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[ormondsacker]

This is more or less a snow day, so I was peaceably watching some Buster Keaton just now. Empty bag of popcorn there, remote here by left hand, mostly-empty can of Coke Zero in right hand. Smile at silent-movie antics, raise can, and... here's where I'm not 100% on the order of events. As best I can reconstruct: Trailing edge of can impacts leg, spins out of hand on continued upward trajectory. Hand, still rising toward mouth, grabs instinctively for can as eyes jerk away from TV, try to adjust light levels and locate action. Can does neat 180-degree spin and slaps into palm of hand, fingers/thumb close around.

Right-hand touch receptors: Target acquired, beep.
Eyes: Action, action... woah, have can!
Brain: Wow, nice...
1.2 fl. oz. liquid from inverted can: [Impacts lap]

And then I flailed around a bit with napkins and such, and eventually found the remote and paused Buster Keaton in the act of falling off a steamboat. This is exactly what the Parents Television Council is on about.