Well, this is randomly topical:

[conuly]

Woman Found Kitten with Very Large Eyes on Her Porch and Discovered How Special He is

And on that note, glancing over the two used hypermobility scales I score approximately zip on one and on the other one I score "yes, I can touch my heel to my butt, can't everybody?"

Now, various members of my family are soon seeing various specialists for various conditions that can be related, and they've dutifully agreed not to roll their eyes too much when they bring it up as a just-in-case, but....

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[crystalpyramid]

Can't everyone? The years I did high school track one of our dynamic stretches involved running and kicking yourself in the butt.

[conuly]

*shrugs*

It's on a checklist, right up there with "can you touch your thumb to the same wrist?" and all.

[gatheringrivers]

Well, while I *can* touch my heel to my butt, it involves "helping" the leg with an arm, and whole lot of oww afterwards because I'm over 50.... :)

[conuly]

They don't seem to care if you need manual assistance, just that you are physically capable of doing the thing in question or once were.

[archangelbeth]

I just tried to do it without help, and then helped it along, and gave my leg SUCH A CRAMP ow ow ow ow.

I'm in the "can't everyone flare their fingers backwards so they aren't touching the surface that the palm is touching?" camp...

[conuly]

That's not on these criteria anywhere unless you're specifically moving your pinky finger backwards 90 degrees or more.

[archangelbeth]

Yeah, it's subclinical at "best." I freak my spouse when I do it, though! His fingers don't bend up/backwards at all. (If I relax my other fingers I can almost get my pinkie to 90° if I use my other hand, though! 😇)

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[chelseagirl]

The kitty!!!

[conuly]

Those eyes!

[greghousesgf]

Porgs are not "majestic". They are creepy.

[conuly]

That's one opinion.

[redsixwing]

KITTY

[conuly]

I KNOW.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Hmmm - it's clear I don't have Ehler's-Danlos, but I didn't think I did anyway.

What's that mean, "touch your heel to your butt" - while standing on one foot? I can't do that without pulling the heel up by hand - heh, at least not in these jeans. Can still kneel down and sit back on my heels, though.

[conuly]

I think that's what they mean, and it looks like it doesn't matter if you need manual assistance or not, the question is simply "can you do it".

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

In the play Lysistrata, when the Spartan and Athenian women join forces, Lysistrata compliments the chief Spartan lady on her firm buttocks, and the lady says it's because she practices the Kick Dance: jumping into the air and kicking one's own butt with both heels.

I first read that play and attempted that trick when I was about 11, and I couldn't do it. Of course, I had no butt worth mentioning in those days, which is surely not the case now, but I'm no longer so great at jumping into the air. My knees have been through a lot already; I have to make them last.