Put your hands together...

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove) 10/31/2017 at 13:02 • Filed to: Thing would love this place

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...for the Adrian Flatt Hand Collection. By popular request, here is a review of what is, hands down, the most interesting display where I work.

Adrian Flatt is a hand surgeon and former chief of orthopedic surgery at Baylor Medical Center. He made rosin impressions of the hands of a lot of famous people, and the bronze casts of those hands are displayed here. Among my favorites are Charles Shultz, Dr. Seuss, and Linus Pauling, who I had the privilege to see lecture when I was an undergraduate. There is plenty of interest for the Planelopnik folks, too. Enjoy!

Dr. Flatt casting Walter Cronkite’s hand

As promised, Andre Roussimoff, better known as Fezzik

That’s George Burns; I missed the plaque underneath.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 10/31/2017 at 13:13

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“Oh, wait, I think, is that, YES, it’s Donald Trump’s hands.”

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 10/31/2017 at 13:13

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But who wants to see a collection of flat hands?

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 10/31/2017 at 13:18

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Is the joke that he has tiny hands or something?

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 10/31/2017 at 13:18

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Har har, wise guy. Sheesh.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 10/31/2017 at 13:20

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 10/31/2017 at 13:21

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Joking aside, I think he has hands similar to mine - namely, squarely in the medium range, but by virtue of him being big, disproportionately small compared to height, and with a large palm that makes the fingers look very short. Which makes wearing latex/nitrile gloves a giant pain in the rear, because “normal” gloves are too tight, and “large” gloves are too long in the finger.

Yes, I formally admit here that I have Trump Handylosis.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/31/2017 at 13:22

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It’s sort of like the old joke: How can you tell a violin from a viola? The viola players heads are smaller. It’s all about perspective.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 10/31/2017 at 13:25

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The palm/finger thickness and set of proportions I have, of the ones on display above, is probably most similar to Walt Disney - with slightly shorter fingers and smaller hand overall.

benjrblant > Chariotoflove 10/31/2017 at 13:27

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Creepy. Reminds me of this:

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 10/31/2017 at 13:27

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Still the most useful image in the history of the internet.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 10/31/2017 at 13:29

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Damn. Van Cliburn had really long fingers.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 10/31/2017 at 13:30

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Second time I’ve used it this week.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 10/31/2017 at 13:42

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Okay, wasn’t sure. Sorry I wasn’t in on it. I actually spent a couple minutes checking to see if he was in there before responding.

Chariotoflove > benjrblant 10/31/2017 at 13:43

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I love that “Katey Sagal” is in that frame.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 10/31/2017 at 13:43

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Yeah, no doubt helped a lot.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 10/31/2017 at 13:43

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Oh, I didn’t even look. I went straight for the gag.

shop-teacher > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/31/2017 at 14:13

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I have a similar problem. I have large hands and short little sausage fingers. I need an XL glove to get it on, but then there’s a full inch of extra finger flopping around.

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 10/31/2017 at 14:14

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Wow. That really is a thing. Whoda thunk it?

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 10/31/2017 at 16:52

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Told ya. I’m glad somebody thunk it so I can see it.