Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?

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17 Aug 2010, 11:09 am

In Mary and Max, Max said that he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.

Can you?

I personally have no problem with it, but I did as a kid. Same goes with swinging my arms at my sides - I couldn't get the rhythm right.


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17 Aug 2010, 11:12 am

I can walk and chew gum, at the same time. I just don't always swing my arms.


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17 Aug 2010, 11:13 am

I can do it.



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17 Aug 2010, 11:15 am

Lets just say that my sisters were jealous of me because i could multi-task.


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17 Aug 2010, 11:28 am

MathGirl wrote:
In Mary and Max, Max said that he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.

Can you?

I personally have no problem with it, but I did as a kid. Same goes with swinging my arms at my sides - I couldn't get the rhythm right.


I can, but I find it very difficult to multi-task in general... I always say "I mono-task... and when I do it in tandem, both tasks are poorly accomplished, if at all." :D


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17 Aug 2010, 11:31 am

MathGirl wrote:
In Mary and Max, Max said that he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.

Can you?

I personally have no problem with it, but I did as a kid. Same goes with swinging my arms at my sides - I couldn't get the rhythm right.


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Yes, can walk and chew gum at the same time.

However, I cannot juggle three rubber balls in the air for more than about seven seconds and when I attempted to use a musical baton to conduct music evenly found my ability to keep an even beat going out-of-sync very quickly.

Also recall extreme difficulty trying to jump off the low diving board into a pool due to the movement of the diving board and myself walking to the edge of the diving board to dive in.

http://www.hemihelp.org.uk/ (Paresis = weakness vs Plegia = paralysis)
http://www.associatedconditionsofcerebralpalsy.com/
http://www.out-of-sync-child.com/
http://www.balametrics.com/
http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/

When I walk down the sidewalk today (chewing gum), there is a natural rhythm to my right arm but my left arm is a little (15%) less rhymical.

This right side of my body vs left side of my body subtle difference has shown up a little in trying to learn to play the guitar where right hand musical activities are natural and far easier than left side musical activities (chords) which are less natural and far more challenging for me.

Words

Body balance
Crossing the midline of the body
Left side vs Right side
Sensory processing
Sensory integration

and so on

Left hemisphere
Corpus callosum
Right hemisphere
Cerebellum

and so on



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17 Aug 2010, 11:35 am

Easily. I don't think it has anything to do with ASD.

My mom makes a case out of her not being able to do so, and I know she's NT.



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17 Aug 2010, 11:41 am

Yup, I can do that no problem.



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17 Aug 2010, 11:42 am

pgd wrote:
However, I cannot juggle three rubber balls in the air for more than about seven seconds and when I attempted to use a musical baton to conduct music evenly found my ability to keep an even beat going out-of-sync very quickly.

Also recall extreme difficulty trying to jump off the low diving board into a pool due to the movement of the diving board and myself walking to the edge of the diving board to dive in.
I can't juggle at all. I couldn't coordinate my catches and throws no matter how hard I've tried. When diving off a low diving board, I have to jump up and down a few times in order to time the dive, and it doesn't always work out.

Oh, and Ichinin, your signature is NOT cool.


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17 Aug 2010, 11:56 am

I can walk and chew gum at the same time and I can do a few multitasking activities as long as one of them doesnt need my full attention

I´m also unable to juggle, as a matter of fact I have a problem even handling hacky sacks.



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17 Aug 2010, 12:20 pm

I could never juggle. I was always was bad at it. I found scarves to be easier because they don't come down as fast when you throw them in the air.



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17 Aug 2010, 12:22 pm

MathGirl wrote:
Oh, and Ichinin, your signature is NOT cool.


It logs you out when you click on it. :lol:

Just log back in and don't click on it again, no biggie.



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17 Aug 2010, 1:30 pm

League_Girl wrote:
MathGirl wrote:
Oh, and Ichinin, your signature is NOT cool.


It logs you out when you click on it. :lol:

Just log back in and don't click on it again, no biggie.



My signature proves a point :D


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17 Aug 2010, 2:26 pm

The phrase 'can't walk and chew gum at the same time' is an old slang expression, indicating someone who is extremely stupid.

I don't think it was ever intended to describe anything that was an actual feat of coordination, as it represents something so simple even an idiot can do it without conscious effort.



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17 Aug 2010, 3:19 pm

This reminds me of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Anyways, I can.



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17 Aug 2010, 4:22 pm

Yes, I can walk and chew gum simultaneously, although I don't like gum.