Crabgrass by Tauhid Bondia for June 01, 2024

Sneaky.

I’d pick hands for feet. Peel twice as many bananas at a time that way.

Hands down, he’s been de-feeted.

Definitely hands.

Somebody’s a stick in the mud.

Kevin, did you know that if your nose runs and your feet smell, you’re built upside down?

Lois McMaster Bujold

Miles wins!

Oddly a very appropriate question for a member of the Great Ape family. Most of the others in our family don’t have anything like the feet that allow us to walk erect for long distances. We can’t use them as hands to help with tree climbing, though oddly they still have claws of a sort (toes). Useless for grasping.

Our modified hands at the ends of our legs allow a hunting strategy that is quite effective. Damage the prey to separate it from the herd, and just walk after it until it collapses. You can even walk down much stronger animals like horses, who can run much faster but eventually have to rest, allowing the hunter to catch up.

Our non-handlike feet also allow us to travel great distances in search of better conditions. Humans travelled by foot from Africa all across Aisa and the Bering Strait into North and South America. Though it is estimated that the rate was around twenty miles per generation on average.

Eat meat with your feet.

There’s not always going to be a right or wrong choice in life Miles.

I would pick the hands for feet. Our apelike ancestors millions of years ago had this trait, similar to today’s apes. It was useful for climbing trees. Granted, we might not easily be able to perform long-distance walking or running on the ground, but all evolution involves trade-offs.

My God these 2 are so bored it’s pathetic the things they come up with to pass the time.

If the women don’t find you handsome, at least be handy. These two may be out of luck, though.

Definitely hands for feet. Just think what I’d be able to do on the piano with four thumbs and 8 fingers (once I figured out the seating position)!

I don’t always think those questions are fun either

That’s gonna give me nightmares.