Sunday, 16 March 2008

try this at home

Finger Trick

Okay, give this one a try: bend your middle finger like the picture on the left shows and put your hand on the table. Then lift your thumb, index finger, and pinkie. No problem, right? Now try the ring finger.

Stepanie Weaver of Science Made Simple explains why you can’t:

The tendons in your fingers are independent from one another apart from the ones in your middle and ring finger. These tendons are connected, so that when your middle finger is folded down you cannot move your ring finger. It feels like your ring finger is stuck!

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7 comments:

  1. Lynne17 March 2008 at 12:00 am

    on yer!

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  2. Lynne17 March 2008 at 10:46 pm

    Just heard your heat is ending tomorrow or thereabouts. Longest heatwave for any State Capital recorded .. I'm off to the Tweed tomorrow, I'll drop in to see Niki and the kids. Dylan is standing up now. Sweet dreams of your Bali man.

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  3. yevisha18 March 2008 at 7:44 am

    hello lynne. yes hoooray, heatwave over. yay. my fan is off and i have windows open. terrific. enjoy your visit with the kids. :)

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  4. lil harry18 March 2008 at 1:43 pm

    good to hear your cool weather has arrived too.. will get kids to try that one!!

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  5. The Causeway20 March 2008 at 3:20 pm

    Hey that was fun

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  6. Barry Nong23 March 2008 at 7:44 am

    Thats funny.....I like the one where you draw the number 6 in the air

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  7. yevisha23 March 2008 at 8:09 am

    hi mr nong. i haven't heard of that one. must investigate. i heard from your sister ning the other day. lovely lady. :) Fran

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thanks for visiting. :)

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