I knew a proofreader who had been a Linotypist until one day he bent over to pick up the next magazine and could not straighten up. They led him off to the infi

I knew a proofreader who had been a Linotypist until one day he bent over to pick up the next magazine and could not straighten up. They led him off to the infirmary, still bent at 90 degrees, and when he came back from medical leave they decided that lifting magazines should no longer be part of his job.