petegoldWith the launch of Xbox's new Kinect module, and with other Natural User Interfaces in development, I felt it was time for a friendly plea in favour of using our thumbs for some things:
SAVE OUR THUMBS
Computers are great. Computers are cool.
We're the controllers and they are our tool.
But as we kinect with technology We must never forget our biology
Now our joystick and paddles are failing the test
So we wave at our consoles and they do the rest
As we bin our controllers the question becomes.
What should we do with our thumbs?
Save our thumbs
They're the things we hold up to say hi to our chums
Have we learned that they're not so disposable
Don't oppose them. Rejoice! They're opposable.
And without them we couldn't send texts to our Mums
So please save our thumbs.
Save our thumbs
Without them we couldn't peel peaches or plums.
Just how tricky would life for a butler be
Tell me how would he polish his cutlery?
And we'd all have to master base eight for our sums.
So please save our thumbs.
Save our thumbs
Without them we couldn't play piano or drums
Girls how tough would inserting an earring feel?
Fellas. What should we tap on the steering wheel?
And how else would we pick up potato chip crumbs?
So please save our thumbs.
Save our thumbs
This is urgent so please pull yours out of your bums
Do not think their importance is middling.
Don't waste time - thumbs are not just for twiddling
So I hope that humanity never succumbs
To a world without thumbs.
