Your Favorite Finger

lumberjim · 02-23-2010, 12:37 AM

Put your hands on your desk. Because we're Anglo, we'll go left to right.

left pinky is #1, right pinky is # 10.

Which one is your favorite?

....If it helps, the following exercise may make selecting it easier:

Imagine that you are held by a madman. He has 9 of your closest loved ones in his merciless grip. He gives you 9 choices.......between your loved one's life and one of your fingers. meaning.....he will either kill your loved one, or chop off one of your fingers....your choice of finger. he does this 9 times. Assuming that you would sacrifice a finger for those you love...and assuming you have 10 fingers to start with.....which finger would you be left with at the end of this ordeal?

Elspode · 02-23-2010, 12:45 AM

Right index. #6

lumberjim · 02-23-2010, 12:53 AM

#6 would be your right thumb. count again.

Elspode · 02-23-2010, 12:55 AM

#7, then.

Trilby · 02-23-2010, 04:51 AM

i shoot the madman with my concealed gun.

Never bring a knife to a gun fight, sucker!

and, thus, i keep all my fingers. My precious, precious fingers.

I need them for homework.

glatt · 02-23-2010, 08:54 AM

7 or 8.

If I was left with one, I'd probably choose 8. It's stronger.

lumberjim · 02-23-2010, 09:15 AM

and you could still give the finger to the man!

glatt · 02-23-2010, 09:18 AM

I knew a guy in high school who had lost his index finger, so he would point with his middle finger. He told me once that he would do it in a way to give the finger to people he didn't like.

Clodfobble · 02-23-2010, 10:08 AM

Well, if I'm really only going to be left with one, obviously I'd choose 7 for strength and agility on the few remaining tasks I might be able to do with it. I think most would.

But if I'm just picking favorites and I still get to keep the others, I'd say #1, my left pinky. It's twisted and crooked, and it amuses me.

02-23-2010, 12:45 AM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Right index. #6 __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-23-2010, 12:53 AM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	#6 would be your right thumb. count again. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-23-2010, 12:55 AM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	#7, then. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-23-2010, 04:51 AM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	i shoot the madman with my concealed gun. Never bring a knife to a gun fight, sucker! and, thus, i keep all my fingers. My precious, precious fingers. I need them for homework. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-23-2010, 10:08 AM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well, if I'm really only going to be left with one, obviously I'd choose 7 for strength and agility on the few remaining tasks I might be able to do with it. I think most would. But if I'm just picking favorites and I still get to keep the others, I'd say #1, my left pinky. It's twisted and crooked, and it amuses me. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-23-2010, 12:37 AM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Your Favorite Finger Put your hands on your desk. Because we're Anglo, we'll go left to right. left pinky is #1, right pinky is # 10. Which one is your favorite? ....If it helps, the following exercise may make selecting it easier: Imagine that you are held by a madman. He has 9 of your closest loved ones in his merciless grip. He gives you 9 choices.......between your loved one's life and one of your fingers. meaning.....he will either kill your loved one, or chop off one of your fingers....your choice of finger. he does this 9 times. Assuming that you would sacrifice a finger for those you love...and assuming you have 10 fingers to start with.....which finger would you be left with at the end of this ordeal? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-23-2010, 08:54 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	7 or 8. If I was left with one, I'd probably choose 8. It's stronger.

02-23-2010, 09:15 AM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	and you could still give the finger to the man! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-23-2010, 09:18 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I knew a guy in high school who had lost his index finger, so he would point with his middle finger. He told me once that he would do it in a way to give the finger to people he didn't like.

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