Cup while BU?

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

The flinch that you cite that is triggered by sound is yet another way, but not related to the flinch I was referring to.

I was unaware there were multiple types of flinching. Please enlighten me on the difference. While you're at it, let me know the difference in reaction times. Is there a study out there somewhere?

[Texas Aggie]

I move just as quickly to protect my nuts from damage as my face.

True, but there's a difference here. I've been hit in the head, face, shoulder, chest, etc. with all sorts of crap -- whether officiating or doing something else. Luckily, nothing was hard enough to cause serious injury. Usually, it was painful, but not always. On the other hand, I've been tagged LIGHTLY below the belt on a couple of occasions and I was out of commission for 15 minutes. Once while doing intramural softball, a first baseman misplayed a very hard hit hop and it went off his glove and glazed off my jaw (I was probably 5-7 feet away). It didn't hurt, really, but I've had that same kind of thing go off the nuts and really hurt.

Maybe some of you guys are more numb down there!

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

I was unaware there were multiple types of flinching. Please enlighten me on the difference. While you're at it, let me know the difference in reaction times. Is there a study out there somewhere?

Okay ... great.

You can't tell the difference between flinching because a hardball is coming at your head and phantom flinching due to a loud noise? Good luck to you.

And you dispute that you can't move your head faster than your waist, or that the human arm can push down faster than pull up? Good. Fine. Talk to ANY boxer.

You go ahead and believe what you believe and I'll go ahead and believe what actually is.