atw: Re: Great Mate vs Gr8 M8
- From: Peter Martin <peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:46:15 +1000
Caz.H:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:15:20 +1000, you wrote:
> Try doing all of those things WITHOUT your thumbs. Try doing MOST things=
without your
> thumbs.
> Eg, morning ablutions: brush teeth, wash with soap, go to toilet, tie=
shoes, pull up
> trousers, put on belt, pour rice bubbles & milk into bowl, eat rice=
bubbles with spoon,
> open front door (deadlock door), take train ticket out to validate at=
station, and so
> on, and so on.
>
>
Oh Caz, you old heartbreaker you...
You tempt me, truly you tempt me, to suggest further things to try with your=
thumb which are supposed to be impossible.
But that would not be worthy. I won't go there.
Yep, the uses of the thumb are multitudinous. (Although many of things you=
mention prove to be possible for hundreds and thousands of people who've=
lost limbs -- often with the help of the brain, which is limited as=
something you can't brush your teeth with.)
And the uses of the sexual organs are actually fairly limited, albeit hugely=
important to the survival of the race.
So there are limits with all these things. I can't pick up an axe with my=
eye, or use a spoon with it, either. Is the eye therefore not something of=
major genetic advantage to the race ? Is it not something of huge=
advantage but limited in terms of what you can do with it ?
This is not a case of thumb-discrimination on my part, I assure you ! =
(DON'T, Micky !)
At least we're not trolling through Michael's prose trying to solve the=
deeper mysteries of the human race and / or psyche or whatever...
--Peter M
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