Is it wrong

[RosieH]

to do jazz hands to myself as I walk home of an evening listening to Sir Duke on the ipod?

AND

does it mark me out as a prime candidate for a mugging? (on account of probable inebriation and handy garotting instrument at the ready)

OR

mark me as a grade A mental to be avoided at all costs?

[Rolo Tomasi]

Rosie, Don't worry yorself I do jazz hands all the time. It's served me well!(tu)

[mockney piers]

Don't worry, I still go NNNYYYYOOOWNNN quietly (but audibly) if I overtake people on the pavement.

[Brendan]

I quite often skip from the bus stop to my house after work. Skipping is very liberating.

[RosieH]

Skipping is great.

I was once busted on the treadmill at the gym doing a lasso motion to Rhinestone Cowboy. Liberating, but mildly shameful.

[Brendan]

Unwittingly singing along to one?s ipod on the train. Now that?s embarrassing.

[mockney piers]

and how did Rhinestone Cowboy cope? Did he blush or did he unwittingly shout "YEE HAAH"?

[Keef]

I have a couple of "games" I've played whilst walking down the street since I was a kid, and still find myself doing it. One is where a car can only pass you between parked cars, if it passes whilst you're behind a parked car, you lose a life. I can often be seen suddenly jogging a couple of steps to "get to safety".

Oh dear.

[Hannah6_6]

I think it's great Rosie, I love seeing people skipping or singing along. I definitely catch myself doing it sometimes, I often laugh out loud to myself too.

Keef - I still try not to step on the cracks...

[Keef]

Me too, and when you get those triple manhole things, you can only step on 2 or it's bad luck! FACT!

[Jah Lush]

Keef, I think you'll find you have OCD.

[boosboss]

Jah Lush Wrote: Keef, I think you'll find you have OCD.

Obscuring Car Dash?

Operation Cover Doubles? (ok clutching at straws there ;-))

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

I've been walking these streets so long

Singing the same old song

I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway

Where hustle is the name of the game

And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain

There's been a load of compromising

On the road to my horizon

But I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me................

[RosieH]

And I'm running. And I'm lassoing. And, what, no, the cute little gym pixie's laughing at me.

Oh god, the PTSD

[Keef]

Jah, I know for a fact I have OCD when it comes to certain things. I am not for example, the tidiest person in the world. However, if certain things are not in their place, I can't relax til I've sorted it! Old uni mates used to change little things around in my room at halls when I went off to the loo, and then watch me sqirm when I got back.

[Bellenden Belle]

I regularly have lengthy conversations with no one in particular as I walk around. I kid myself I have perfected this without moving my lips too much. Does everyone do this?

[wee quinnie]

Bellenden Belle Wrote:

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> I regularly have lengthy conversations with no one

> in particular as I walk around. I kid myself I

> have perfected this without moving my lips too

> much. Does everyone do this?

Fear not, Bellenden Belle - I do this too. I haven't mastered not moving my lips though.

[lozzyloz]

As an avid Beezer reader I used to walk around imagining the Numbskulls were in my head sending messages to operate the mechanism that makes me walk. Made the journey to school in the morning a little less dull.

[flapjackdavey]

what on earth is " Jazz Hands " ?

[hibbs]

Ha ha Keef excellent - I still avoid the 3 drain cover thang, its amazing what stays with you from your school days.

RosieH I think its a fine thing to do making Jazz hands as you walk along, if it makes you happy, its guaranteed to make others smile...

[Jimbob]

doing jazz hands as you walk along will not mark you down as a candidate for mugging, quite the opposite i would suggest.

[HonaloochieB]

It's the Tom Wolfe theory of urban survival. He parades around in white suits, cane and a fancy hat and has been along various 'mean streets', his theory is that the more you look different in a rough part of town, the less likely the local ruffians will be able to process exactly why you're choosing to do it. They then leave you well alone.

Apparently it's worked for him, so you carry on Rosie, more power to the elbows your jazz hands are attached to.

[flapjackdavey]

would someone please enlighten me as to what "Jazz Hands" is am I woefully ignorant ? ... no don't answer that .

[Bellenden Belle]

Take your hands into a position of an open clap - palms facing the audience (and darling one must have an audience), usually your upper arms will be close to your body (allowing you to extend during your big finale) then shimmer your hands from the wrist. Think Liza, think Al Johnson, think "omigod how fabulous darling am I?"

And smile. As if your life depended on it.

Easy.

Next up - the timestep.

[Jimbob]

see any episode of the black and white minstrel show.

ahh mammy, i,d walk a million miles for one of your smiles my maaaaaaaaaaaammy.