All the more so if the novice speaker is also a child: children write stories with real-life couch potatoes, where cats and dogs rain from the sky.
He began a life of couch-surfing, occasionally sleeping on the Métro.
That dynamic philosophy satisfied the need for belief in a divinely ordained "meaning of life" while couching it in a technical, post-enlightenment non-sectarian explanation of the progress of history beginning with the mind's first encounter with the exterior world right through to the final stage of political freedom.
As well as significant objects from his life, including his couch, it has a great library and a lovely garden.
"Couch life is a little awkward sometimes," he tells me, thinking out loud about how he never gets to be alone.
THE mass media, including interactive social-networking tools, make you passive, can sap your initiative, leave you content to watch the spectacle of life from your couch or smartphone.
Amelia Borntrager, 44, a Clothing Optional host and manager for a landscaping company living in Chandler, Ariz., said she has had some of the best conversations of her life with naked couch surfers.
I am rebuilding my life, one used couch at a time.
Now What? 1. Resilience, Persistence and Optimism Resilience is what keeps you from spending your life on the couch watching really bad television.
Doing this will extend the life of the couch and the throws are easily removed when visitors call.
Remember the star football player in high school who lived the rest of his life as a couch potato, because he'd already 'put in his dues'?
