Chairs

In Another Dimension...

The birth of the chair did not begin in this galaxy, or even this universe, hence very little is known about its origins. Some say that the first chair was an alien god, fallen from grace. Others that the chair is a cog in the correct functioning of the multiverse, and the reason why life sucks so much is because this essential piece is not in its rightful place holding together time and space but instead being regularly crushed by an obese woman from Rigel VII.

The first known facts about the chair begin with its arrival on Earth. It began with an armadillo from a planet whose name cannot be pronounced by the human tongue, who ran a shop with a name equally unpronouncable. For reasons of which no one can be sure, a chair managed to find its way into this shop.

Possibly, this chair:

but, for the sake of our species reputation, hopefully not.

Once a century the armadillo would take human form, teleport it's shop into this plane of existence, and attempt to sell its wares to the 'stupid human folk' (the armadillo's words, not mine). The chair was bought, or more likely (knowing the type of people who live in that area) stolen, and once it was determined that the object was not some kind of elaborate hat, mankind no longer found themselves having to stretch up to reach their desks while they were sat on the floor. This is why humans no longer have 3 metre-long arms.

After that it was only a case of some decent marketing and a clever pricing stratergy to usher in the new age in human development.