What is "Filangees"?

[C.J.]

Anybody knows?

[MyrddinsPrecint]

it's a word she made up, because she couldn't think of anything else to say...........

they don't exist.


(this has to do with the friends season finale, for those that didn't watch)

[npkeith]

There is a medical term "Phalanges" (singular phalanx) that is the collective name for the bones of the fingers and toes, broken down into proximal (closest to the hand), middle and distal (where the finger/toenail is), and by which finger. The tip of your pinky would be the "distal phalanx of the small finger" and the base of your middle finger would be the proximal phalanx of the long finger.

Held correctly, a weapon is gripped between the distal phalanx of the thumb and long finger, while the middle and distal phalanges of the other three fingers rest lightly on the grip.

(Pedantic mode off)

[poor_nizzie]

Actually, Myrddins, 'filangees' do exist. They're just not spelled that way.

Phalanges are the bones that constitute human fingers and toes.
Like the flight attendant insisted, "There is no phalange!" I don't recall ever seeing a plane that had fingers and toes.

It is a fun word to say, and sounded technical and professional enough as far as Phoebe was concerned.

Any idea of when the results from this Sunday (May 2) will be posted on the NEUSFA site? I didn't qualify, but I wanna know my final ranking anyway!

[MyrddinsPrecint]

Actually, Myrddins, 'filangees' do exist. They're just not spelled that way.

Phalanges are the bones that constitute human fingers and toes.
Like the flight attendant insisted, "There is no phalange!" I don't recall ever seeing a plane that had fingers and toes.

It is a fun word to say, and sounded technical and professional enough as far as Phoebe was concerned.

Any idea of when the results from this Sunday (May 2) will be posted on the NEUSFA site? I didn't qualify, but I wanna know my final ranking anyway!

hrph. ok. but it's one of those words she pulled out of nowhere that had no real bearing on the situation at hand......

and, yeah, no clue.

[Army Fencer]

hrph. ok. but it's one of those words she pulled out of nowhere that had no real bearing on the situation at hand......

Nice pun.

Keith, you beat me to it. Sigh.

[Purple Fencer]

There is a medical term "Phalanges" (singular phalanx) that is the collective name for the bones of the fingers and toes, broken down into proximal (closest to the hand), middle and distal (where the finger/toenail is), and by which finger. The tip of your pinky would be the "distal phalanx of the small finger" and the base of your middle finger would be the proximal phalanx of the long finger.

Held correctly, a weapon is gripped between the distal phalanx of the thumb and long finger, while the middle and distal phalanges of the other three fingers rest lightly on the grip.

(Pedantic mode off)

What's mthe differance between this term and metacarpals (hand) and metatarsals (feet)...or are we talking about a SPECIFIC set of bones??

[Army Fencer]

What's mthe differance between this term and metacarpals (hand) and metatarsals (feet)...or are we talking about a SPECIFIC set of bones??

The bones in your wrist are your carpals. The bones between your carpals and your phalanges are your metacarpals. They're the longer bones of the hand, and you have five of them.

You have a similar set up in your feet. The bones of your ankle, distal to (underneath) your tibia and fibula, are your tarsals. Between your tarsals the the phalanges of your feet, you have metatarsals.

I love anatomy.

[RebelFencer]

I remember watching this one movie with Samuel L. Jackson in it where he was a teacher in an inner city school. One of his kids were terrorizing him and his white girlfriend (for that reason) so he drugged him, kidnapped him, and cut his fingers off. The next day at school in the class that kid was in SLJ made a point to teach the class about their phalanges. The movie ended with SLJ losing in Russian Roulette to that guy.

[Purple Fencer]

The bones in your wrist are your carpals. The bones between your carpals and your phalanges are your metacarpals. They're the longer bones of the hand, and you have five of them.

You have a similar set up in your feet. The bones of your ankle, distal to (underneath) your tibia and fibula, are your tarsals. Between your tarsals the the phalanges of your feet, you have metatarsals.

I love anatomy.

Ahhh....metacarpals = the "back of the hand/palm" area...'tween the wrist and the 1st knuckle...with the metatasals being the corresponding area of the foot...and the phalanges are the extremities...thanks!!

[Army Fencer]

I remember watching this one movie with Samuel L. Jackson in it where he was a teacher in an inner city school. One of his kids were terrorizing him and his white girlfriend (for that reason) so he drugged him, kidnapped him, and cut his fingers off. The next day at school in the class that kid was in SLJ made a point to teach the class about their phalanges. The movie ended with SLJ losing in Russian Roulette to that guy.

Hmm... I don't think I needed to know that.

Glad to be of service, Mr. Purple Fencer.

[RebelFencer]

haha, just a tidbit of trivia!

[CarlKnoch]

it = fingers