Apart from the ethical considerations, not surprised you picked up the knack of reading documents backwards and upside down. We know there is a strong relationship between a facility with words (that would be you...) and the "ability" to read in different orientations. Also seems to have some correlation with intelligence. Although juggling raw eggs might raise a question about that attribute (juggling three chickens would certainly answer it). Being left-handed could be an additional possible explanation for the knack.
In 1979, in a high school gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the PE teacher started the first class of the spring by wheeling out a chalkboard and writing out each of the planned activities for the semester, showing the number of points each would earn towards the final grade.
"Any questions?", he asked.
"That's only adds up to ninety points," came the expected cry from the crowd.
"Oh, right," replied the teacher. "I almost forgot. Too earn your final ten points, you must find me at some point during the semester and demonstrate that you can juggle any three items -- balls, bean bags, oranges, eggs, soccer balls, it doesn't matter -- for fifteen seconds. I'll keep a stopwatch with me at all times. You will otherwise learn this on your own. Any questions?"
After pausing again to allow the pained hooting and hubbub to fill the gym, he said "All right, all right. I'll give you a quick demo." He then spent about one minute showing the room how to learn to juggle.
The enduring memory from the semester that followed is that for thirteen weeks, everywhere you went -- in the hallways, the lunchroom, the bus stops -- there was always somebody juggling.
I, too, learned reading upside-down while in Albany, New York, at the Other Paper - the Times Union. But I was not quite as good at it. When I was covering City Hall the city budget director caught me. For awhile he wouldn't let me near his desk, until one day I walked into his office and pulled out a pair of toy binoculars. He relented, and I perfected my skills.
Apart from the ethical considerations, not surprised you picked up the knack of reading documents backwards and upside down. We know there is a strong relationship between a facility with words (that would be you...) and the "ability" to read in different orientations. Also seems to have some correlation with intelligence. Although juggling raw eggs might raise a question about that attribute (juggling three chickens would certainly answer it). Being left-handed could be an additional possible explanation for the knack.
In 1979, in a high school gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the PE teacher started the first class of the spring by wheeling out a chalkboard and writing out each of the planned activities for the semester, showing the number of points each would earn towards the final grade.
"Any questions?", he asked.
"That's only adds up to ninety points," came the expected cry from the crowd.
"Oh, right," replied the teacher. "I almost forgot. Too earn your final ten points, you must find me at some point during the semester and demonstrate that you can juggle any three items -- balls, bean bags, oranges, eggs, soccer balls, it doesn't matter -- for fifteen seconds. I'll keep a stopwatch with me at all times. You will otherwise learn this on your own. Any questions?"
After pausing again to allow the pained hooting and hubbub to fill the gym, he said "All right, all right. I'll give you a quick demo." He then spent about one minute showing the room how to learn to juggle.
The enduring memory from the semester that followed is that for thirteen weeks, everywhere you went -- in the hallways, the lunchroom, the bus stops -- there was always somebody juggling.
We all got our ten points.
I, too, learned reading upside-down while in Albany, New York, at the Other Paper - the Times Union. But I was not quite as good at it. When I was covering City Hall the city budget director caught me. For awhile he wouldn't let me near his desk, until one day I walked into his office and pulled out a pair of toy binoculars. He relented, and I perfected my skills.
That wasn't Lyle Hoffer, was it?
No, Dan Klepak. By the time I got to Albany (1986) Corning had died and Tom Whalen was mayor.
I’m also skilled at reading upside-down. Can come in handy in the corporate world.