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09 March 2006

Aarrgh. Brainfart! Ugh. It's 3am and I'm zonked on something simple: Even after reading definitions in the dictionary, I can't get my head around this: the hollow of one's palm... concave or convex? Or am I confused because it would depend if the hand is palm up or palm down?→[More:]

Ack, this is embarassing. Like when you stare at the word Why and think it's spelled wrong or looks weird.

post by: dobbs at: 02:53 | 14 comments

concave either way, since the curve is inward

posted by gac 09 March | 02:58

The hollow of anything (your palm, a satellite dish, etc.) is concave, regardless of what direction its facing. Handy mnemonic device: a cave goes inward.

posted by scody 09 March | 03:01

So, gac: a cupped palm is concave. Other side of the same hand is convex?

posted by dobbs 09 March | 03:01

Yes.

posted by seanyboy 09 March | 03:05

a cupped palm is concave. Other side of the same hand is convex?

Sure, but please don't use it like this: "She bent down and kissed the convex curve of his hand"-- reads like physics porn.

posted by gac 09 March | 03:06

Ick.

I'd sit in the corner wearing the funny hat but I must sleep.

Thanks, gac, scody, and seanyboy!

on preview: oh, sure, make me feel all self-conscious! :P

posted by dobbs 09 March | 03:08

Now, of course, if "she bent down to trace the love line on the concave curve of his palm," then that would be psychics porn.

posted by taz 09 March | 03:51

scody, that's perzackly the way i remember it. have i mentioned yer hawt?

posted by quonsar 09 March | 07:03

I think it's both. Let's say the palm is facing the floor. Te space below the palm is concave. The space above the palm is convex.

posted by chewatadistance 09 March | 07:54

In re-reading the question, you'd specifically asked "the hollow" so then yeah, it's concave.

Ok I'll shut up now.

posted by chewatadistance 09 March | 07:55

Caves are hollow.

posted by warbaby 09 March | 09:28

Stop me if you've heard this one...

There once was a man from Racine
Who invented a fucking machine
Both concave and convex
It would fit either sex
With attachments for those in between

posted by warbaby 09 March | 09:38

Awake and alert, it seems obvious. Last night the synapses wouldn't jump. Thanks, all!

posted by dobbs 09 March | 11:38

It doesn't depend on orientation.

posted by knave 09 March | 15:43

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