Simian Line...

[Happynoj]

Last week, one of my flatmates looked at one of my hands and declared that I was a freak. I had never realised it before, but one of my hands is not normal. Rather than having the usual pattern of creases, my left hand has a single crease running straight across the middle. I looked it up on the internet, and it is called a Simian Line - apparently roughly 1 in 30 people have one. I have asked loads of people, and I have only found one other person who has one.

I figure that with the number of people on TB, there must be more people who have one. So - anyone?

Here is a photo of mine:

And my right hand for comparison:

Oh, and I should mention that the dark mark on the base of the thumb on this hand is not a mole or cancer. Its the end of a pencil lead which is stuck in there. I get people asking me a lot.


EDIT1: My hands are not different colours either - it is just the lighting.
EDIT2: The new picture does not have funny lighting so ignore that ^
EDIT3: The new picture may have slightly funny lighting, so see EDIT1.

 

[ehque]

Saitek gaming keyboard!

I have a Razer. Think the Saitek would have been a better choice.

I've seen people with simian lines before. I dont have one.

 

[Thunderscreech]

I have one, or, well, what looks like one.

 

[Relic]

OMG, you are a freak - your left hand's completely invisible!

 

[Happynoj]

Saitek gaming keyboard!

I have a Razer. Think the Saitek would have been a better choice

I changed the colour on the keyboard when I retook the first picture, specially for you...

The colours look really washed out in these photos though - the first one is proper red, and the second is a great purple colour. It also has blue...

 

[MJ5150]

Weird. I've never seen that before.

Is your name Caesar, Aldo, or Gaius?

-Mike

 

[TheDarkReaver]

That is a most strange phenonomon

 

[Happynoj]

Weird. I've never seen that before.

Is your name Caesar, Aldo, or Gaius?

-Mike

Well, not my first name. Middle names don't count do they...?

 

[kobass]

Man, just be glad it not the 1600's. You'd probably be accused of being a witch or something.

 

[Joe Gress]

I have it on my left hand but not my right. It's not perfectly straight though.


Whats even worse is when you have hair on you knuckles. That a very serious condition that you should look up.

 

[Phalex]

How come the right one looks cleaner??

 

[Happynoj]

How come the right one looks cleaner??

See EDIT1. Or EDIT3.

 

[Phalex]

See EDIT1. Or EDIT3.

Nah! I don't think that's it at all!!

 

[TheDarkReaver]

How come the right one looks cleaner??

Maybe he's left handed...if you know what I mean.

 

[wilser]

maybe from compulsive...'self pacification'?

 

[kobass]

maybe from compulsive...'self pacification'?

He's from the UK. I believe they have a word for that. I think it starts with a "w".

 

[TheDarkReaver]

Starts with w and rhymes with Anchor.

 

[wilser]

is it Wanchor?

 

[TheDarkReaver]

Merchant Banker.

 

[peetey]

Interesting you brought this up because I have the exact same line on both of my hands! I've always wondered about this because I've never seen it before, until now.