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Tibley Bobley Started conversation Jul 12, 2009
Entry: Limp or Swing... or Swim - A54342894
Author: Tibley Bobley - U170471
Q: What's the thing I'd really love to have if only someone had the sense to make one?
A: I need a stretcher of some kind: something to sort out the problems of walking upright.
Here's how I think it might happen for future martyrs to back pain…
PS Yes, I know it's silly and if they did mess around like this it would all go horribly wrong
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jul 12, 2009
Definitely. It would definitely go horribly wrong...
But imagining it is lots of fun.
As a person whose feet are, in fact, prehensile (and who has TMJ, therefore back pain, and leg pain, and jaw pain, and...) I think this excursion into retro-evolution is just plain a 
idea.
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jul 13, 2009
idea.
Did you ever watch: Waterworld?
A54342894 - Limp or Swing... or Swim
Tibley Bobley Posted Jul 13, 2009
Cheers Dmitri and Bel
That TMJ sounds awful. Poor you
Can you hang upside-down by your tootsies then?
Yes, I have seen Waterworld - and Tarzan of the Apes
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jul 13, 2009
Oh, right, I didn't think of Tarzan. It was the mention of gills which reminded me of the film. Kevin Costner with gills and webbed feet.
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minorvogonpoet Posted Jul 13, 2009
This definitely sounds like an improvement! .
You've done a good job of imagining the society where this becomes possible. I can visualise the teenagers fleeing from the narrator swinging down stairs, and the fashionable young girl wearing her tail like a stole.
I think I might go for flippers myself!
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jul 13, 2009
I can actually write with my feet - I just can't see far enough to proofread.
Improving on nature sounds like fun - and it's good sci-fi.
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Danny B Posted Jul 13, 2009
If anyone can identify an animal that has perfect hips, I'll take one. Or perhaps just having bits of any animal that doesn't sit hunched over desk for 8+ hours a day would do it...
Nicely done, Tibley! 
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Tibley Bobley Posted Jul 14, 2009
Thanks mVpoet and Danny I think you're right. Desk jobs
You can write with your feet dmitri
That must require a very flexible foot. Did you have to practise much? I was ever so impressed by a friend of mine who could write with both hands. She said she'd taught herself so that she could get her lines (eg you will stay behind after school and write 100 times: "I must not [break this or that rule]") written more quickly. I don't know how she managed to write with both hands at the same time though.
I'd try sci-fi more often if I knew more about science. When I do try to write it, I always feel that I'm pushing my luck. It's very nice to know you think it works 
as sci-fi.
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LL Waz Posted Jul 24, 2009
Love the idea, and love the way you've put it forward.
Excellent lunchtime reading , thank you.
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ReVisited 50 ... Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional Posted Jul 26, 2009
I agree, a most enjoyable read. 
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Tibley Bobley Posted Jul 26, 2009
Delighted you enjoyed it LLWaz and Revisited 50, and thank you for mentioning it
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ReVisited 50 ... Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional Posted Jul 26, 2009
I expect that you are aware, you DO have a way with the words. And some of us to very much enjoy your contributions to the site.
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Tibley Bobley Posted Jul 26, 2009
That's kindness above and beyond the call of duty. But I like it!
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A54342894 - Limp or Swing... or Swim
- 1: Tibley Bobley (Jul 12, 2009)
- 2: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jul 12, 2009)
- 3: aka Bel - A87832164 (Jul 13, 2009)
- 4: Tibley Bobley (Jul 13, 2009)
- 5: aka Bel - A87832164 (Jul 13, 2009)
- 6: minorvogonpoet (Jul 13, 2009)
- 7: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jul 13, 2009)
- 8: Danny B (Jul 13, 2009)
- 9: Tibley Bobley (Jul 14, 2009)
- 10: LL Waz (Jul 24, 2009)
- 11: ReVisited 50 ... Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional (Jul 26, 2009)
- 12: Tibley Bobley (Jul 26, 2009)
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