GUEST BLOG: Domestic Jedi

Someone else has sent me a thing! A big thanks to the SCIENCELORD @magicdarts for the following selection of words.

Do you find yourself summoning The Force to retrieve everyday items instead of moving?

@magicdarts sent me this on Twitter.

Picture the scene: I'm at home on the sofa and something is just out of reach. Do I move? Do I hell.

I concentrate, trying to feel the Force flowing  amongst all things, even the remote and the beer bottle. I stretch out with my feelings, I will do this, I won’t just try.

If I’m feeling particularly energetic I’ll reach out with my hand and maybe even close my eyes. I can feel the remote moving, flying towards my hand like Darth Vader plucking a blaster bolt from thin air.

My eyes open...

Nothing has changed.

I sigh, and have to do things the old-fashioned way using muscles and energy and other boring non-Jedi techniques.

Do you do this? Are hokey religions and ancient weapons a match for having a beer in your hand or the ability to change channel?

More importantly, does it work?