# Try This **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725 "2007-08-07T08:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/1 "2007-08-07T08:49:04Z")
Place the palms of both hands together as if praying Now interlock all fingers EXCEPT the 3rd of each hand Keep the 3rd finger tips pressed together Without unlocking try to separate the 3rd fingers šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/2 "2007-08-07T09:24:08Z")
I thought this was easy, then I realised I was usign the 2nd fingers. Good one. AM I the pnly one who ohas trouble fully interlocking my little fingers whilst the 3rd fingers are not interlocked? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/3 "2007-08-07T09:45:09Z")
I think you must be. Incidentally that was shown on The Real Hustle last night ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/4 "2007-08-07T09:45:36Z")
The trick is to press the tips of the third fingers together, causing the fingers to bow outwards, then you can seperate them. šŸ˜‰ ETA: By allowing the tips to pass aside each other, but not interlock. I donā€™t know if this is a ā€œlegal workaroundā€ or not. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/5 "2007-08-07T09:51:49Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] The trick is to press the tips of the third fingers together, causing the fingers to bow outwards, then you can seperate them. šŸ˜‰ ETA: By allowing the tips to pass aside each other, but not interlock. I donā€™t know if this is a ā€œlegal workaroundā€ or not. [/QUOTE] Still donā€™t work, you have to try to pull 'em apartā€¦no sliding to the side you bloody cheat šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/6 "2007-08-07T11:39:58Z")
[QUOTE=One And Only Wanderers] I thought this was easy, then I realised I was usign the 2nd fingers. Good one. AM I the pnly one who has trouble fully interlocking my little fingers whilst the 3rd fingers are not interlocked? [/QUOTE] dunno about that, but try doing the same thing with the FOURTH finger. Now thereā€™s a tricky one! Fifth finger is easy though. ---
**Author:** ![Sofaspud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@Sofaspud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofaspud)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/7 "2007-08-07T12:12:34Z")
I think Iā€™m missing something here. Third finger = ring finger, yes? Or do you start counting from the thumb, thus making it the middle finger? Either way, Iā€™m not experiencing any difficultyā€¦ whatā€™s supposed to happen? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/8 "2007-08-07T12:42:01Z")
3rd finger, the one next to your pinky. Now try it and see what happens ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/9 "2007-08-07T12:49:03Z")
Weird, I can do it with all the other fingers except the third ones. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/10 "2007-08-07T12:49:05Z")
> [@](#): > > I think you must be. Incidentally that was shown on The Real Hustle last night Was just going to ask if thatā€™s what youā€™d been watching. Iā€™ve actually used that trick in the pub before on multiple occasions. As with all their stuff, however, the real art lies not in the trick, but in identifying someone who will: a) actually do it b) stick to the bet c) not beat the crap out of you for tricking them _thatā€™s_ the hard part. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/11 "2007-08-07T13:08:58Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Weird, I can do it with all the other fingers except the third ones. [/QUOTE] But Iā€™ll bet you canā€™t do it with your 2nd finger without moving at least one of the others **garius** C is most certainly the hard part šŸ˜‰ And speaking of the Real Hustleā€¦Jess!! phwoarā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/12 "2007-08-07T13:29:05Z")
I have a better one! Place your palm on a flat surface, then fold your index, middle and pinky fingers underneath, so that only the ring finger is still outstretched. Then try lifting the finger off the surface without unfolding any other finger. I havenā€™t met anyone whoā€™s been able to do it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/13 "2007-08-07T13:29:55Z")
Try this: Place your hand down on a table, palm down, fingers slightly spread. Tuck your middle finger under. Your thumb weighs 5000 pounds. Try to lift it. Your index finger weighs a million pounds. Try to lift it. Your pinky finger weighs a million zillion kajillion pounds. Try to lift it. Your ring finger weighs a billionth of an ounce. Try to lift it. HA! And they say I didnā€™t learn anything useful in 3rd grade. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/14 "2007-08-07T13:34:28Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] I have a better one! [/QUOTE] I paid $7.95 for membership to this piece of crap board? Damn simulpost timeout crap. I flip it off with my ring finger! I said, I flip itā€¦ ah, screw it. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/15 "2007-08-07T13:45:03Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] I have a better one! Place your palm on a flat surface, then fold your index, middle and pinky fingers underneath, so that only the ring finger is still outstretched. Then try lifting the finger off the surface without unfolding any other finger. I havenā€™t met anyone whoā€™s been able to do it. [/QUOTE] Itā€™s easy, I just lift it up with my other hand šŸ˜› same as tdns šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/16 "2007-08-07T14:16:07Z")
Since I did a simulpost, hereā€™s a different one: Put your pinky fingers in your mouth, and bite down on the fingernails. Not just the nails, include some flesh and bone. Bite right in the middle of the joints. Come, on, really bite. Hard. Cause yourself some serious pain. Harder. Keep this up for a good minute or two. Now take your fingers out of your mouth, curl them into hook shapes, and link them together. Pull. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/17 "2007-08-07T14:43:19Z")
Oh no you donā€™t. Thereā€™s no way Iā€™m going to pull my own finger! I pulled my uncleā€™s finger onceā€¦ _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/18 "2007-08-07T14:56:52Z")
> [@](#): > > And speaking of the Real Hustleā€¦Jess!! phwoarā€¦ Which is, of course, why sheā€™s a damn good Hustlerā€¦ šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/19 "2007-08-07T14:59:06Z")
[Jess from Real Hustle](http://www.objectiveproductions.net/images/wallpapers/REAL_HUSTLE_JESSICA_1280_x_1024.jpg) For you funny foreign types who havenā€™t had the privilege. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725/20 "2007-08-07T15:08:00Z")
Iā€™m still trying to remember that silly rhyme with hand movements that ends with you flipping off the other personā€¦ I was a slacker in third grade. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-this/414725.md?page=2)