Good party trick

[TimberWolf]

• Sit down
• Rotate one foot, either clockwise or anti clockwise in a small circle. Keep rotating it in the same direction
• Easy eh
• Grab a pen and some paper. You are permitted to stop rotating your foot while doing this
• Now sit down and start rotating your foot again. When you think you have got the hang of rotating your foot like that, write your name on the piece of paper
• What's the matter with your foot, keep it rotating in one direction, are you a [censored] or something?

[TimberWolf]

• It doesn't help writing slowly in big capital letters either

[lightng]

Jeez, I thought I was in good health. Need to see the doctor about my foot tomorrow - Its not working right.

[TimberWolf]

Jeez, I thought I was in good health. Need to see the doctor about my foot tomorrow - Its not working right.

Apparently the same part of the brain controls the same movement, so it has to switch between the two rather than process in parallel. So much for the parallel processing ability of the brain, though I expect their are good evolutionary reasons why foot and hand movements are connected.

[mudskipper]

• Sit down
• Rotate one foot, either clockwise or anti clockwise in a small circle. Keep rotating it in the same direction
• Easy eh
• Grab a pen and some paper. You are permitted to stop rotating your foot while doing this
• Now sit down and start rotating your foot again. When you think you have got the hang of rotating your foot like that, write your name on the piece of paper
• What's the matter with your foot, keep it rotating in one direction, are you a [censored] or something?

Your parties sound like a riot.

[TimberWolf]

Your parties sound like a riot.

Hey, it might work better when drunk. Is there anyone who can try? I'm too poor to buy alcohol.

[Halcyon]

My feet don't rotate )c:

does waggling them count?

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[TimberWolf]

My feet don't rotate )c:

does waggling them count?

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Nope. Rotating the head instead appears to reproduce the effect though.

[Doggy Styles]

I thought I'd give this a go. I've just been doing it for an hour up the pub but I can't quite get it right.

My friends seem to have wandered off to chat up the barmaids. In fact, I've just looked and they've gone home.

[mudskipper]

Nope. Rotating the head instead appears to reproduce the effect though.

If you don't mind looking 'special'...