# What is this position called and why can only I do it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800 "2014-01-27T00:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/41 "2014-01-30T05:08:44Z")
> [@Alba](#): > > I can sit in the “w” position as well. Never knew it was out of the ordinary. Sitting criss crossed is fine by me too. > > At closer inspection of OP’s picture I’m not sure if I can hold my feet at that angle. I will try it tonight when I’m not wearing a suit. > > Unrelated, **Fartprincess420** , is Wu-Tang clan still a thing? And how did you get it to display backwards? I can see both of your hands, so I know you’re not doing a selfie in the mirror… ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/42 "2014-02-01T01:40:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And how did you get it to display backwards? I can see both of your hands, so I know you’re not doing a selfie in the mirror… Webcam, I’d imagine. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/43 "2014-02-01T05:59:23Z")
Heh. I had to go look up “criss cross applesauce”. We didn’t have such a fun name for sitting cross-legged. ---
**Author:** ![jiHymas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@jiHymas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jiHymas)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/44 "2014-02-01T06:42:02Z")
I sat like that as a child, but was told not to by my friend’s father, who was a doctor, on the grounds that joint problems would result. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/45 "2014-02-02T04:01:32Z")
I am disappointed in myself for not being able to do this. Just tried it and it hurt the muscles on top of my thighs. I was not able to get my butt all the way down. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/46 "2014-02-02T14:48:54Z")
What’s a fart princess? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/47 "2014-02-02T16:00:45Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > What’s a fart princess? I assumed the daughter of the guy who can fart the biggest/loudest/longest. Or maybe the second best female farter (the first being the fartqueen, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/48 "2014-02-02T16:46:40Z")
It is called the Wu Tang Position. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/49 "2014-02-02T21:39:53Z")
I’m sure she can let one rip as well as the next royal highness but while perusing our limber OP’s blog on Deviant Art I read that it’s short for Fun Art Princess. The 420 is probably a reference to something unrelated. My guess is the anniversary of Uranus passing Neptune on April 20, 1993. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/50 "2014-02-02T22:19:43Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > I’m sure she can let one rip as well as the next royal highness but while perusing our limber OP’s blog on Deviant Art I read that it’s short for Fun Art Princess. The 420 is probably a reference to something unrelated. My guess is the anniversary of Uranus passing Neptune on April 20, 1993. 420 certainly does have a “cosmic” meaning, though not quite as literal. ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800/51 "2014-02-06T02:41:59Z")
I’m another 29-year-old female who can easily drop into the W pose like the OP. I never thought of myself as hyperflexible (one of my cousins has true hypermobile joints – he can bend his fingers back to touch his wrist, for example, which is way, way beyond anything I can do). I can curl into some tiny balls, though. One of my friends was astonished that I can kneel into a squat and tuck my upper body between my knees in a rabbit-like pose. I thought it was no big deal and tried to get her to do the same. She could barely squat, much less get her upper half between her knees! I can also easily do a backbend and then walk on my hands in that position. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-position-called-and-why-can-only-i-do-it/679800.md?page=2)