31 JANUARY 2004, Page 30

Foot trick

From Professor Nigel Jones Sir: An amusing trick for bored readers: rotate your right foot in a clockwise direction, and then, while rotating, draw the number six in the air with your right hand. You'll find that your foot magically changes direction!

Nigel Jones

Banbury, Oxfordshire

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