> > I suppose I miss the RinkWorks Reader Poll a little bit, so I'll just throw in a poll question:
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> > When you skip rocks on a pond, which way do you make it spin?
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> > A. Clockwise
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> I might be wrong, but doesn't it boil down to what hand you're skipping with? Because I can't think of a way you could skip a rock with your right hand and not have it spin clockwise. (Unless you spin it into yourself, I suppose...)

A right-hander can throw it two ways. If you hold a flat rock between the thumb and forefinger and throw it side arm, it will spin counter-clockwise. But if your hold it between the thumb and third finger so that you spin it off the tip of your forefinger, it will spin clockwise. The latter works best for me. For lefties, everything is reversed. Is there such a thing as a left handed rock?
Howard