3/22/2005: Girl with no legs gets around

404Error · 03-23-2005, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

My first thought upon seeing the pic was to flash back to Weebles of my childhood.

I am SO going to Hell.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. You are so going to Hell....and so am I for laughing at that thought.

BrianR · 03-23-2005, 10:52 AM

I can't help myself...

Montmorency · 03-23-2005, 05:29 PM

Wow. She can move around on her own, independent of others, without being restricted to only paved roads (which, by the looks of it, they might not have). How cool is that

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However, as much as I admire her character, I'm not sure I see the ingenuity in the solution she's been provided with. Eventhough she must be well enough adapted to "walking" around on her hands, if this is her only way of moving from one place to another, the functionality of her remaining limbs might decline quite a bit in a few decades or so (from the daily strain on her wrists, for example).

Guess · 03-25-2005, 04:17 PM

yeah but between now and then she's gonna have some pretty buff arms

xoxoxoBruce · 03-25-2005, 10:35 PM

I would guess she swings on her arms like a person on crutches once they get the hang of it. Then at the end of the arc she rolls or pivots forward on the ball while she replants her arms forward of her body. She could probably make pretty good headway on a smooth flat surface.

lookout123 · 03-26-2005, 10:52 AM

and if they inflated they used one of those big red balls we used to play kickball with, she could just bounce everywhere she goes, like Tigger.

03-23-2005, 10:52 AM	#2
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03-25-2005, 04:17 PM	#4
Guess What's my name? Guess Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 69	yeah but between now and then she's gonna have some pretty buff arms __________________ "Earth laughs in flowers" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

03-25-2005, 10:35 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I would guess she swings on her arms like a person on crutches once they get the hang of it. Then at the end of the arc she rolls or pivots forward on the ball while she replants her arms forward of her body. She could probably make pretty good headway on a smooth flat surface. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	and if they inflated they used one of those big red balls we used to play kickball with, she could just bounce everywhere she goes, like Tigger. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

03-23-2005, 05:29 PM	#3
Montmorency Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 16	Wow. She can move around on her own, independent of others, without being restricted to only paved roads (which, by the looks of it, they might not have). How cool is that . However, as much as I admire her character, I'm not sure I see the ingenuity in the solution she's been provided with. Eventhough she must be well enough adapted to "walking" around on her hands, if this is her only way of moving from one place to another, the functionality of her remaining limbs might decline quite a bit in a few decades or so (from the daily strain on her wrists, for example).

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