Wednesday, August 05, 2009

轉筆

忘了是什麼時侯開始, 學會用手轉原子筆.

應該是小學吧, 因為人越小學東西越快, 到了中學轉筆根本是上課時下意識會作的事.

轉筆有很多種形式, 有些人很厲害, 可以快速轉去轉回而且很順, 有些是一直在打圓圈轉動.

我會的是轉去轉回, 很順但只能一次就停下, 不能無間斷地再轉過去.

以前這玩意兒大部份是男生才會的, 不過現在看來很多女生也學了這個壞習慣, 閒來無事就給它轉轉. 還好老師們都不介意, 你轉你的筆就好, 不要丟到我就行了.

而這玩意兒也似乎是源自亞洲國家, 因為有次出差到美國, 在開會時我又下意識地在轉筆. 開玩會後, 一位美國同事走過來問我. 還以為是什麼公事, 他郤要我教他怎麼轉筆!! 當場有點不知所措 (或受寵若驚..), 因為要我用英文教人怎麼操作這個轉法, 還真考功力, 就如要你用語句教人怎麼打領帶一樣.

結果呢, 我把概念簡略講了一下, 他似懂非懂一直在練習, 瞧得我都有點好笑. 心裡在想, 學這個可能比我們討論的公事還要難, 因為這種事, 實在是越小學起越容易上手啊.

1 comment:

  1. I learnt it when I was in high school. Almost everyone in the class knowed how to do it. You know what? I realized people who know how to do it are better in science/maths. For those whose language subjects are good, they tend to be weak in this. People in US may think that we wanna "show off" but it's a subconscious thingy. I realized it after a while and then I controlled myself not to do that especially when I was in meetings in US.

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