Friday, March 09, 2007

A Natural Affinity for Ice

I was saying to my wife the other day, after we watched The Incredibles again, that I don't ever want ice powers because I don't like to skate. Well, I should say I do like to skate enough, I just don't like to fall down and I am terrified of falling on ice. She replied that if one had ice powers, then one would naturally be more adept at moving on ice.

I dismissed this idea at first, but upon reflection I realized that there is no evidence this isn't true. I'm sure it never occured to anyone to test whether or not Iceman or Frozone could stand/walk better than somwone else. How does one qualify such things? How does one separate an innate ability from all the practice one gets rushing around on ice slides?
As they say about Tootsie Pops, the world may never know.