I guess if you sit near the lip of the seat you're center of gravity would go straight down through the legs --you wouldn't fall; not much of a true sitting position though.
@Apollo, I read that link and basically my conclusion is that an angry (sucks to be made fun of, I suppose) white guy attempts to expose a "tricky" Asian guy over perceived racial and cultural (maybe socio-economic) slights even though the whole thing smacks of satire ... great.