Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
Draw your six backwards oh Lord of the Hornets.
Try this: place a chair against the wall. Straighten your legs and bend upper body to 90 degrees above chair, with head against wall, now lift chair off the ground.
Now try to stand upright.
You can’t do it but our wife and daughter can!
I’m going home.
B2
Hmmm. There’s something terribly wrong here.
I can barely make my foot go clockwise, much less keep it up while even *thinking* about the 6 part. But I can go gangbusters when following B2′s advice.
But I can also pick up the chair…
Of course, my center of gravity having moved from my massive pecs to my now-massive belly might have something to do with it…
Does having your right foot go into rapid, omnidirectional spasms count as changing directions?
What sadist thinks these things up?
Holy crap you’re right.
Does having your right foot go into rapid, omnidirectional spasms count as changing directions?
That exactly describes my experience!
I can do it. (The foot thing, that is). But then, as a (horribly talentless) drummer, hand-foot independence is something I’ve worked on.
You didn’t specify speed … I can do it, slowly and with concentration. But the whole patting head/rubbing tummy thing is no problem as well.
Try flaring your nostrils without moving any other part of your face. Killed my sister at staring contests with that one all through our childhood. (Meaning we still do it occasionally!)
darn, I can’t do it! I can write my name in mirror image with my left hand while writing it normally with my right hand, but I can’t make my foot circle!!
And Barb – I can do the nose flare thing, too.
No prob, boss.
Gurls can do lots of things simultaniously. It’s a gift. How else do you think we can watch tv, talk on the phone, blog, break up fights between the kids, and pretend to ignore our husbands all at the same time?
Can’t Do It Either =P
I can do it AND flare my nostrils. I’m a winner.