Oh, goody! Unsolicited advice about my back problem! Of course I didn’t know exercise, gentle movements, and ibuprofen would help; I mostly loll about bonelessly like an oyster, hitting my spine with a hammer and swilling gin through a straw for the pain.
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Ooh! Ooh! I know the answer to this one! Miss Manners would have you shoot daggers from your eyes while fixing them with a frosty smile, and say “How kind of you to take an interest.”
Besides, you need that hammer for your ottoman. Right?
HAMMER! (The ottoman is put together, though not hammered all the way ’round. It looks gooooood.)