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  • keshavkhera, on 01/28/2008, -7/+65Man, This is weird!!
    • NaziHatinChimp, on 01/28/2008, -3/+5Try doing each index finger on each hand in different clockwise or counter clockwise motions.
      • heypetray, on 01/28/2008, -2/+22Prepare yourself for the inevitable "This is lame, I did it on my first try!!!1" posts...
        • Cruzifix, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1I'm kinda amazed that so many people on Digg can do this...
          I have used this trick to get free beers many times in bars, by betting people they couldn't do it, and well, so far nobody could do it, even instrument players!
          I think that people here are just doing it once.
          You have to continue to make circles with your right hand and with your right foot continue to make circles in
          the opposite direction...
          Can you guys then still do it?
          If so, YOU GUYS ARE FREAKS!
      • DarkDx, on 01/29/2008, -3/+21This is lame, I did it on my first try!!!1
    • Myonosken, on 01/28/2008, -2/+69Perhaps having good limb independence affects this? I play drums and guitar which may explain why I didn't change direction.
      • DeathRay2K, on 01/28/2008, -1/+23I didn't either and I also play the drums...
        • Rozenrot, on 01/28/2008, -1/+18I play drums too, I can also do this easily, Figures.
        • unreg, on 01/28/2008, -1/+79I spank the monkey a lot, worked for me
          • Calloused, on 01/29/2008, -3/+11Me too. But oddly, it only works if I have my left thumb up my @%$
        • CabesMojo, on 01/28/2008, -0/+20I don't play the drums, but I beat the hell out of my desk like I do when a good song comes on my ipod in my office, and I had no problem with this.
          • Recuso, on 01/29/2008, -0/+28So you're the annoying person who keeps pounding on his desk indiscriminately, aha!
        • phauna, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Juggler here, I can also do it.
      • rspeed, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10This might be key. Another drummer who had no difficulty doing it.
      • SLYK, on 01/28/2008, -3/+2play bass/guitar and i switched..
        • Myonosken, on 01/29/2008, -6/+7Guitar doesn't really require feet independence.
          • SLYK, on 01/29/2008, -1/+6You mentioned guitar....
          • HBNDonut, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Unless you use loads of crazy distortion and effects pedals...
      • mortigon, on 01/28/2008, -0/+107I ate Subway today AND stayed at a Holiday Inn... I still couldn't do it.
      • trunkster, on 01/28/2008, -0/+37I don't play the drums or any instrument.. when I first started drawing the six I felt something a little weird but I didn't change directions with my foot. Maybe I'm good at the drums now...
      • RedS0x, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1I play guitar, but I don't have any pedals...but I did do it.
      • someuser90, on 01/29/2008, -3/+1I can jerk off with either hand, which meant I could do this ez pz, and much faster than any of yous, so nah
      • prol, on 01/29/2008, -4/+1I used to play drums. Took me 3 tries.
      • norcalscan, on 01/29/2008, -2/+3jazz percussionist here (one step above "drummer" but not as high as a jazz flutist) and I didn't change direction.
      • phronko, on 01/29/2008, -0/+10I suck at drums in Rock Band and can't do it. Theory confirmed.
      • Navicerts, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Played drums, can do it.
      • keenfrenzy, on 01/29/2008, -0/+0I dunno, I've played drums for 12 years, piano for 18 and guitar/bass for 10 and I still can't do it after 10+ tries. I get close, but the circle turns into more of a parabola.
    • ligyron, on 01/28/2008, -1/+91Does it work? I want to try it but I'm too lazy to lift my right foot
    • AntzNZ, on 01/28/2008, -3/+43Comment abuse: While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles, now, while doing this draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand; your foot will change direction and theres nothing you can do about it.
      • unreg, on 01/28/2008, -3/+7Thanks for the summary.

      • DarkDx, on 01/29/2008, -1/+18SPOILERS!!!!
      • fakeid781, on 01/29/2008, -1/+25which way is clockwise
        • Daniel591992, on 01/29/2008, -0/+15oh god...
        • MadOtaku, on 01/29/2008, -1/+4↻
          edit: sorry the character is so small. If you can't see it, copy paste into a text editor; if you don't know what to do from there, you're beyond hope ;)
    • fratdaddy, on 01/28/2008, -1/+24Say "Biggie Smalls" 3 times
      • iperalta, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1only works if u do it in the restroom...
        • Calloused, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3in front of the mirror with the lights off...
          • MadOtaku, on 01/29/2008, -1/+3while naked and covered in the blood of a virgin...
    • chaoswings, on 01/28/2008, -3/+17I must be abnormal I can do it no problem....
      On another note why is it a pic instead of text?
      • Navicerts, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1would it have been dugg if it linked to am html page?
    • Icyfenix, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Actually, this is a picture from a blog by the guy who was in the big lebowski. It was featured on cracked like last week.
    • bitcloud, on 01/29/2008, -1/+18works even better on christian friends when you tell them to write "666" in the air....

      they think they're posessed
    • Archeologist, on 01/29/2008, -19/+2Mirror in case the site goes down.
      http://i26.tinypic.com/2rm5frc.gif
      • Archeologist, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1That's what I thought was going to happen.
      • RoshanK, on 01/29/2008, -2/+5|WARNING| his mirror is a gif with goatse and tubgirl pics.

        and Archeologist, burn in hell. plus you spelled your damn name wrong.
    • GeorgeClayton, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1Maybe I'm really coordinated, or uncordinates, but it didn't do anythign for me, except make me look like a complete idiot.
  • kazimierczuk, on 01/28/2008, -4/+477You can do something about it, draw the six from the inside.
    • Vowieotw, on 01/28/2008, -0/+47I usually draw a 6 from the inside so at first I thought I was immune from the mind trick.
      • joshuaer, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1are you left handed i make my six's the same way i found that a lot of left handed people do that?
        • Vowieotw, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1no, i'm right handed. drawing 6s always seemed more comfortable when drawing from the inside
          Also, I ride snowboards Goofy (right foot in front) which I'm told is unusual for right-footed people
          • joshuaer, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1ya it is that is why the call it goofy foot! but goofy foot snowboarders are the best!
          • CorwinShiu, on 02/02/2008, -0/+1Maybe you are ambidexterous. I am also left footed (starting blocks, the right block is in front for track), but right handed for writing.
        • ElbertF, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2I don't, I'm left handed too.
    • bstew22, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10there's always an exception...
    • irgeorge, on 01/28/2008, -0/+26Genius.
    • Chrino, on 01/29/2008, -8/+3I'm not having any trouble at all. I can also draw counterclockwise circles continuously while making clockwise foot circles.
      I have also mastered the art of rotating one hand away from my chest in circles and the other one towards me, rotating around the other hand (in the opposite direction). So I guess if you can do one the other is simple.
      • vuke69, on 01/29/2008, -0/+12"I have also mastered the art of rotating one hand away from my chest in circles and the other one towards me, rotating around the other hand (in the opposite direction)."

        Dude, are you a masturbation savant or something?
      • allisonmd, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Nope. Just a liar.
    • stackered, on 01/29/2008, -0/+11Just don't try to draw a 7. It'll be the end of mankind.
    • Rikm, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4Try drawing a C then or a G, or do you write those from the middle too?

      I'm left handed. I can do this with my left side but not right, interesting.
    • evanct, on 01/29/2008, -1/+0yeah, that works, but only because when you draw the 6 from the inside both your foot and your finger are doing a clockwise motion.
      that's why it's better to just say "move your foot in a clockwise circle and move your finger in a counter-clockwise circle." don't know why they both with the "draw a 6" thing.
    • fusion5, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1This is one of those tests that makes us feel better about ourselves for achieving the seemingly impossible! :)
  • brjohnson789, on 01/28/2008, -15/+524I tried it a bunch and got fired. That's cause I drive a forklift, and I stapped some dude w/ it accidetally. Thanks digg!
    • smithil, on 01/28/2008, -0/+45you should have carved him into a figure 6.
    • joshuastarr, on 01/28/2008, -0/+30So that's what you're doing now, Scott Stapp. Driving a forklift. Righteous!
      • twiztidsinz, on 01/28/2008, -3/+5I lol'd

        Dugg for being one of the few who will remember Scott "I'm A Huge Douchebag and ran away from FRED DURST of all people" Stapp
        • HunterSeeker42, on 01/28/2008, -3/+3Hey, you got to give Creed credit -- they are at least better than Limp Bizkit and maybe even Nickelback.
          • vuke69, on 01/29/2008, -1/+2Creed sucks.
          • twiztidsinz, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Both WERE better than what they became.
            But Stapp just sucked all around
        • jjremy, on 01/28/2008, -0/+3That's REALLY not saying very much.
        • Klinky, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Stapp is too busy assaulting his wife with fruit genitialia...

          "Stapp has since been ordered not to come into contact with his wife or enter their home in western Boca Raton, FL[3] except to use the "recording studio." This restriction was placed as a condition of his release from the Palm Beach County Jail for allegedly assaulting his wife by throwing a bottle of Orangina within inches of her face.[4]"
      • rspeed, on 01/28/2008, -1/+3Man I hate Creed. They headlined a music festival I went to once.
    • yohnkrb, on 01/28/2008, -2/+206Forget the whole 6 thing. You were driving a forklift while surfing Digg?
      • ivanisavich, on 01/28/2008, -11/+5Lol...exactly what I was about to ask :O
      • Cobbmachine, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2I do it all the time. *forklift simulator XII* That counts right?
        • Istrancis, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Ever played Shenmue? Oh yeah!

          "Time for our daily warm up race. On your marks, get set... almost time to go."

          Wow, that seems so familiar six years later!
    • theangrybaby, on 01/28/2008, -0/+57Damn those forklifts and their wireless internet capabilities! *Shakes fist in the air*
    • Narcism, on 01/28/2008, -1/+54I use a laptop while driving a forklift too!
      • shawn1122, on 01/28/2008, -0/+54You two should hook up.
        • AcidBurnz, on 01/28/2008, -0/+36And start your own forklift driving firm, since you're both jobless now :D
    • mrdiggdude, on 01/29/2008, -22/+2you idiot, how do you drive a forklift without a right foot, most modern ones stop pretty quickly after you take your foot off the accelerater
      • elementfire, on 01/29/2008, -0/+20If you run after the joke, you might still catch it. It went that-a-way. --->
    • mmortal03, on 01/29/2008, -0/+14You have a desk on your forklift?
    • dinobot, on 01/29/2008, -0/+12StaplerFahrer Klaus?
    • getisboy, on 01/29/2008, -4/+2you read digg on your forklift?
    • jdhoover, on 01/29/2008, -2/+7Scary - has digg ever been sued for workplace injuries?
  • kristenmunson, on 01/28/2008, -3/+17Love it. That is totally weird but it is right on!
    • AmazingAndrex, on 01/28/2008, -0/+8Didn't work for me after I started concentrating.
    • PleaseJustDie, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7I failed the first try but my second try I could keep my right foot going right while I made a 6 in the air with my right hand.
  • soniasimone, on 01/28/2008, -13/+6hee hee, freaky!
    • Kanidia, on 01/29/2008, -3/+2Wow "hee hee, freaky" gets dugg down, and "Totally FREAKY!" gets dugg up. Seriously, some people need to honestly reflect on why they are digging up and down someone's comment, and not just look at the number of diggs, and follow the trend. And seriously, don't digg every comment you can find, there is no point. Some comments are just better left alone, if you don't have an honest opinion.
    • FoxOrian, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4I get the mental image of you sitting in a corner trying this all day with a big :D smile on your face, going "hee hee" every time your foot reverses direction.
      Scary, man.
  • levitron, on 01/28/2008, -4/+36Dammit!

  • BrettFromTibet, on 01/28/2008, -7/+10Totally FREAKY!
    • HPMNick, on 02/01/2008, -0/+0The only way to get this to work is to do the motion at the right time. If you pick the right point, it will feel totally natural, and you will just be able to do it.
      • Monkeydew06, on 02/01/2008, -0/+1That's what she said!

        Dang it.. I'ma get dug down for this.
  • homerowedasdf, on 01/28/2008, -16/+278didnt work for me
    • Insuperabilis, on 01/28/2008, -4/+26Well depending on how you draw 6, it wouldn't work. Most people draw 6 starting from the top and then going all the way down and making a counterclockwise circle. But, if you draw a 6 by starting at the middle and making a clockwise circle and then going up, the direction would match the direction your foot is making and thus you would be able to draw that 6 and move your leg clockwise at the same time.
      • pyro789x, on 01/28/2008, -0/+29I started at the top and went counter-clockwise with the 6, as you suggested. It still didn't do anything for me.
      • bstew22, on 01/28/2008, -1/+5thanks bill nye
      • mclewell, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2this is also true for me.
      • Orbitrix, on 01/28/2008, -2/+3im a drummer and have extremely good coordination in hands and legs, often doing dis-similar motions with them.. perhaps this is why it hasnt worked for me?
        • bobbydiamondz, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4Didn't work for me either. I play piano. Maybe the hand & foot dissociation involved with playing some musical instruments has something to do with it.
        • Phatt138, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5I think you're probably right, bobby. I'm a guitarist and it didn't work for me either, and as you said, probably has something to do with training your hands and feet to act independently.
        • anotherjeff, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7And i play the triangle and it didn't work for me either.
      • Barryke, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Doesn't work for me either.
        YAY! I'm slightly more unique than most of you. Same goes for every minority, i know, i know.
    • airwalkery2k, on 01/28/2008, -4/+8I think I managed to do the impossible. But now my foot really hurts.
      • MasterGrief, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Half of you are burying him for being better than you--the other half are digging him for hurting himself.

        Balance has been attained!
    • pyro789x, on 01/28/2008, -0/+9I've also just drawn clockwise circles with my hand while drawing a 6 with my foot.
      • bitterjack, on 01/29/2008, -0/+0wow. that's pretty awesome.. I trained awhile to override the former effect with ease.. but drawing 6's with my food is damn hard.
    • boxybrzown, on 01/28/2008, -0/+18You're a Replicant. Sorry.
      • Daggity, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6But all these photos!
      • Katana314, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3The photos, the memories...they're someone else's.
      • NorrisTwithman, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3I'm sorry, but we're forced to retire you.
    • MindTrigger, on 01/28/2008, -1/+12Didn't work for me either. I had no problem. I happen to have extreme hand-eye coordination from decades of gaming though, so I probably don't count.
      • AmICoolNow, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3It's hand-foot coordination, not hand-eye.
      • lolwutpear, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6You think decades of gaming is unusual? Welcome to Digg.
    • stephant, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3I wonder if it has something to do with being right or left handed. I'm left handed (well, I write left handed) and I had no trouble at all doing it. Are you folks that could do it easily left handed as well?
      • hellotyler, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Good theory, i'm left handed and this was a synch.
      • fhornplayer, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1I'm right handed and did it easily, with all variations.
      • Skor459, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Trying it with my left foot, this happened to me since I'm right handed. I had trouble circling in the first place without hand motions since my ankle was cracking and skipping, but I guess it works for your non-dominant hand most.
      • s0nicfreak, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1I'm ambidextrous... if I "write" the 6 with my right hand my foot turns the other way, if I write it with my left it doesn't.
    • LuxFX, on 01/29/2008, -0/+12It took a little concentration, but I was able to override the effect. Certainly not in the realm of "there's nothing you can do about it"
      • TBorachio, on 01/29/2008, -3/+0There's nothing you can do about it, lets just leave it at that shall we?
    • Animan351, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Didn't work for me either, I'm a lefty so I tried it with my right side, left side, and cross and could do all no prob.
      Must be the superiority of the left handedness, were just better at everything :)
    • lp66, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Yeah, I play the organ and it's no problem. I'd think if you play drums you'd be fine, too.
    • DewKnight, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Tried drawing from the top and middle. Didn't happen for me. Right handed
    • nabilanwar, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2man, i wanted this to work, wuddahell.
    • Hangly, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2I my foot doesn't change direction when I do it on my right side, but it does when I do it on the left side.
      Does that mean I'm left-handed and didn't know it?
    • project3005, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Yeah, it seems that if you've ever been involved with an instrument or activity that required independent movement of your two hands (and/or feet), this is unlikely to work for you.
      I play the guitar and the sensation feels similar to strumming a song, you've got the side with the simpler task operating almost by itself.
    • sjm20k, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1yeah doesn't work for me either for some reason - i play the guitar, but i don't see how that has anything to do w/ hand-foot link
    • Kanidia, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2This doesn't work for me. I play piano, for those who really want to know. Then again, I have always been able to draw circles with my left hand and squares with the other, etc.
    • playaj20008, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3I think it only works for the dominant side. I'm left handed and I can do the above easily, but if I attempt the same with my left foot and arm all hell breaks loose.
    • fred13snow, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1I remember it used to work a couple years back. But I got it first try this time... Must be what all those calculus classes are for!
    • alexandermiller, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Doesn't work for me at all. I play piano/guitar, but I really dont think that has anything to do with it...
    • taykay08, on 02/28/2008, -0/+0Didn't work for me, and I play the piano and am on a dance competition team....I think the musician theory may be correct after all...
  • DroogInPhoenix, on 01/28/2008, -23/+4It can be done with that other 90% of the brain we aren't using..... Least I now know I don't really need it.
  • GemStar38, on 01/28/2008, -2/+5Even when I tried to stop it I couldn't...
  • homesickalien, on 01/28/2008, -5/+533They forgot to mention that if you can successfully draw a "6" three times your clockwise leg motions will open a portal to hell.
    • FMWatkins, on 01/28/2008, -5/+43Ah that's how Cheney got here...
    • Rockmaninoff, on 01/28/2008, -1/+9Didn't work for me.
    • techresearcher, on 01/28/2008, -3/+22*****.
      • cquilliam, on 01/29/2008, -0/+25that's just because sometimes the comments are better than the story. I have often dugg up or down comments without actually digging the story.
      • noctem314, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7Yourspacebarbrokentoo?
    • DeadBabyFloat, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2I thought that made the big monkey throw poop at the livestock?
    • Daggity, on 01/29/2008, -4/+3The devil has GLaDOS' voice, and sings about cake! D:
    • Barryke, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Hmm 500 diggers out of 3500 diggers that digged this digg digged the parent digg post. Thats quite a few higgs.
  • jquipp, on 01/28/2008, -2/+2Very cool!
  • Arnold22, on 01/28/2008, -14/+45I learned to use a keyboard but I guess some people still prefer old fashioned pen and paper
  • j0hnb, on 01/28/2008, -12/+188Mirror: http://www.smoothmarketplace.com/CircleFoot.jpg
    • ummmmm, on 01/28/2008, -44/+5Buried...Have you ever seen tinypic go down?
      • nepawoods, on 01/28/2008, -0/+19If you're joking, it's damn funny. If you're serious ... well, I hope you're joking.
      • Rockmaninoff, on 01/28/2008, -3/+7That's what she said...
      • gboning, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10yes
      • allyant, on 01/29/2008, -1/+4Imagen That! It looks like tinypic is...... DOWN, thanks for the mirror!.
    • Konstantino, on 01/28/2008, -4/+16Stop digging him down -- the site isn't working anymore. The image was moved or deleted.
      It never hurts to have a backup anyhow, I don't see the purpose in burying someone who's giving us another option.
    • Treshnell, on 01/29/2008, -1/+3Originally posted image was removed, thanks.
  • DarkSamus, on 01/28/2008, -2/+125thanks, my boss is now sending me to rehab
  • 97thfloor, on 01/28/2008, -3/+319I'm so pissed at my leg
    • gplpark92, on 01/28/2008, -2/+89i pissed on my leg
      • haveacigar, on 01/28/2008, -0/+13"the hand is laughing at you, you should be ashamed"
    • addiktion, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2They forget to mention the disclaimer that you will look like a total idiot doing this if your office peers notice you.
    • skategreen, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1I tried this...and after the third try, went into a laughing fit. Still laughing, I started reading the comments.

      When I saw yours I literally doubled over..and laughed my ass off for 2 solid minutes. Every time I re-looked at your comment ..I just lost it further...

      thank you.

      Thank you.
  • atb112, on 01/28/2008, -2/+49This just took my productivity for today down a notch
    • heypetray, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7I think the fact you were on digg is enough to do that... just a notch??
    • crazzy88ss, on 01/28/2008, -1/+3I can't imagine it was too high already considering you were on digg ;)
  • bashnu, on 01/28/2008, -1/+12What type of job requires this action?

    • noahhoward, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6Don'[t knock it 'til you've tried it. $92/hr. FTW!
      • Barryke, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Musician. A lot of people that do succeed in this play instruments like piano, guitar or drums.
  • WallnutBoy, on 01/28/2008, -29/+4The OMGTHISISOLDBURIED Police are going to have a field day!!
    Oh well, at least they're not as bad as that OMGIJUSTDUGGTHIS lot..

    Dugg. =D
    • YoshiG3, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Still trying to figure out why you got buried.....
    • davepople, on 01/29/2008, -0/+0you sir... nah not even worth it...
  • mrgreenjeans, on 01/28/2008, -3/+17I am not having a problem with this. I am left handed, though...let me try that side...nope no problem.
    • noahhoward, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7Your foot doesn't know what clockwise and counter-clockwise mean.
    • Shmigget, on 01/29/2008, -0/+12I'm also left handed and it didn't work for me. All you right-handers are defective! :)
    • sixsidepentagon, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4That's because lefties naturally draw from right to left, so I'm guessing that you start at the loop part of the six as opposed to the top, which is how most people, ie righties, start.
      Either that, or you have 4 sides in your brain or something.
    • whitenerdy92, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2You are broken.
    • Cederosa, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3I can do it, no problem. Lefties rock.
  • kelsosmythe, on 01/28/2008, -11/+293Rudy Giuliani can rotate his left foot clockwise, his right foot counter-clockwise all while drawing 911 with his right hand.
    • wordglue, on 01/28/2008, -2/+14He can also disprove logic by his patented equation: (911)9+1+1/(911) + 9/11= 911

      Maybe I've gone too far...nah.
    • Drax0n, on 01/28/2008, -0/+9You forgot to mention the left hand is pointing at the fire fighters telling them they can't have working walkie talkies
    • NorrisTwithman, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3And you forgot to mention Ron Paul can do it perfectly but Fox News is covering up the story.
  • jcrens8392, on 01/28/2008, -0/+42If that's not an excuse to go home for the day I don't know what is.
  • therealBEANS, on 01/28/2008, -1/+40I drew a 9 then my toe started to wiggle and now it won't stop...call for help!
  • paulakapdub, on 01/28/2008, -3/+39WTF!?!? i can do this for hours (A.D.D.)
  • digidigg, on 01/28/2008, -3/+5yep! verified!
  • lordtyros, on 01/28/2008, -2/+62I had to remove my leg because of demon possession.
    • coreman, on 01/29/2008, -2/+0Where'd you get a microwave big enough for it?
    • Barryke, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1*hospital trows away 9/10th of lordtyros and lets the leg return home*
  • xb00t, on 01/28/2008, -4/+7It can be done if you only think about the leg and very, very quickly draw the 6 but without taking your mind of the leg. The 6 should be kind of a reflex. And try and keep that leg slow and at the same speed. Its doable. :)
    • Aidje, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2My approach was to do both of the actions slowly. It worked just fine for me.
      edit: I just tried it again doing both of them fast. Still, not very difficult.
    • atruskot, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1with practice it can work...

      It's a lot like trying to rotate your two arms in opposite directions. It can happen, but it takes some practice.
  • Shruthi99, on 01/28/2008, -18/+13Old. Solution is to draw the 6 backwards.
    • noctem314, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1I think you're missing the point. The challenge is in drawing counter-clockwise with your hand while clockwise with your foot. They just said "draw a 6" to make it easy to understand. So basically you're just not really attempting it.
  • Joomal, on 01/28/2008, -19/+7Wow, this trick is only about 70 years old... good work digg.
  • colinbrady, on 01/28/2008, -7/+234Did that HAVE to be an image?
    • Crath, on 01/28/2008, -0/+43How else would it get on digg... a short little blog post?
    • techresearcher, on 01/28/2008, -16/+3Itsmuchcoolerasanimage, justasthisiscoolerwithoutspaces.

      For those with dyslexia: Its much cooler as an image as this is cooler without spaces.
    • bobartig, on 01/29/2008, -0/+22Yes, we need to waste as much bandwidth as possible.
      • farboo, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5That would be a video of an image of text. With sound. In Hidef. Don't worry, there'll be a dupe and it'll be posted here.
      • Andyschism, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4If we dont waste it, only the terrorists will.
        • timbofirstblood, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4Real Americans waste the terrorists' bandwidth
    • FunkyNuts, on 01/29/2008, -0/+12Shouda been a PDF.
    • origamiinstruct, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3I guess he didn't expect people to have that curved font.
  • robopuppy, on 01/28/2008, -1/+21Isn't this from that cracked write up where they make fun of celebrities for writing stupid crap on blogs? This one is from Jeff Bridges' blog, which actually was exactly as I had expected from the dude.
  • duddy, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4God!!!! Why do you taunt me!!!!!!
  • FleetingDasein, on 01/28/2008, -3/+41I'm sure Scientology is behind this. What will be next?
    • beefchi, on 01/28/2008, -0/+0its from jeff bridges blog
    • jbp826, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3don't worry if you can't do it, tom cruise will help you.
  • Vulphaestion, on 01/28/2008, -2/+33Um, I just did it, and my foot didn't change rotations. Am I not a human?
    • techresearcher, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7Hmmm..have you done a checkup lately?
    • Tishiablo, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Ya it's weird.. I can do it, but if I make my leg go counter-clockwise and draw the six backwards(starting from the inside), I have a bit of trouble D:
    • hoovcluck, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1you must have had brain surgery lately
    • cryonix, on 01/29/2008, -1/+2REPLICANT!
    • TrinitronX, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1yeah, kinda strange... i can do it if i concentrate only on the 6, keeping the leg going clockwise, but concentrating on keeping the leg going that way first and then doing the 6 makes the leg mess up.. lol
      it's got something to do with conflicting left brain patterns
  • Lumbage, on 01/28/2008, -1/+22I can do both continuously without missing a beat. Wtf
    • shinynew, on 01/29/2008, -0/+15well thats both good news and bad news.
      Good news is that you can do it
      Bad news is that you are hearing things.
    • SLockhart, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2No you can't.

      There's always one.
    • MadOtaku, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Start writing your 6s with an anti-clockwise motion, Lubage!
  • MrMillerTime, on 01/28/2008, -2/+15This never works for me. I feel ripped off.
    • Aidje, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5I don't feel ripped off. I just have this nice, totally superficial feeling of superiority for my accomplishment.
  • fahrenheitlf, on 01/28/2008, -6/+11Wow, you learn something new every day. Today I learned that there are people who have never heard of this before.
  • GregoryHarbin, on 01/28/2008, -7/+9I couldn't get my foot to change direction even when I tried. Do you people have no control over your bodies?
    • odganarb, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Apparently, neither do you, because when you tried to do something, you were unable to. And the best part about it is, you're probably lying!
      • GregoryHarbin, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1Obviously, if I want to change the direction of my foot, I can. What I meant was that I didn't concentrate on keeping my foot going clockwise, but only on the drawing, and it still kept going in the direction I told it to.

        And, not lying. Good one though.
  • TheAtomicMoose, on 01/28/2008, -2/+8You can do it if you draw the six starting from the circle.
    • sclifford, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2Yup. I just did it several times by starting to write the six as I was passing the twelve o'clock with my right foot.
  • Elderon, on 01/28/2008, -2/+6I can do this just fine. My foot doesn't change directions.
    • pinklimoncello, on 01/29/2008, -0/+0do you play the piano/drums?
      • GregoryHarbin, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1That's probably a good point. I play piano and the bit of the drums, and managed to draw the six without my foot changing.
    • Aidje, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1ditto to Edleron
      to pinkimoncello: I play both.
  • AnimZero, on 01/28/2008, -2/+16I can do it fine...
  • xlar54, on 01/28/2008, -7/+7I did it, quite simple. Whats with you guys?
  • Richandler, on 01/28/2008, -2/+2My leg wants to stop going clockwise as soon as I raise my finger, but indeed with a little concentration and drawing the 6 from the inside out makes it busted.
  • DemiRonin, on 01/28/2008, -2/+2Lol that was fun!
  • Raisedshoulder, on 01/28/2008, -3/+19Why is this an image?
    • Barryke, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1I'm no advocate, but easy caching perhaps?
    • NeonFire, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2So we can waste Photobucket's bandwidth.
  • jefferson987, on 01/28/2008, -6/+8I don't get, I did it without a problem.... I guess some people just operate differently.
  • MariaEspanol, on 01/28/2008, -1/+0Got Meh!
  • poidh, on 01/28/2008, -5/+11"I can do it just fine", but then again I'm only a kid and want to appear as an "individual".
    • Aidje, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4Are you trying to make fun of the people who can do it just fine? Just because someone says they can do it doesn't mean that they're lying.
  • Roninsama, on 01/28/2008, -3/+3Try draw Squares and circles at once with both hands.
    Ancient folk tricks.
  • bingobongony, on 01/28/2008, -16/+591. Inaccurate. It is not that hard to do it, you just have to concentrate on it slighty.
    2. What the ***** is this doing on the front page? It is a page that links to a hand written sentence!
    • dyang003, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2yep, first few times tried it real fast and didnt work. All you have to do it go slow and concentrate and you'll be able to do it.
      • imsteve22, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2thats what SHE said
      • Aidje, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1After I did slowly, I was able to do it quickly as well.
    • Jonsend, on 01/29/2008, -3/+3Why is this a picture and not just text?
      • Nacelle, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2That was my question, when I saw this.
      • Kanidia, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Because then it wouldn't get dugg up.
        • nimajji, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2It's just a few lines, wouldn't make any sense to put up a blog post about it, so the image i guess. i like it that way at least i wouldn't have to tap my fingers and imagine 100% on the progress bar to see some 3 lines surrounded by tons of ads.
    • recruz, on 01/29/2008, -3/+3The average reading level of American parents of young children is 7th or 8th grade.
      The average spelling level is probably much lower (see: there, their, they're, your, you're, its, it's, [*****? j/k- hehe] ).
      The average American entertainment level is probably the same as the reading level (see: Britney Spears or THIS POST)
      Welcome to Digg- welcome to lowering your intelligence. You're going to have to embrace it if you're a digger.
      • odganarb, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5What I can't figure out is why you assholes that hate Digg keep coming back. Is there something wrong with your interblag box that no matter what website you try to get to it always brings you to Digg? If you hate it so much, just leave.
        • bingobongony, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Not all of Digg is for 12 year olds like you.
      • ninerskeet, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2welcome to shut the ***** up
    • ZeroCool07, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3Actually, it's not a "sentence"..I noticed a few periods in there.
    • darkane, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2I know it's hard to understand for somebody that strictly buries stories out of spite and anger because their parents didn't hug them enough when they were young, but there's this button that says 'digg' relatively close to the one that says 'bury'. When lots and lots of people hit the 'digg' button, the story becomes 'popular'. Then the story is automatically placed on the front page of the website. I know, it's pretty unbelievable, right? But it's totally true!
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