Rant number 56
This week at work, I head-butted a heavy duty metal bike rack.
This was not a deliberate act on my part and - to be frank hurt like a bastard.
I now have quite an swollen egg shaped patch on my head. What a pillock.
Today, a good friend of mine, as if in sympathy has broken her poor toe (much sympathy goes out to her, my head will fix itself much quicker.)
There is little to connect these events together except... clumsiness.
The human race, the animal kingdom & doubtless even the insects (and fish, why not?) share this trait. I just don't understand why its not gone by now with all the evolution that has happens thus far.
I have reasonably good hand eye co-ordination, I am reasonably good on my feet, but I am pretty bloody clumsy. I have, on more than one occasion cut myself folding labels at work (although in my defense, the backing paper is waxed - which makes the edges quite sharp,) I have stubbed my toe more times than is possibly quantifiable, I have bumped my head enough times to consider having my head permanently wrapped in bubble wrap and countless other stupid things.
I just don't know why this should be. Maybe its my brains compulsion to think of higher things all the time, leaving my body to fend for itself (its probably not that. In fact its almost certainly not that, I rarely think of higher things - except for possibly things above me when I am below them. Yes I suppose I do infrequently think of higher things.)
Maybe, its simply just the way we were designed? I mean - the way we are designed is quite complex isn't it. Robot designers have been struggling with the whole biped thing for ages, because its just hard to balance all the stuff above on two flat feet. If we were to walk on 2 legs and 2 arms, maybe accidents would drop quite a lot.
Stupid clumsiness (wondering when this lump is finally going to go)
Rant over.
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