Well, today I’m talking about the elbow, the bend in your arm. If you’re a mammal, it’s the bend in your forelimb. If you’re British, it’s an alternative rock band, which was news to me. (You can check out a performance below. I know you’re curious.)
I never give much thought to my elbows. So, I was glad when my cousin’s wife (my cousin-in-law?), Kristen, had a story to share. She isn’t obsessive about her elbows either, but did find they come in handy. Well, almost. “You can hit someone with [your elbows] without it really constituting violence!” she told me. Her husband snores—I’ll tease him about that later. (He’s my cousin, I’ve got to.) When they first got married, Zac told her to elbow him if his snoring bothered her. So, she did. To her dismay, he slept too soundly and her constant jabs proved useless.
“He kept waking up with bruises all over his back. I take my nighttime elbowing seriously, but we’ve discovered that elbows are not the answer to snoring,” she teased.
If the elbow doesn’t cure snoring, at least it’s a great tool for self-defense. The bone just below the elbow is the hardest and most unyielding part of the human arm. Our jawbone is actually the hardest part of our body, but it’s hard to defend ourselves with that. See the link below for a video that teaches self-defense using your elbows. It’s very simple and could come in handy some day.
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