of molehills - 50