March 01, 2008

Doing Stupid Things Again

We were chatting during lunch.

One of us suddenly commented that she had no music sense, so she could not sing very well.

Another added that she was the same. She further elaborated that she could not dance very well too.

The third colleague asked if that meant that she would move her left arm with her left leg and her right arm with her right leg.

The second colleague replied that even moving left arm with left leg and right arm with right was not an easy task. She had tried that the night before on her way home. She was very bored, so when she noticed that there was no one behind her, she tried to walk in that manner. To her amusement, it was harder to coordinate walking that way than the usual alternate swing of the limbs, ie left arm with right leg and right arm with left leg.

We burst out laughing and agreed wholeheartedly that she was indeed very bored.

Well, the same night, I tried walking with my right arm swinging with my right leg forward and my left arm with my left leg. Despite concentrated and deliberate efforts, I could not achieve it in more than one cycle. It was truly more difficult than to do it with the alternate limbs. I nearly wanted to burst out laughing at my efforts but had to stifle it for fear of causing stunned stares from anyone who happened to see me.

Well, I was indeed very bored as well.

Hey, maybe you should also try it when you are bored.

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