[UA] The Invisible Hand

[Stuart Anderson]

Steve Dustin wrote:

> My only question here is: if the police notice a rash of burglaries and such
> by people with no left hand, wouldn't they be easy to spot and apprehend?

I have no left hand, and people don't notice. The eye just drops irrelevant
details when you're looking at someone. So unless I'm staring at change in my
hand, trying to figure out how to get the dimes into the parking meter, or
unless you look closely to figure out why my guitar is upside down, you probably
wouldn't pick up hands-- you'd just see two. I'm amazed by it sometimes,
especially considering how self-concious I was when I was a kid. If it's a
problem, they could wear a glove (unless that would be cheating) Then, of
course, you have a whole new raft of clues. "the glove doesn't fit!"
--Stu


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