No... not that finger. The one just on the other side of it but still in the middle. No. not the all important left ring finger in Midwestern, Heartland-of-America culture. It's the one on the right hand. Yes. The ring finger on my right hand.. the unimportant and least valuable finger on my right hand is in a split. I've injured my finger, perplexing my doctor as to how to fix it and making her scratch her head more than I think she'd care to admit, and now it's in a splint.
As I've been typing this I am using my left hand in the proper form on the 'home row' and my pointer and middle finger is doing everything else on the right-hand side of the keyboard. To be honest, my right pointer and middle finger are pretty efficient at the key strokes. Maybe we don't even need 5 fingers. Maybe 3 OR EVEN 4 would suffice for everyday living as the characters of The Simpsons suggest... what... with their daring portrayal of yellow 4-fingered people! This is something to consider. I'm doing just fine with 4 fingers on my right hand... maybe evolution should consider the same.
I'm sooo not serious about this, but I must admit being a nine-fingered woman is much easier than I anticipated. :)
