How else can you sit other than on your arse?

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I see "sat on his/her arse" thrown about on threads as a mild insult, usually when someone is being accused of being lazy or unproductive or just generally annoying.

How else do people sit if not on their arses? Why is Mumsnet so anti-sitting?

I sit on my hip.

I sit on my feet.

Really? Struggling to picture that!

@AnneLovesGilbert isn't that called standing?

Obviously, it’s the opposite of being very busy ‘stood in your feet’

It’s more like kneeling. I’m sitting but my arse is on top of my feet. So I’m sitting on my feet.

I'm currently sitting on my foot. Very comfy but I'll eventually end up with dreadful pins and needles.

But if your arse is on your foot you are sitting on your arse on your foot.

The sit is redundant in the context. Bit like very unique.

If the criticism was "on you over there on your arse" it would be better.

Oi, not on

It has connotations of lazy arse.

Can you really sit on your arse though?

I mean surely you'd have to have another arse in order to sit on your arse?

Is sitting on one's foot or hip less lazy?

On your knees?

I tend to curl up on one side with legs up so I'm really sitting on my hip, thigh and I guess part of one buttock.

@wheresmymojo is that approved of by Mumsnet? You're only sitting on half an arse so presumably are not being lazy?

I used to have to sit on my hands after a surgical op!:)
Obvs still sitting on my arse though!

I broke my coccyx and couldn't sit on my arse for months!

Good point Worra.

Does one sit with one’s arse or on one’s arse?