Thumbs. That's the topic. I have a weird thumb. My right thumb is shorter than my left. It is wider and very stubby. It kind of looks like a big toe. Except on my hand. My sister, Katelyn, got a matching set. That's the only advantage I've seen to this . . . anomaly.
Disadvantages are as follows:
- Talk about an odd fingerprint. I've had my thumb print questioned before and they had to do it again in front of the person so that they would accept it for the paperwork I was doing. (the things I did to get to be a janitor at an elementary school.)
- I've gotten acrylic nails before and putting the nail on it proved difficult. Yes, she used a toenail tip. Which is one of the many reasons why I will NEVER be getting tips again.
- Bowling is awkward because I need a light weight ball with a thumb hole big enough to accommodate my stump. This is why I like bowling on the Wii.
- Thumbwars. —Stumpy just doesn’t have the reach. 'Nuff said.
So outside of my sister & brother (he has just one, like me) I didn't know that anyone else suffered from this "deformity". Then I came to Cairo and I met Nancy. She's lucky; she's got a matching set! So that was quite the icebreaker for us. And before I left Cairo, we had to get a commemorative documentation of fellow toe thumbers meeting!
**My sister has since done some research for me and found out quite a bit. This actually has a name and everything, brachydactyly type D, or clubbed thumb, or stub thumb. Apparently, it is quite a distinguished trait; it used to be a sign of descent from European royal bloodlines. According to the science - the thumbs trait might be ideal because it shows up relatively often in the few families who have it. Boo-yah! Take that Mike Hanksleiben, he who teased me mercilessly about it from grades 2 to 5!!**
4 comments:
We're basically awesome. Although I like the word "anomaly" much better than "deformity." Come on, Lydia! Whose side are you on?
Also, I'd like to mention that my little sister has one toe thumb. As does my mother and one of her sisters.
I check Rachel's thumbs fairly regularly for any sign that she's inherited this "ideal anomaly."
Well, our generation is the first that it has shown up anywhere. It was nice reading about it on that one blog - they all said the same things: I thought I was the only one. I thought one of the little girls had a thumb - Elizabeth?
Great Blog ... two thumbs up!!!
:O)
...and my deepest apologies.
When you get your crown, can I have a cozy little castle in Scotland? hehe! You and your thumb rock! Though I have to admit that I just can't see the difference...
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