"I'm better than you"
My brother, 2 years older than me was a devious git. He knew that I'd do anything to equal or better him when I was younger, and took advantage of it. Regularly.

One summer's afternoon he carefully demonstrated the art of passing a paint-can (aerosol) from one hand to the other while shaking it... This continually shaking Transfer - he assured me - was a sure-fire way of proving that you were coordinated. It took a matter of seconds for me to discover that his coordination was far greater than mine.

Noticing that I wanted to practice this, he threw a smaller spray-can to me and said "Here.. do it with this one: It's harder, but if you manage to keep a rhythm with this one you'll manage it with any of them"

10 minutes of "jiggling up and down and transferring can from hand to hand at the same time" followed and I had it cracked!! My arms were aching like buggery and my brow hurt from the frown-lines of pre-pubescent concentration.... I scampered off to find my brother and demonstrate my new-found coordination. Stood there, arms jerking up and down like a clockwork tin-soldier having a fit I proved my skills....

"You look like an idiot... here.. give me that.. and Thanks for doing the shaking."

The Scheming bastard then proceeded to spray his bike with the perfectly shaken spray-can.
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( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 28 Aug 2008, 11:11, Reply)