Is the death grip real?

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Negative. You don't have any muscles in your hands, just tendons that are manipulated by the muscles in your forearms. If the tendons are cut, you have no grip.
 

chambersc

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Originally posted by: DonVito
Negative. You don't have any muscles in your hands, just tendons that are manipulated by the muscles in your forearms. If the tendons are cut, you have no grip.

yeah, ever seen "constantine?"
 

Howard

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Wow, I could have sworn I just posted in this thread. Oh well, DonVito posted what I meant to say.
 

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Wow, I could have sworn I just posted in this thread. Oh well, Howard just posted that DonVito posted what I meant to say.
 
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Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: DonVito
Negative. You don't have any muscles in your hands, just tendons that are manipulated by the muscles in your forearms. If the tendons are cut, you have no grip.

yeah, ever seen "constantine?"

No - does that happen in the movie or something?
 
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Originally posted by: Perknose
Wow, I could have sworn I just posted in this thread. Oh well, Howard just posted that DonVito posted what I meant to say.

I could have sworn I heard this information from Perknose. It must have been a dream . . .
 

chambersc

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Originally posted by: DonVito
Originally posted by: chambersc
Originally posted by: DonVito
Negative. You don't have any muscles in your hands, just tendons that are manipulated by the muscles in your forearms. If the tendons are cut, you have no grip.

yeah, ever seen "constantine?"

No - does that happen in the movie or something?

yeah, keanu reaves slits his wrists to commit suicide. when he's talking with the devil keanu tries to light a cigarette and the devil quips how he has no tendons due to cutting em.
 

SacrosanctFiend

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Originally posted by: DonVito
Negative. You don't have any muscles in your hands, just tendons that are manipulated by the muscles in your forearms. If the tendons are cut, you have no grip.

Incorrect. You have the hypothenar, thenar, and short-finger muscles in your hand.
 

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Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: DonVito
Negative. You don't have any muscles in your hands, just tendons that are manipulated by the muscles in your forearms. If the tendons are cut, you have no grip.

Incorrect. You have the hypothenar, thenar, and short-finger muscles in your hand.

That sounds like something Dwight from The Office would say.
 

Gibsons

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You might be thinking about rigor mortis (wiki ), in which case I think it would depend on where (how high up) the arm was cut off.