The Delicate Art of Thumb Twirling

For the record, there IS such a thing as the "Art of Thumb Twirling"--and I would know, since I am the official founder of the "Edthumb Method" (I am still working on the name...). Anyway, I thought I would share my secrets with all of you, sitting mindlessly at your computers, lost as to the meaning of life. Lemme tell ya, I've been there (thanks to my current internship at DeVito/Verdi), and I have finally discovered life's best well-kept secret:

Thumb-twirling.


Sure, it doesn't sound very impressive... but you would be dead wrong if you were to underestimate the intricacies of this hush-hush activity. As a matter of fact, just two days ago, I had to explain how mentally taxing the presumed "simple" task was to a friend over msn. Needless to say, he was not at all prepared for the apparent demands of this form of meditation:

jawz@home, working says: oh help me find some stats...
jawz@home, working says: this one is hard to find... ><
jawz@home, working says: malaysia's monthly life insurance premium since april, 2004
me: >.>
me: you do know I too have work to do while I'm at work <.< [note: Here by "work" i mean thumb-twirling, of course~]
jawz@home, working says: no u don't.... [note: Never underestimate the art...]
jawz@home, working says: u're just twirling ur thumb [note: "JUST"?! The nerve!! ...and apparently he's psychic]
me: twirling with grace, I might add...
jawz@home, working says: yes now... please gracefully use ur graceful fingers to search for the figures for me...
me: I'm sorry. Twirling my thumbs takes up all of my fingers'time
jawz@home, working says: but u know... u need use some of ur other fingers too... or else they'll be numb... so might as well give ur graceful thumbs a break
me: My other fingers provide the necessary anchor and stability for my thumbs to twirl ever so gracefully
jawz@home, working says: they're not moving...
jawz@home, working says: hence numbage
me: and they should stay that way if my thumbs were to continue to twirl gracefully
jawz@home, working says: but u know they want to know the insurance premium for malyasian life insurance sooo badly
me: unfortunately my brains are not located in my thumbs
me: ...and yes, I have multiplie "brains"
jawz@home, working says: er
jawz@home, working says: i dun get it ><
me: I don't know what that means either >.>
jawz@home, working says: keke
jawz@home, working says: so u found it already?
me: you wish
jawz@home, working says: ah u fool
jawz@home, working says: go away lol

Indeed, practitioners of this art are often ignorantly labelled as "fools". Us thumb-twirlers must bear the scorn of society as our fingers dance in the shadows of corporate offices everywhere.



Therefore, my dear friends, if you ever get a chance to hear more about or, by golly, witness this delicate art, consider yourself blessed. Jawz@home, working had that opportunity slip through his fingers (EDIT: literally).

That was his mistake.