I can do this ...
Can you?
Push your palms together like you're waiting to hear the results of a long shot and then try to pull your fingers back. You have to keep your palms touching while your fingers pull back.
I had no idea not everyone could do this. I had no idea this was a "thing", until my sister sat herself down on my living room couch to eat a piece of my pumpkin pie the other day.
For some reason she did this hand gesture. Then I did this hand gesture. Then my boyfriend tried to do this hand gesture and ... nothin'. It was so strange. What was even stranger was the fact that he didn't seem to care. He tried it once or twice, said "hmm", and went back to watching Mad Men.
That's the exact sort of thing that would drive me crazy. Would, in fact, drive me to tie ropes around all my fingers and have a team of wild house cats pull my fingers apart.
So I'm curious. Give it a try. Can you do this? No ropes or cats allowed.
And Yes! I did know the thumbnail for this post looks like old man bum. :) I had to crop it "just so" for that pleasant effect.
Anj
Yep I can do it! I can fold my tongue too.
But can you tie a cherry stem in your mouth?
I always showcase this trick whenever I have a black russian, I guess I've shown my daughter too many times because she told my mother in law "That's why my daddy married mommy - because she can tie a cherry stem in her mouth" I thank my husband for saying that to her tongue in cheek at the Keg, not thinking she would repeat it, or maybe that was his plan?
Laurel
I can do it. Can't touch my pinky and my index finder behind the others. Can't touch my tongue to my nose. I'd like a picture of Rebecca folding her tongue in half.
pat
I can do it. And roll my tongue, but not front to back. Tongue rolling, in either direction, is also a thing.
Karen O.
I can do it! How about making your tongue look like a three-leaf clover. I can do that one too. Always freaks people out. :)
Jacque Charwood
I can do it. I can also fold my tongue in half Rebecca... and flip it over...
My daughter can pull her thumb back and touch the side of her arm with it... it's really gross. LOL
Kate
I can do it, husband can't. Maybe it is girl thing?
Ree
I can do it, but my Husband can't.
He said it had to do with the length of the tendons in your fingers... I say it is all because of that pesky "Y" chromosome!
BTW Did you know that it isn't really a "Y" but a broken "X"? Really! I learned that in a university biology class 4 years ago. That bit of info explains a whole lot!
Leigh
I love that your picture on the home page looks like an old man flexing his butt....I kinda thought that is what it would be about at first....not that I was disappointed...well, maybe a little.
Connie
I can do it and curl my tongue and with arm straight palm facing down, turn the bent part of my elbow all the up.
Lori
I can do this too. I also have "Hitchhiker's thumbs" where my thumbs can make a 90 degree angle in the middle (apparently it's a recessive trait).
And the thumbnail picture of this entry on the main page really freaked me out. I flashed back to a vacation on a Florida beach where every 90 year-old-man was in a thong. Tell me that doesn't look like an aged bum...(no offense to your wrists, of course).
Linda
I can do this. Your boyfriend really can't???
This is the sort of thing that entertains the kind of people who like to measure their heads at parties. (wink).
Actually when I saw the measuring heads post I remembered a family event when someone mentioned that your height is the same as your arm span...so we got out the measuring tape and started checking. It was pretty close for my family. Then one of our neighbours came over and we pinned him down to measure him and his arms were so short compared to his height. Laughing ensued and, well, he doesn't like us anymore. How does your arm span compare to your height? Just wondering.
Amy
I can do it too! I am also one of the few that can touch the tip of my nose with my tongue. My grandma was the only other one in my family that could do it too.
Tiana
Yeah your boyfriend is weird. OR he CAN do it and is pretending he can't to mess with you!
Laurel Alanna McBrine
I can do it - men, in general, do tend to be less flexible - I will have to check my 3 boys later!
StyckyWycket
I can do it, but it makes my forearms burn.
Janet
The photo of your hands on the post looks like 1,000 year old mummy butt.
izzy
i can do this. and rebecca, i can do the tongue-fold-in-half trick too! i haven't met anyone else that can do it either.
amyjk
the thumbnail pic on your homepage looked like clenched buttcheeks at the top of two thighs-- so i was rather relieved when i opened the full post :)
Jen A
PS. From your home page, that pic looks like a very well-built old man bum. (A little saggy on the skin, but nice muscular definition).
Jen A
Oh, your Thanksgiving dinner was waaayyy too much fun! And ... your sister was back on the couch ... eating more pie? Had she not decided which was better yet?
btw, I can. ;-)