beyondtheveil posted on Oct 28, 2008
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We were born with two of the most amazing appendages - our hands with an opposable thumb. They are capable of everything from brain surgery, to playing a harp, to building a house. But they have a problem simply holding on to things. And it has nothing to do with the intelligence of the beholder (new meaning for that word).
In school I watched endlessly at girls dropping books and notebooks. I don't know what it is about girls and books. The teachers dropped chalk like it was flipped out of their hand by a fairy. People shopping drop a percentage of everything they pick up.
A friend I worked with had a particular problem with keys. He would pull them from his pocket, look at them, and drop them on the pavement. Depending on his mood, he would either laugh out loud or give me a frown-stare. I've watched men in suits for no reason whatsoever just drop their briefcase.
It gets really embarrassing for servers at restaurants. One time in particular a girl who I knew well was walking down the aisle swinging a large empty platter. It slipped out of her hand on the upstroke, went somewhat airborne and landed dead center on a table where two old people were eating. The noise lifted everyone an inch out of their chair, the girl put both hands over her mouth and ran to the kitchen area. She looked at another girl and said (screamed) "Jesus Christ, I can't believe I did that!!"
The she ran back out to the booth and spent about half an hour with those two people.
I've always dropped things too, and never understood why. As the years slither by I drop more, but the condition was always with me. Coincidentally, I have more trouble with keys now than anything. Just like my friend, I'll walk to my truck, pull out my keys, look at them, and drop them on the pavement. Honestly, I think I do this once a day.
In movies, cops and the hero are going to drop their gun at the most inopportune time. I wonder if they do that in real life?
Think about it - these strong, well trained hands and we as a population can't hold onto anything we pick up. Must be psychological.
There's one thing I never drop....eggs. I handle eggs like nitroglycerin.
Did you ever have to clean up eggs from the floor? Do it once, you'll rarely do it again.
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CayenneMan said on Oct 29, 2008....
Hello beyondtheveil , not unlike anything else in life it all seems to be based on politics, one way or the other.
I see people dropping things all the time. I often wonder if arthritis has anything to do with it. Sometimes I wish I had along stick with a big wad of chewing gum on the end when I go to a fast food restaurant's drive thru window. I often see alot of change laying around, I guess somebody dropped it ? I've never really abused drugs or alcohol growing up and I have no interest in starting now, I don't think my kids fooled around with them either. But I do drink a glass of wine with dinner and once in a blue moon I'll take a shot of bourbon. But I'll tell you right now I was never an angel, in fact I think I was the "Tom Sawyer" of the neighborhood until I started behaving myself at around fifteen years old. I remember a friend of mine stole an expensive bottle of whiskey out of his dad's bar in his house. He brought it over to my parents house and we hid it in some bushes in the back yard. Five of us decided to play hookie from school the next day and drink the whiskey ;0) . The next day we all met just around the corner from the school bus stop. As the bus left we came out from hiding . I had the bottle of whiskey inside my jacket under my arm. We proceeded to walk to the woods and we were all smiles. When we were nearing the woods somehow I dropped the bottle of whiskey and it shattered on the street ! :0( My freinds were pissed off at me. I thought I was gonna die ! Maybe you can imagine how I felt and the looks I was getting ? You talk about a long drawn out school day . . .
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queenparanoia said on Oct 29, 2008....
oh i'm clumsy with eggs... i always drop them... one time i accidentally drop to the floor than to the frying pan... didnt had breakfast on that day... and i also always drop my cellphone. thank goodness it's cheap and durable... holy crap i'm clumsy....lol... ;-) -
uniquely-ironic said on Oct 29, 2008....
I'm constantly dropping stuff. Then, I claw at it hoping to recapture it before it hits the ground. Sometimes that works. Most often I drop paper. For reasons beyond all reason I cannot hold a single sheet of paper about 50% of the time. I tend to hold eggs too tight, as if unconsciously overcompensating, so I occaisionally will clean up a crushed egg. My theory is that our mind sends conflicting signals and our poor hands get caught in the middle. -
beyondtheveil said on Oct 29, 2008....
cayenne- You dropped the (then priceless) bottle of whiskey? Small wonder you survived your friends. I played hooky one time I think in the third grade with a friend. We didn't get caught, but it was the most boring day I ever spent in my life. I never did that again.
queenie- Well, I guess you know what its like to clean up eggs. Is there anyone who hasn't dropped a cell phone numerous times? I've noticed its the flip open kind (which most are) that are dropped the most. I never dropped my non-flipper when I had one.
unique- You have something there. I've noticed that when my wife drops something, most of the time its a single sheet of paper, or letter. Many times I'm picking up a piece of paper for her. There has to be something to this. Kind of like books at school.
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uniquely-ironic said on Oct 29, 2008....
I have a theory on single sheets of paper too. It's like my brain questions whether or not it's holding something if my fingers nearly touch because a single sheet of paper is so thin. *sigh* I think my brain needs some adjusting. -
quietone said on Oct 29, 2008....
I can honestly say that I am not one to drop things often. when I do its the funny game of try to catch it mid air and play one person ping pong with it til it hits the floor. I usually laugh. -
winterslight said on Oct 29, 2008....
maybe we drop things to make the strangers by us get a small laugh? -
beyondtheveil said on Oct 29, 2008....
unique- Next time you meditate, concentrate on a single sheet of paper.
quiet- When I do the mid-air thing, I usually knock it about twenty feet away from me.
winter- Not with me - its too much work. Especially the eggs.
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skald said on Oct 29, 2008....
Don't remember having to clean eggs on the floor. I dropped my camera without knowing it today. Is that not enough and I broke an old Christmas bell lately. I might post a picture of it later. -
mobil said on Oct 29, 2008....
Here's the thing about dropping things. I think we do it in a mindless way, you have an egg and you know it's going to break if you drop it, the mess yes, but just know it will be a more serious accident.This brings me to something that I always told my drivers. I said to them; We never have accidents on days when the roads are pure hell with ice and snow.Give you guys a bluebird day and WHAM, somebody's is going to have an accident. Why? Because you are not paying attention, the ice makes you pay attention.I think it's like that with dropping things beyond. -
beyondtheveil said on Oct 30, 2008....
skald- Hope you didn't break the camera. I like those pics of yours.
mobil- That's true about eggs and bad roads. I know I'm more conscious about driving in bad conditions. You may be right, it could just be a mindless thing.
But those hands are so well trained....
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