Finger lookin' good?

Sir, to use this new slim phone with a micro-mini keypad, you first need to get rid of your rounded fingers!

Your cell phone indicates someone, somewhere, is reaching out to you.

Cell phone zeitgeist demands you leap to check, and what do you see?

‘DGHDGHDGH’.

Now, do you snigger, frown, or look perplexed?

No.

You smile sadly instead, registering sympathy for the unfortunate sms-er.

You know whom to blame – it’s that hypersensitive touch screen.

You’ve suffered too. Recently, you inadvertently dashed off a ‘msg’ that went ‘hie ate tiu’... which (if read quickly) was the emotional opposite of your intended missive – a genuine, warm query into the other’s well-being.

These tecchie guys, so busy making cell phones better, more devilishly advanced, and scarier, just don’t get it. They’ve created something that comes with a horrific list of must-haves – dexterity, agility, quick response time...and slim, tapering fingers.

As against...er...massfull-ly challenged ones (political correctness – another current zeitgeist thing).

Like we need more excuses to wallow in low self-esteem, or be mad at friends who are quicker and thinner, with better phalanges.

Seriously – we don’t need more reasons to think divisive.

What next – special gyms for slender fingers?

It’s all about Space, something scientists and philosophers have been arguing over for centuries.

Sometimes, you need just a bit of it judiciously distributed in order to make sense ... and live right.