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What comparatively useless skills do you have/lack?-> Eyeball tricks are creepy.
i can't whistle either and my finger snapping is very poor. i read a book where learning to whistle meant you were growing up. it made me sad.
i cannot do the fart sound by squishing your hand under your armpit. i have however on at least one occasion put an entire cue ball in my mouth
I also can't whistle. :(
I can sing the alphabet backwards without thinking about it, but I guess that's not too hard.
I can sing the alphabet backwards without thinking about it, but I guess that's not too hard.
I can whistle a tune but not that awesome two fingers in the mouth whistle. I break matches when I try to light them.
I'm terrible at opening wine bottles, but I can pour you a perfect pint of Guinness.
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "i cannot do the fart sound by squishing your hand under your armpit. i have however on at least one occasion put an entire cue ball in my mouth"I'm damn proud of you for trying the fart sound, though.
I have much useless knowledge about music.
I think me, you and Clark should have a Jeopardy!-style challenge to determine who possess the most useless knowledge about music.
I can chirp like a cricket. That comes in handy during meetings.
I think me, you and Clark should have a Jeopardy!-style challenge to determine who possess the most useless knowledge about music.
I can chirp like a cricket. That comes in handy during meetings.
I cannot belch a person's name or the alphabet. My sister can. I can belch on command, though.I can do a wimpy whistle. It's not very loud. I snap like a pro.
I can kick a ball and catch it. I can also bat and kick both right and left handed, as well as cut with scissors and eat both left and right handed.
I can do the splits. Back when I was doing taekwondo regularly, I used to be able to do the full splits with my chest on the ground and someone could pick either leg up from the side about 6 inches. I can't do that anymore. I can still kick and punch, though. And I can still teach a bit of self-defense and the mechanics of a kick or punch or other move (yes, we actually had to learn a bit of physics before we could get our instructor certification).
That comes to me like riding a bicycle...
Also, I can hula hoop around my neck, arm, waist, and ankle. I wish I could still jump rope while two people are holding each end, but I can't. The cord keeps slapping me when I try to jump in.
And like RA with his music knowledge, I have much useless knowledge about movies.
Oh, and I can twitch my eyebrows together or alternating... and my ears, too... and my nose.
I can snap my fingers, but I have to use my ring finger to do it. I can whistle pretty well, but I can't do the taxi two-finger whistle (which sounds like an obscene gesture, put like that). I can roll my r's, which means I can purr.
I drive a stick shift car.
I can't do a cartwheel to save my life.
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I can't do the taxi two-finger whistle). I ca..."
All my life I have regretted not being able to put my fingers in my mouth to make such a whistle. Clearly, I am not alone. It should be taught to every child in school.
Anthony wrote: "All my life I have regretted not being able to put my fingers in my mouth to make such a whistle. Clearly, I am no..."If any of you CAN do it, will you teach us how to do it? PLEEEASE?
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I drive a stick shift car.I can't do a cartwheel to save my life. "
Oh, me too on both of those!
i can't/won't drive in a car without a stick shift. they're not real cars and i can't take them serious, which will result in me driving the car like it's a bumper car which will then end in an accident.
I can't drive a bumper boat. My two attempts were traumatic and embarassing.
I can drive a standard. And a 5 ton truck... and back it into a space. I can't ride a unicycle, though.
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I drive a stick shift car."
The first time I drove a stick, the company I worked for needed some one to go pick up some parts, so I volunteered to go. I went out to jump in one of the trucks only to find the only truck left was a stick, so I went back in and told them I didn't know how to drive a stick they should find some one else. My boss looked at me and said, I guess its your day to learn, now go we need the parts. So with no lesson I jumped in and drove and everything went fine until I had to stop at a stop sign on a hill. Needless to say that wasn't pretty, and I ran the stop sign when I did finally get going.
The first time I drove a stick, the company I worked for needed some one to go pick up some parts, so I volunteered to go. I went out to jump in one of the trucks only to find the only truck left was a stick, so I went back in and told them I didn't know how to drive a stick they should find some one else. My boss looked at me and said, I guess its your day to learn, now go we need the parts. So with no lesson I jumped in and drove and everything went fine until I had to stop at a stop sign on a hill. Needless to say that wasn't pretty, and I ran the stop sign when I did finally get going.
janine wrote: "i can't/won't drive in a car without a stick shift. they're not real cars and i can't take them serious, which will result in me driving the car like it's a bumper car which will then end in an acc..."I totally agree! Jackie and I have argued about this before. I'm right, of course.
RA can't drive a stick. That's okay, not everyone has good coordination. And I'm happy to drive, it means I get to choose the music. :)
How are you going to change Cds or whatever when you have to switch gears all the time, Ms. Car Safety?:)
Jim wrote: "Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I drive a stick shift car."The first time I drove a stick, the company I worked for needed some one to go pick up some parts, so I volunteered to go. I went out to..."
I had a similar experience. My first car was a stick. I bought it in upstate New York before I knew how to drive it. My ex had promised to drive it down to Baltimore for me and then teach me how to drive it, but halfway down said "I'm tired. Your turn."
I learned by driving around an Arby's drive through about seventy five times and then heading out on the highway (only to stall on the on ramp). After that it was smooth sailing...
I change on the straightaways, keeping my eyes on the road, Mr. Cell Phone Talker. I'm a very good driver. I almost never drive over fallen signs, really. Shhh...
For one thing, the sight of a female backing a trailer seems to bring every large necked guy in a forty mile radius flying over to give contradictory advice. Heh. In the neighborhood in which I grew up in Chicago a group of retirees would gather the second anyone opened the hood of a car or began any home repair. They were more than happy to chat about the best way to proceed...
...but i can juggle, balance a baseball bat on my chin for a few moments and i am excellent at the game where someone draws a picture or letter on my back with their finger and i guess what it is
I can't stop on roller skates with that rubber stopper on the front. I fall down when I try that.I just head for a wall, or a stable-looking person to grab onto.
Nobody stops going forward with the rubber stopper. The trick is to pivot so you're gliding backward and then use the stop.The plough stop is more useful, but it takes practice.
The easiest is probably the "T" stop, where you drag one foot behind you perpendicular to the direction you're going.
Sarah Pi wrote: "Nobody stops going forward with the rubber stopper. The trick is to pivot so you're gliding backward and then use the stop...."I can't skate backwards on roller skates. :)
You only end up going backwards for a second, but once you're going backwards, the stoppers won't make you fall over, since they'll be at the back of the motion instead of the front. With all that forward momentum, if you use them going forward it's only natural that you then fall on your face.
BunWat wrote: "Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I can't skate backwards on roller skates. :)"I can't do anything on roller skates. Except fall down."
Yeah, I can skate forward in a circle around the rink as long as no little kid darts in front of me, and that's about it, Bun.
I'm in awe of Sarah Pi right now. She knows terminology of ways to stop.
I'm the finger whistler. At sporting events, when the team I'm rooting for does something good, there are always several people around me sticking their fingers in their ears and shooting me dirty looks. Then someone will say, "damn, that's loud!"I can't do that tongue roll thing, where you make it curl up on the sides.
OK Phil you have now given me hope, I can't do the tongue roll thing or whistle with my fingers. But since you are living proof the two don't go hand in hand, how do you do the finger whistling thing.
so far i figure our combined talents would just about place us around 9th at the Howard County Junior 4H Talent Contest
Isn't the tongue roll thing genetic?If you get pads for your breakable parts and go to open skates at a roller rink, you'll probably meet some roller girls, and they can teach you terminology too! It's much easier to learn how to stop (and to fall safely) once you have pads.
i as going to invent skating protection for my glasses and call it the ipad but i figured it would never catch on
Jim wrote: "...how do you do the finger whistling thing?"Months of practice & driving my mother crazy.
It's probably easiest using your thumbs. Curl your lips over your teeth. With your thumbnails facing the ceiling, point your thumbs toward yourself and put the tips of them together (not quite completely straight). Insert the thusly joined thumbs between the lips and keep your lower jaw slightly tensed (keeps the embouchure tighter & smaller).
The tongue should be at the bottom of the mouth, pushing up against the thumbs. Blow. No, don't blow so hard!! It only takes a little air. The secret is the position of the thumbs and the embouchure.
Good luck & have fun.
Okay, now I have wet thumbs and I feel dizzy...
Did you miss my first sentence?"Months of practice & driving my mother crazy."
That's an important part of the recipe.
I forgot to add, if you're dizzy you're blowing MUCH too hard. It's just forcing a bit of air out, is all. It's not a full-on blow. Sort of the same as a normal, quiet whistle, maybe even less.
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I can roll my r's"I really, really wish I could do this.
Phil wrote: "I forgot to add, if you're dizzy you're blowing MUCH too hard. It's just forcing a bit of air out, is all. It's not a full-on blow. Sort of the same as a normal, quiet whistle, maybe even less."Geez, this is gonna drive ME crazy.
BunWat wrote: "Phil wrote: "Wow it worked!! I startled myself! "YOU DID IT, TAWNUB!!! YOU DID IT! :D
i do a whistle i learned in Central America. it is the one all the boys use where you pinch your bottom lip together and suck in. it can be really loud and shrill
I can barely whistle. It's really soft and I can't change tune. I can't do a cartwheel or play any sports. I can drive a stick and I can memorize stuff really quickly.
Can anyone...☛ wiggle their ears?
☛ do that weird thing where you make your scalp move forward/back?
☛ whistle with a blade of grass?
☛ walk on their hands?
☛ hold their breath longer than 90 seconds?
I can do the first three, Phil. The wiggling ears and the hair scalp thing are connected.I canNOT raise just one eyebrow, try as I might.
I can't do any of those things. I can raise one eyebrow at a time. I can also wolf whistle (the finger whistling thing). I have been trying to teach my kids, but have failed miserably. Maybe I need Phil to come & give them lessons.
It must be your choice of grass. Try with a gum leaf!
I can do the grass whistle. I can. ::beams with pride::
Phil wrote: "Can anyone...☛ wiggle their ears?
☛ do that weird thing where you make your scalp move forward/back?
☛ whistle with a blade of grass?
☛ walk on their hands?
☛ hold their breath longer than 9..."
I can wiggle ears, forehead thing, raise one eyebrow with both, alternating if needed, same with flaring nostrils - one at a time if needed; whistle with a blade of grass (like Bun said... on and off), used to be able to walk on hands... haven't tried in years, and I'm pretty sure I can't hold my breath longer than 90 seconds.
my sister can make her eyeballs shake. very disturbing.
I cannot snap my fingers. I cannot whistle. In grade school when I had to do either I'd fake it.
I used to be a very good hackey-sacker, much to my shame, but I cannot now.
I have much useless knowledge about music.
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