Stealth thumb

In the film version of Tank Girl, Tank Girl(Lori Petty) and Jet Girl (some dark-haired woman...OMG! It's Naomi Watts!) are trapped by a group of superkangaroo killer/soldiers and imprisoned in a very uncomfortable-looking room full of bowling balls.

Public domain image by S Chua.

Most people might whine about this treatment, but not Tank Girl. She settles down into a nice thumb wrestling match... fun.

Did you ever thumb wrestle? Probably. I mean, who hasn't? Anyone with a thumb can do it...if they understand the rules.


Enos the space chimp, who, like most primates, had four thumbs. Probably he was too busy doing astronaut things to thumb wrestle. Public domain in the United States (US) because was made by the US Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.

Of course, the question then becomes, "how do I win against a larger and stronger opponent?

The answer:

"Stealth thumb"

Stealth thumb works by "cloaking" the thumb, rather like a Romulan "warbird" or the Klingon "bird of prey."

[mandatory digressio] Hmmm...perhaps this whole "bird" thing explains why the Federation ships are not cloakable...they're all like "DC class cruiser" and not named after an animal at all.

Getting back to "stealth thumb;" however, you simply cloak the thumb, by "sneaking" it down and around the other thumb. This causes your opponent to laugh at your ridiculousness because cloaking isn't real. Then, when his/his guard is down, you strike... ha HA!

Yes, you have to say "ha HA!"

This is a procedure, after all.