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Ten things to avoid if you're affected by hand tremors
16th February 2008
It's another top ten submitted by Ouch reader Carrie Beckwith, who previously sent us 'Ten things a bipolar should not say on a busy bus'. Thanks for being so prolific, Carrie!
- Putting in a contact lens.
- Shaving your legs.
- Giving yourself a tattoo.
- Cleaning your ear with a cotton bud.
- Carrying two cups of hot tea in your hands, and a currant bun in your mouth.
- Offering to pluck your mate's eyebrows.
- Attempting a career as a street theatre 'statue'.
- Performing keyhole surgery.
- Entering a speed-typing competition.
- Trying to pick up a grain of rice.
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lol wonderful - as someone with a hand tremor i do avoid doing most of the above!
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