Here's the counter-intuitive key to winning thumb wars: when you get pinned down, what you have to do is push down, not pull up. You only have a ten count to do it, so listen up. When you push down, you create some cushion between your opponent and the top of your thumb, and you can squeeze out if you slip to the outside. If you pull up, you meet your opponent's strength directly, like trying to get through a wall by sprinting. It doesn't matter if you have way more talent, or you're far stronger, or even if you have beaten this same person a thousand times before: it's not about skill, force, or precedent. If you act like a poor tactician, then you are. You pull straight up, and you might as well waste your time praying. Sometimes thoughts like these get to me when I'm working, but I'm not the one in charge.
So what we did was, we went to Munich last weekend. And it turns out Oktoberfest is pretty fun.
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and with maturity comes wisdom, grasshopper...m
Thumb wrestling used to be simple: once you were pinned, you lost. Unfortunately, this, like most other stuff has been mamby-pambied up.
Those Bavarians really know how to party don't they?
Praying is not a waste of time. Logic and reasoning are wonderful tools for everyday life. But they don't come close to explaining the physical world or the human condition.
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