Ha! I like this post the closest strange phenomenon"(JP). I think you will know some of them.
this in the U.S. site. ---Ask a heavy person to sit in a chair and get 4 people to lift him or her. Each person clasps their hands and has their thumb and forefinger pointing outwards, then they place their forefingers under the person in the chair's armpits or the back of their knee with 1 person at each part. If you then ask the 4 people to lift, they will struggle. But if you then ask the same four people to put their hands over the person in the chair's head (hands flat with palms facing down and not touching the head or someone else's hands), then try to lift them as before, they have no trouble lifting the person up anymore.--- I tried this and it actually happened.
How about this? Put a wire hanger like this, and then relax your neck and head. Then your head has to turn.
Shut the curtains and turn on a light. Close one eye and open one eye for 5-10 minutes. Then turn off the light, and open both eyes. You will feel as if you have super eye.
When you get a sneezing fit, pinch around between the eyebrows. It will work when you do undercover action. In the case of yawning, attach your tongue to your upper lip.
Touch your forefingers like ET. Put them on a level with your eyes. Don't focus on your finger. Try to see the point over your fingers. You may see a finger sausage. :-)
Sit on a chair and hold your arm out vertically for over one minute. The finger of the arm you held would extend.
Rub salt to your hand, wash with water, and then dry it off with a towel. After 5 minutes, some white-lined stuff will come out from the top of your fingers.
An old samurai-era trick, from Hakosai-san (?), to stop yawning: rub your forehead. This seems to work a little. I use this trick when I teach in the mornings.
Posted by: Claytonain | Sunday, April 23, 2006 at 04:36 AM
I saw that "levitation-lifting" thing done in my weightlifting class and I must say it's pretty weird.
I love your blog. It's so informative!
Posted by: Jonathan | Saturday, April 22, 2006 at 04:56 AM