double jointed
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 3:53AM Father Bird has straight thumbs. No matter how hard he tries he can't bend his thumb knuckles past the 90-degree, stick straight position. I, on the other hand, have double jointed thumbs. Mine bend backward in a more respectable, more useful way. Not circus-freak double jointed, just not...handicapped like him, with his poor, straight thumbs.
Ever since we met, this has been a point of contention. Which thumbs are better? Which thumbs are right?
When it was one-to-one, there was no way to tell. Or, perhaps I should say, two-to-two. Both of my thumbs are my way, both of his, his.
But, right or wrong, straight thumbs are apparently dominant. Because he went and had a whole army of little people, who came into the world with eight straight thumbs.
I suppose being handicapped like they all are doesn't hurt them most of the time. Until we decide to make Jam Thumbprint cookies.
And then, I am sorry to have to show them what perfection is like. What real thumbs can do.
See these cookies? These are gonna hold some jam.
~MB~
Reader Comments (2)
If you roll your little cookie dough balls in chopped raw peanuts first, then add the jam and bake, you have delicious peanut butter and jelly cookies (although you're using peanuts and jam, so the name is tricksy).
Ooh, what a great idea! I'll have to try it. I'm fine with calling it "peanut butter" even though there's technically no peanut butter in it. It'll be our little secret.