How To Be Less Clumsy

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Today, we’re rerunning one of our favorite episodes. Listener Gab is clumsy: white sweaters, stemmed wine glasses and sharp edges are off the table. Can Gab learn to be less clumsy? Professional steady-hand Bryan Berg and kinesiologist Priscila Tamplain share tips for foiling fumbles. Special thanks to Carl Gabbard and Michael Wade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've reached the Every Little Thing Helpline. Please leave a message after the...
0:06.0	Oh shit.
0:09.0	I can't keep anything clean. I can't have anything white or light. It gets dirty. I spill on it. I'm clumsy.
0:19.0	And I'm just wondering, are some people more prone to accidents than
0:24.6	other people and why? This is absolutely a factual emergency.
0:33.9	Hello? Hey, Gab. It's Flora from ELT. Hi, Flora. We bumped your question up in the queue because it seems very urgent given that we're moving
0:43.3	into red wine season.
0:45.3	Absolutely.
0:46.3	What kind of clumsy are you?
0:49.3	Like, are you a spiller, a dropper, a tripper?
0:53.3	All of the above. What about cheese graters? How many accidents have you had? Like, are you a spiller, a dropper, a tripper?
0:55.1	All of the above.
0:56.9	What about cheese graders?
0:59.3	How many accidents have you had with cheese graters?
1:07.2	I feel like at least once a year I'm catching my finger in the cheese grater.
1:10.3	Any recent clumsy incidents we should know about? Oh, yes, I have a list for you.
1:12.4	I'm loving that you came prepared. Okay. So, I mean, there's tons of wine spilling incidents.
1:20.0	I've dropped a whole bottle of wine out of my car onto the street. It just slipped through your
1:25.1	fingers? What happened? Yes. I was like looking to make
1:30.9	sure there was no traffic and I just, my grip was a little bit loose. I was probably holding other
1:36.4	objects as I do. I'm notorious for like, how many things can I grab at once and carry with me? I'm
1:42.2	pretty sure it was a scenario like that and like
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