A battered looking coloured
box caught my eye the other day – very nearly out of sight on a shelf of Gently
Used items. Looking closely, I discerned
that the contents were the old-fashioned game of pick up sticks! Other popular
games of yesteryear also shared the space, out of vogue now.
Pick-Up-Sticks could almost
be considered as symbolic of the steps people have to complete in order to
achieve their goals. At first, everything thrown up in the air and lands in a
heap of this ‘n that. Then, with concentration, the first of many targets are
collected and set aside - without moving
any of the others. One by one, specific sticks are gathered – it’s a process of physical dexterity and
mental acuity. If another stick is inadvertently affected, the player’s turn is
over – as in business competition the player with the most sticks at the end is
the winner.
In this modern age of
electronic games and mind-boggling technologies, it should be of no surprise to
readily identify the accomplishments of Inventors who played a thrilling game
of pick up sticks!
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