Re: OT: piano (jara: Coming out)

Quoting Sally Caves <scaves@...>:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe" <joe@...>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stone Gordonssen" <stonegordonssen@...>
> > > 3. strike matches away from the body rather than towards
> >
> > What's with No.3?  I would have thought that striking away from the
> body
> > would be just common sense...
>
> Striking away from the body puts the flame in more jeopardy.  Striking
> it
> towards the body shelters it from drafts, and brings the flame closer to
> the
> cigarette in your mouth.  It also implies that little extra risk.
> (I'm
> skillful enough not to burn my expensive suit.)
You've got it all wrong. You strike it away from yourself, so it gets nearer
to the to-be fire you've erected infront of you. Basic, really.

>  I've seen macho men do
> this
> all the time.  And yes, the "proper" way to examine your nails, if
> you're a
> "real man," is to turn your palm up and curl your fingers.  (That's how
> *I*
> do it.) :)
What's wrong with turning the palms up with curled fingers, and then turning
the hands while uncurling the fingers or vice versa?

                                                           Andreas