Attack of the Giant Armchairs!!

It all started in the 2010's. Evil forces were silently massing against the human race, while we stood oblivious, watching rugby and darts.

Beginning harmlessly enough in the form of posh beds and orthopedic chairs, little by little our fate was sealed. Posh beds with extra toppers became larger still when Beano's, Beezers, Dandies and Hotspurs were gradually piled on top. Special ladders and firemen's poles were required to ascend and descend the mighty mountains of scientific luxury. Meanwhile, comfy chairs were becoming spring loaded to aid mobility, their dimensions multiplying with adjustable backs, footrests and arms filled with hi-tech gismos. Automatic teasmaids and cocktail shakers appeared, along with massage mechanisms, laptops and hologram projectors of dubious purpose. Walls were knocked down to accommodate the pulsating monsters. 'Work' from home was ubiquitous.

But the pivotal, deadly moment arrived with AI (Artificial Ignorance).

No sooner had the giant beds and chairs been equipped with intelligent computer systems geared to the tiresome whims of every customer, than strange things began to happen.

People began to disappear.

No amount of time watching 'Vera' and 'Midsummer Murders' could solve the problem, and by this time all the police forces had become community hubs. Then one day in September 2056, when the Western populations had shrunk by 90 percent, the explanation finally appeared. A human head was discovered in the back of a deluxe therapeutic master chair. Still alive, the poor fellow's unusually large ears had prevented the final, fatal suck of the homicidal chair. 

"Arrh! Arrh! Thank God you've come at last....I'm Dr Know-all, a researcher in disappearing people. It seems the chairs and beds have decided to convert carbon dioxide producing humans into clean electric machines. The planet is saved!"

With a large farting noise, followed by a metallic belch the head disappeared. 

Only the birds could be heard....