Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
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Re: Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
But you have to drop the right hand when you say it.
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Re: Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
No - because Moties have three hands.FreeFlier wrote:But you have to drop the right hand when you say it.
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Re: Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
Right - third one is the gripping hand, used for heavy lifting, etc., and I believe it's on the right.AnotherFairportfan wrote:No - because Moties have three hands.FreeFlier wrote:But you have to drop the right hand when you say it.
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Re: Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
I seem to recall it might be right or left.FreeFlier wrote:Right - third one is the gripping hand, used for heavy lifting, etc., and I believe it's on the right.AnotherFairportfan wrote:No - because Moties have three hands.FreeFlier wrote:But you have to drop the right hand when you say it.
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Re: Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
The stereotypical assumed usual Siren behaviour, that is.Dave wrote:Atsali was proud to declare that she intended to avoid the usual Siren behavior and not be a sexual predator...
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Re: Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
Exactly.Catawampus wrote:The stereotypical assumed usual Siren behaviour, that is.Dave wrote:Atsali was proud to declare that she intended to avoid the usual Siren behavior and not be a sexual predator...
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Re: Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
Yes and No, as I recall most of them are Asymmetrical on a 'same as everybody else' pattern, but there where a few that were 'Left-Handed', so to speak...AnotherFairportfan wrote:I seem to recall it might be right or left.FreeFlier wrote:Right - third one is the gripping hand, used for heavy lifting, etc., and I believe it's on the right.
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http://scifi.stackexchange.com/question ... pping-hand
Oh, and by the way, 'How Many Kinds Are There?' http://scifi.stackexchange.com/question ... s-of-motie
Re: Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
I believe that at one point in The Mote in God's Eye it was expressly stated that there were a few "left-handed" moties, which is what leads me to believe that in the normal motie, the gripping hand was on the right.TazManiac wrote:Yes and No, as I recall most of them are Asymmetrical on a 'same as everybody else' pattern, but there where a few that were 'Left-Handed', so to speak... . . .AnotherFairportfan wrote:I seem to recall it might be right or left.FreeFlier wrote:Right - third one is the gripping hand, used for heavy lifting, etc., and I believe it's on the right.
And I should have specified ". . . believe it's normally on the right."
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Re: Meeting The Deadline 2016-12-12
Speaking as a sinister person, this is important to me.FreeFlier wrote:I believe that at one point in The Mote in God's Eye it was expressly stated that there were a few "left-handed" moties, which is what leads me to believe that in the normal motie, the gripping hand was on the right.TazManiac wrote:Yes and No, as I recall most of them are Asymmetrical on a 'same as everybody else' pattern, but there where a few that were 'Left-Handed', so to speak... . . .AnotherFairportfan wrote:I seem to recall it might be right or left.
And I should have specified ". . . believe it's normally on the right."
--FreeFlier
Left hand lost...
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