Ooh, this is very nice. I love how House feels "open to attack from one side." His body has already attacked him once, and it makes perfect sense that he's literally defending that side by using the cane in that hand.
An elderly man I knew (he was a member of our church and a retired doctor who'd founded the town's first hospital) had to walk with a cane in the last few years of his life. He told me once, "You know, a lot of people think this a sign of getting feeble, but they're really very handy." Which he demonstrated by whipping it out and pulling a hassock to his feet. I often think of him when I see House doing his cane tricks. :)
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Date: 2008-07-14 11:41 pm (UTC)An elderly man I knew (he was a member of our church and a retired doctor who'd founded the town's first hospital) had to walk with a cane in the last few years of his life. He told me once, "You know, a lot of people think this a sign of getting feeble, but they're really very handy." Which he demonstrated by whipping it out and pulling a hassock to his feet. I often think of him when I see House doing his cane tricks. :)