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<blockquote data-quote="Trainz" data-source="post: 2120500" data-attributes="member: 2122">On the subject of Flying:“The first part is easy.&nbsp; All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness not to mind that it’s going to hurt.&nbsp; That is, it’s going to hurt if you fail to miss the ground. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Most people fail to miss the ground and if they are really trying properly, the likelihood is that they will fail to miss it fairly hard.&nbsp; Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “One problem is that you have to miss the ground accidentally.&nbsp; It’s no good deliberately intending to miss the ground because you won’t.&nbsp; You have to have your attention suddenly distracted by something else when you’re halfway there, so that you are no longer thinking about falling, or about the ground or about how much it’s going to hurt if you fail to miss it. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “It is notoriously difficult to prize your attention away from these three things during the split second you have at your disposal.&nbsp; Hence most people’s failure, and their eventual disillusionment with this exhilarating and spectacular sport. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “If, however, you are lucky enough to have your attention momen-tarily distracted at the crucial moment by, say, a gorgeous pair of legs (tentacles, pseudopodia, according to phyllum and/or personal inclination) or a bomb going off in your vicinity, or by suddenly spotting an extremely rare species of beetle crawling along a nearby twig, then in your astonish-ment you will miss the ground completely and remain bobbing just a few inches above it in what might seem to be a slightly foolish manner. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “This is a moment for superb and delicate concentration.”- Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trainz, post: 2120500, member: 2122"] On the subject of Flying: “The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness not to mind that it’s going to hurt. That is, it’s going to hurt if you fail to miss the ground. “Most people fail to miss the ground and if they are really trying properly, the likelihood is that they will fail to miss it fairly hard. Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties. “One problem is that you have to miss the ground accidentally. It’s no good deliberately intending to miss the ground because you won’t. You have to have your attention suddenly distracted by something else when you’re halfway there, so that you are no longer thinking about falling, or about the ground or about how much it’s going to hurt if you fail to miss it. “It is notoriously difficult to prize your attention away from these three things during the split second you have at your disposal. Hence most people’s failure, and their eventual disillusionment with this exhilarating and spectacular sport. “If, however, you are lucky enough to have your attention momen-tarily distracted at the crucial moment by, say, a gorgeous pair of legs (tentacles, pseudopodia, according to phyllum and/or personal inclination) or a bomb going off in your vicinity, or by suddenly spotting an extremely rare species of beetle crawling along a nearby twig, then in your astonish-ment you will miss the ground completely and remain bobbing just a few inches above it in what might seem to be a slightly foolish manner. “This is a moment for superb and delicate concentration.” - Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy [/QUOTE]

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