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Do you have an interesting disgusting or rare talent? Talk about it :D. Im not sure if I have many, but I can throw a knuckleball, but it doesnt really move aroud much. Whats your talent?

I am so amazing at pogosticking. I can pogostick of a two meter high wall! And pogo stick without any hands, down steps!

I am so amazing at pogosticking. I can pogostick of a two meter high wall! And pogo stick without any hands, down steps!
sweet, my dad briefly held the guiness book of world records record for the most consecutive pogo bounces or whatever you call them in the 70's. He had like 8000 in about 4 hours, and the last hour was with a broken spring. My record is 12:D

Do you have an interesting disgusting or rare talent? Talk about it :D. Im not sure if I have many, but I can throw a knuckleball, but it doesnt really move aroud much. Whats your talent?

I can throw a knuckleball, too. How much it moves depends on the weather. When it comes to baseball, I can also throw a screwball, which is, I think, pretty rare.

I can throw a knuckleball, too. How much it moves depends on the weather. When it comes to baseball, I can also throw a screwball, which is, I think, pretty rare.
how do you throw your knuckleball? (grip) how fast is it?
my screwball sucks, i throw it as a change up:D

My special talent? It involves using my feet as hands.

I will learn how to type with my toes soon...

I've talked about this one before. Given any date from 1955 onward, I can tell you what the #1 song on the US pop charts was, from memory. Sorry, can't do that with UK, Oz, or other countries, and over the net it's impossible to prove I'm not looking up the answers.

how do you throw your knuckleball? (grip) how fast is it?
my screwball sucks, i throw it as a change up:D

I basically throw it (or used to) like a fastball but with knuckles on the ball instead of outstretched fingers, just enough to give it that push without much rotation to speak of. No idea how fast it is. Never clocked it. It's pretty damn slow, though.

A change and a screwball are totally different grips and arm rotations.

some people can roll their tongue, and some can't. i can roll mine three times, like three rolls next to eachother. its not very usefull but i don't know anybody else who can do it.

some people can roll their tongue, and some can't. i can roll mine three times, like three rolls next to eachother. its not very usefull but i don't know anybody else who can do it.

Can you tie a cherry stem in knot using only your tongue?

I can.
:)

I can pound a nail straight back into my face through my nostril. Not up my nose, mind you, straight back into my face. I can also stop electric fans with my tongue. I'm like a walking freak show!

how do you throw your knuckleball? (grip) how fast is it?
my screwball sucks, i throw it as a change up:D
im a bit double jointed my left elbow nearly bends the whole way back.....that doesnt really count as a talent tho does it?

im pretty talentless i must confess, art is the only real thing im good at!

I'm like a walking freak show!

Just "like"? :p

Can you tie a cherry stem in knot using only your tongue?

I can.
:)
i can :) i can also unwrap a starburst in under 7 seconds

I can form a bubble on the tip of my tongue and then blow it off into the air and it wont pop until it lands on something.

I can gleek (shoot a stream of water from a gland under my tongue)

I can deep thr... errr - lets stop there.

I can form a bubble on the tip of my tongue and then blow it off into the air and it wont pop until it lands on something.

I can gleek (shoot a stream of water from a gland under my tongue)

I can deep thr... errr - lets stop there.

Thank you for stopping. :p

I can make up funny lyrics on the fly to any song I'm listening to. Sometimes they even turn out pretty good.

I can play horn. Not that that's really special. Weird, maybe...

I can lick my own elbow.

i can wiggle my ears. not independently but i've never met anyone else can do it.

I can lick my own elbow.

OMGHAX!!

I can lick my own elbow.

Y'know, I'd never thought of trying until I read your post. I can't do it.

I can lick my own elbow.


I dont believe it - I will need to see a picture as proof

*is in pain from trying*

I can tickle myself. It's a pain in the butt if I have to scatch my foot or something.

Do you have an interesting disgusting or rare talent? Talk about it :D. Im not sure if I have many, but I can throw a knuckleball, but it doesnt really move aroud much. Whats your talent?
Although I can be rather confrontive on here, I can be very charming and persuasive in person ... and usually am. Other talents I've accumulated over the years: Emergency medical care ( National EMT Certification ), proficiency with a variety of weapons, organizational skills, mediation and arbitration skills, teaching and training skills ... the list goes on. :)

Although I can be rather confrontive on here, I can be very charming and persuasive in person ... and usually am. Other talents I've accumulated over the years: Emergency medical care ( National EMT Certification ), proficiency with a variety of weapons, organizational skills, mediation and arbitration skills, teaching and training skills ... the list goes on. :)

Don't forget wielding a mean trout. :p

I can gleek (shoot a stream of water from a gland under my tongue)
i didn't know there was a word for that. can you do it voluntarily? cuz it happens to me quite often involuntarily. can be embarrassing especially at the dentist or when you're being 'intimate'. maybe thats why dentists wear lab goggles.

i didn't know there was a word for that. can you do it voluntarily? cuz it happens to me quite often involuntarily. can be embarrassing especially at the dentist or when you're being 'intimate'. maybe thats why dentists wear lab goggles.

yeah - I do it by pressing the tip of my tongue into the backside of my two top front teeth

it also happens to me involuntarily

I've talked about this one before. Given any date from 1955 onward, I can tell you what the #1 song on the US pop charts was, from memory. Sorry, can't do that with UK, Oz, or other countries, and over the net it's impossible to prove I'm not looking up the answers.
My old Maths teacher could do that with UK pop charts.
He was called Magic Man Mattock.....

I have no weird talents :(

I am extremely flexible, I can wrap my legs behind my head and lay on my stomache and bend my legs up so that my ankles rest on my shoulders...... I do NOT want to hear any jokes about possible uses for that........I already know....:p

I can dislocate my thumb and bend it behind the knuckle on my index finger.

I can sing in rounds all by myself

I can make 135 different balloon sculptures (47 animals, the rest are accesories)

I have a photographic memory, which isn't as fun as it sounds.

that's about it.

Can you tie a cherry stem in knot using only your tongue?

I can.
:)
no, but i'm planning to learn it :D

is this the way to do it? (http://www.sheilaomalley.com/archives/003155.html)
now all i need is a cherry stem.

Do you have an interesting disgusting or rare talent? Talk about it :D. Im not sure if I have many, but I can throw a knuckleball, but it doesnt really move aroud much. Whats your talent?

Intimidation. Fuck knows why, but its true.

I am extremely flexible, I can wrap my legs behind my head and lay on my stomache and bend my legs up so that my ankles rest on my shoulders...... I do NOT want to hear any jokes about possible uses for that........I already know....:p

I can dislocate my thumb and bend it behind the knuckle on my index finger.

I can sing in rounds all by myself

I can make 135 different balloon sculptures (47 animals, the rest are accesories)

I have a photographic memory, which isn't as fun as it sounds.

that's about it.

Regardless of your gender, when you hit 21 you can make a fortune. Not with the balloon sculptures....though you may corner a niche market, were you to incorporate them...

I have no weird talents :(
That in itself is a talent.

maybe.

I have complete control over when I orgasm.

I dont believe it - I will need to see a picture as proof

*is in pain from trying*

My humerus in my right arm is approximately half an inch to an inch shorter than it should be. On top of that, my tongue's kind of long.

Regardless of your gender, when you hit 21 you can make a fortune. Not with the balloon sculptures....though you may corner a niche market, were you to incorporate them...
I am a 24 year old wife and mother. now you feel bad don'tcha?

I have no weird talents :(
You can be the control or baseline. :cool:

I have complete control over when I orgasm.
Uhm ... okay, moving right along, folks ...

I can gleek, too, and yes, it can be a surprise, sometimes. I'm a bit double-jointed, used to be more as a kid but the old joints aren't what they used to be. I'm getting pretty good at calligraphy, and I can cook (okay, maybe that's not weird, but it's a talent).:p

Don't forget wielding a mean trout. :p
LOL! Uh ... can you explain just what you mean by that? :p

That in itself is a talent.

maybe.
Hopefully?

I have non-weird talents.... you know... useful talents... but who wants them?? :( :P

I can sing in rounds all by myself

I have a photographic memory, which isn't as fun as it sounds.

:confused: How exactly...?

And I can imagine.... :fluffle:

I have the ability to nerd out without shame or fear of reprisals.

Would you like me to give you a summary of every undead creature in the D&D library?

I have the ability to nerd out without shame or fear of reprisals.

Would you like me to give you a summary of every undead creature in the D&D library?

Ah, but can you do it in order of hit dice? :p

:confused: How exactly...?
well, when I was a clown I had a puppet, so technically I would sing rounds with him, I would skip a few words, but change into his voice for his part, and if you do it fast enough it fools children. ;)

row row row your boat row gently row down row the stream your boat, merrily, gently, merrily, down the, merrily stream, merrily life, merrily is but, merrily a dream......

I tried to split it so you could see, but it works better IRL

Ah, but can you do it in order of hit dice? :p

With enough time and caffine, I'm sure I can pull it off.

I am a 24 year old wife and mother. now you feel bad don'tcha?

Nope. I was actually more worried you'd be the illegal side of 18 and get "ideas".

Nope. I was actually more worried you'd be the illegal side of 18 and get "ideas".
haha.

With enough time and caffine, I'm sure I can pull it off.

A geek after my own heart. :D

I basically throw it (or used to) like a fastball but with knuckles on the ball instead of outstretched fingers, just enough to give it that push without much rotation to speak of. No idea how fast it is. Never clocked it. It's pretty damn slow, though.

A change and a screwball are totally different grips and arm rotations.
i dig my index and middle finger into the seam, put my thumb on the bottom seam my ring finger on the side to help me guide it, and my pinkie stays off of the ball. its about 40 mph
You misunderstood, I use the screwball grip and arm rotation, but it doesnt cut, and its slow, so I use that as my "change up"

:D I can take off my bra without taking off my blouse. Most blouses, anyway. :p And no, guys, I can't teach you to take off someone else's bra without removing her blouse.

i dig my index and middle finger into the seam, put my thumb on the bottom seam my ring finger on the side to help me guide it, and my pinkie stays off of the ball. its about 40 mph
You misunderstood, I use the screwball grip and arm rotation, but it doesnt cut, and its slow, so I use that as my "change up"

You're unnecessarily putting wear and tear on your elbow and shoulder then. Learn to throw either a straight change (basically palming the ball) or a circle change (palming, but with the thumb and forefinger forming a circle on the side of the ball) -- no arm rotation needed.

:D I can take off my bra without taking off my blouse. Most blouses, anyway. :p And no, guys, I can't teach you to take off someone else's bra without removing her blouse.

No need to teach me. I already know how. ;)

I used to be able to do a 5 round grouping, where all 5 rounds touched at least one other, at 100 metres using iron sights using the L85A1 (SA80).

On a more fun note, the wife thinks I can breathe through my ears.

Fargozia']On a more fun note, the wife thinks I can breathe through my ears.

Which is only really beneficial if you've got a nine-inch tongue to boot. ;)

I have complete control over when I orgasm.
:eek:

:D I can take off my bra without taking off my blouse. Most blouses, anyway. :p And no, guys, I can't teach you to take off someone else's bra without removing her blouse.
most people can!when given the chance to practise!!;)

I have complete control over when I orgasm
:eek:
Better than having no control.

Better than having no control.

How true. In fact, I better go change my undies...

Im telekinetic

Better than having no control.
I have excellent aim as well.

I have no weird talents :(
maybe not, but you make up for it by being wonderfully crazy :p
and you have the special talent of being an incredible and fantastically caring and deep person, as well as having the special talent of making me love you and care about you so much :) :) :fluffle:


as for me, i have no talents... unless you count having musical teeth! :D

maybe not, but you make up for it by being wonderfully crazy :p
and you have the special talent of being an incredible and fantastically caring and deep person, as well as having the special talent of making me love you and care about you so much :) :fluffle:
Awwwww! That was so unexpected and lovely! :D *is all beamy and properly smiley for first time today :D* :fluffle: :fluffle:


as for me, i have no talents... unless you count having musical teeth! :D
Your musical teeth rock!! :p :fluffle:

Awwwww! That was so unexpected and lovely! :D *is all beamy and properly smiley for first time today :D* :fluffle: :fluffle:

yayness! :D

*plays little song of happiness on musical teeth* :p

The only talent that I have that I can think of is that I can listen to a song's melody, and then play the same tune on my viola from what I just heard. No sheet music, not playing along with the music, just by myself. Not a very impressive talent, but it's fun for me and pretty easy to do.

The only talent that I have that I can think of is that I can listen to a song's melody, and then play the same tune on my viola from what I just heard. No sheet music, not playing along with the music, just by myself. Not a very impressive talent, but it's fun for me and pretty easy to do.
I think it's very impressive.

The only talent that I have that I can think of is that I can listen to a song's melody, and then play the same tune on my viola from what I just heard. No sheet music, not playing along with the music, just by myself. Not a very impressive talent, but it's fun for me and pretty easy to do.

my wife does teh same thing on her piano or flue and it amazes me every time.

I agree that it is very impressive.

I can eat my fist (I have big hands too!) I also have the endurance of....a really endurance thing which can be good but mostly I’m just annoying at night

I'm a singer. Not only can I scream higher than high C, I can hit notes so precisely that the sound waves created actually play the corresponding keys of the piano.

I can hit notes so precisely that the sound waves created actually play the corresponding keys of the piano.

I didn't even know that was possible! That is truly amazing. I'd like to see that.

I didn't even know that was possible! That is truly amazing. I'd like to see that.

It's definately possible. It's just like breaking glass with a voice, only to a lesser extent.

I have the amazing ability to crap myself and shake uncontrollably when I'm hit by lightning. Should I use this power for good or evil?



Attel FTW!

I have the amazing ability to crap myself and shake uncontrollably when I'm hit by lightning. Should I use this power for good or evil?



Attel FTW!

Evil, for sure. Think of the money you could make...

I can lie on my stomach and lift my feet up to my head.

Can you tie a cherry stem in knot using only your tongue?

I can.
:)
No, but if I involve my teeth I can.

I can belch the Declaration of Independence.

I can lie on my stomach and lift my feet up to my head.
Oh my! [ loses himself in the images ] :D

When stoned I can track back conversational tangents. Oddly enough, can't when I'm not.

If I've been there once, I can always go back.

My legs bend backwards.

My legs bend backwards.
That's usually caused by broken kneecaps AKA patellas. You should seek proffesional help.
And what teh hell is a conversational tangent?

I have complete control over when I orgasm.

Doesn't everyone? Stop moving your hand :p

I can bend the first knuckle of my ring finger on my left hand. I can also move it left and right while keeping the others perfectly stationary.

You know how you can make fart noises with hand+armpit? I can do it with hand + chest.

I can list the last name of every US President in consecutive order starting with George Washington and ending with GW Bush in....14 seconds. Faster than that, if I don't enunciate.

I have a really good memory, its not quite photographic, but sort of, and I learn things really quickly.

I can be very loud, and even tho I am a girl I can make my voice go so deep it sounds demonic.

I am incredibly lacking in inhibitions and shame.

Ermm, that is really all I can think of right now.

I am incredibly lacking in inhibitions and shame.
A woman after my own heart! :D

A woman after my own heart! :D
:p I once told a guy I wanted to go brush my teeth and then kiss him. :p He told me he thought I was coming on to him, strong
I offered to just keep playing with his hair (which is what I had been doing at the time). He thought that was a better idea, so I didn't kiss him and I waited to brush my teeth.
I wouldve just kissed him, but i was afraid that since it was late, if i left to brush my teeth he'd go to bed....
It was a little awkward. I should waited for him to be drunk *nods*. But, it made an excellent story for my friends.

Actually, a few months after that, he was drunk and came on to me, even stronger. (I turned him down, tho)

That's usually caused by broken kneecaps AKA patellas. You should seek proffesional help.
And what teh hell is a conversational tangent?
They've always done that, it doesn't hurt. My thumbs do it too, but that's more common.

And you've never been in a conversation and stop and go, 'How did we get on dingos?' Well, I can track back that we started talking about dingos becuase Tim brought up the "Dingo's Ate My Baby!" because we where talking about children going missing and Dave was joking that it's not kids getting lost but parents losing kids and covering up, and we where talking about missing children because Robert Stack was on and Nick thought he was that parent of that missing kid, but Tim corrected him and said it was the Untouchables guy-who Dave thought was Kevin Costner, but that was the movie. No one could remember who played Ness in the new series but William Forsythe played Capone. And then we started talking about Untouchables:Missing Kids division, where Tim said that it would mean that they'd find the kids while scolding the parents. Because it was thier fault. Becuase dingos took them.

And that's how we got on the subject of dingos.

Before that we where talking about Eric Roberts.

They've always done that, it doesn't hurt. My thumbs do it too, but that's more common.

And you've never been in a conversation and stop and go, 'How did we get on dingos?' Well, I can track back that we started talking about dingos becuase Tim brought up the "Dingo's Ate My Baby!" because we where talking about children going missing and Dave was joking that it's not kids getting lost but parents losing kids and covering up, and we where talking about missing children because Robert Stack was on and Nick thought he was that parent of that missing kid, but Tim corrected him and said it was the Untouchables guy-who Dave thought was Kevin Costner, but that was the movie. No one could remember who played Ness in the new series but William Forsythe played Capone. And then we started talking about Untouchables:Missing Kids division, where Tim said that it would mean that they'd find the kids while scolding the parents. Because it was thier fault. Becuase dingos took them.

And that's how we got on the subject of dingos.

Before that we where talking about Eric Roberts.
I can do that. Whenever conversation slows down, I do it in my mind. Its even more fun with my sisters, because we'll go from talking about homework, and then switch to Star Wars, then start talking about whats going on in my brother's life.

We all know how we got to Muppets (my sister has a math teacher who she thinks looks like a frog. Frogs lead to thinking about Kermie. Kermie was a Muppet. Yoda was a Muppet. Yoda is in Star Wars). But we will never have talked about the teacher, frogs, kermie, muppets, or yoda. We just know each other well enough to know that wass the linkage in someone's mind.

Star Wars will lead directly to my brother, and we all know how it got there (Star Wars->lightsabers->George Michael in Arrested Development->dad, who got Arrested Development as a christmas gift->brother, who gave christmas gift), but nothing in parantheses excepting Star Wars and brother are discussed. It makes for HIGHLY entertaining conversations.

I can do that. Whenever conversation slows down, I do it in my mind. Its even more fun with my sisters, because we'll go from talking about homework, and then switch to Star Wars, then start talking about whats going on in my brother's life.

We all know how we got to Muppets (my sister has a math teacher who she thinks looks like a frog. Frogs lead to thinking about Kermie. Kermie was a Muppet. Yoda was a Muppet. Yoda is in Star Wars). But we will never have talked about the teacher, frogs, kermie, muppets, or yoda. We just know each other well enough to know that wass the linkage in someone's mind.

Star Wars will lead directly to my brother, and we all know how it got there (Star Wars->lightsabers->George Michael in Arrested Development->dad, who got Arrested Development as a christmas gift->brother, who gave christmas gift), but nothing in parantheses excepting Star Wars and brother are discussed. It makes for HIGHLY entertaining conversations.
When you can cover the unspoken leaps, or ones that occoured because someone misunderstood something (those are also cool), then you know you are an evil ninja master (or secret Egyptian master, depending on preference).

And you've never been in a conversation and stop and go, 'How did we get on dingos?' Well, I can track back that we started talking about dingos becuase Tim brought up the "Dingo's Ate My Baby!" because we where talking about children going missing and Dave was joking that it's not kids getting lost but parents losing kids and covering up, and we where talking about missing children because Robert Stack was on and Nick thought he was that parent of that missing kid, but Tim corrected him and said it was the Untouchables guy-who Dave thought was Kevin Costner, but that was the movie. No one could remember who played Ness in the new series but William Forsythe played Capone. And then we started talking about Untouchables:Missing Kids division, where Tim said that it would mean that they'd find the kids while scolding the parents. Because it was thier fault. Becuase dingos took them.

And that's how we got on the subject of dingos.

Before that we where talking about Eric Roberts.

I can do that. Whenever conversation slows down, I do it in my mind. Its even more fun with my sisters, because we'll go from talking about homework, and then switch to Star Wars, then start talking about whats going on in my brother's life.

We all know how we got to Muppets (my sister has a math teacher who she thinks looks like a frog. Frogs lead to thinking about Kermie. Kermie was a Muppet. Yoda was a Muppet. Yoda is in Star Wars). But we will never have talked about the teacher, frogs, kermie, muppets, or yoda. We just know each other well enough to know that wass the linkage in someone's mind.

Star Wars will lead directly to my brother, and we all know how it got there (Star Wars->lightsabers->George Michael in Arrested Development->dad, who got Arrested Development as a christmas gift->brother, who gave christmas gift), but nothing in parantheses excepting Star Wars and brother are discussed. It makes for HIGHLY entertaining conversations.

Oooooh,yeah, conversations like that are the best. Especially with someone you know well (like your sisters, WC Imperial). Add to that that I talk *really* fast and you know why my best friend's husband always just ends up sitting there and staring at us. After a while, he will usually get up and do something else. :p


Other things - hmm, not much really.

I'm really good at thinking up fancy/fun ways to wrap presents, people always say I should do it professionally. Which, hey, the way things are going, who knows...:p

I can look cross-eyed with one eye (well, you know what I mean) while rolling the other one. Looks disgusting. :D

I can list all 50 US states, in alphabetical order, in under 20 seconds.

Awesomely relevant skills to have. :rolleyes:

When you can cover the unspoken leaps, or ones that occoured because someone misunderstood something (those are also cool), then you know you are an evil ninja master (or secret Egyptian master, depending on preference).
Sweet! I'm totally an evil ninja master.

I can only do it with my sisters, though, cuz our minds are so similar.

I'll talk to people on aim, and say something seemingly random, and they just go WTF??? and it takes a while to explain why i asked the "random" question. My friends have just learned to accept my randamity

Oooooh,yeah, conversations like that are the best. Especially with someone you know well (like your sisters, WC Imperial). Add to that that I talk *really* fast and you know why my best friend's husband always just ends up sitting there and staring at us. After a while, he will usually get up and do something else. :p
the best is how my parents don't get it, so they just stare at each other and us, looking all confused and slightly perturbed.


Other things - hmm, not much really.

I'm really good at thinking up fancy/fun ways to wrap presents, people always say I should do it professionally. Which, hey, the way things are going, who knows...:p

I can look cross-eyed with one eye (well, you know what I mean) while rolling the other one. Looks disgusting. :D
EWWWW!!

I can list all 50 US states, in alphabetical order, in under 20 seconds.

Awesomely relevant skills to have. :rolleyes:
Hey, thats similar to my President listing skill! Can you locate the states on maps?

Oooooh,yeah, conversations like that are the best. Especially with someone you know well (like your sisters, WC Imperial). Add to that that I talk *really* fast and you know why my best friend's husband always just ends up sitting there and staring at us. After a while, he will usually get up and do something else. :p


Other things - hmm, not much really.

I'm really good at thinking up fancy/fun ways to wrap presents, people always say I should do it professionally. Which, hey, the way things are going, who knows...:p

I can look cross-eyed with one eye (well, you know what I mean) while rolling the other one. Looks disgusting. :D

I can list all 50 US states, in alphabetical order, in under 20 seconds.

Awesomely relevant skills to have. :rolleyes:
If you can do that eye thing while saying in a gravelly voice, "Just, uh, just one more thing" and you could have a good Colombo impression.

With presents I'm prone to really just taping the bag shut and handing it to someone if I wrap it at all. More often than not I just hand it to them, "Here ya go." With my nephew I've had to learn to wrap things. He's not going to really understand for a while what a slacker his uncle is.

I actually leave out a state or two every time I try to list them. It's depressing how many times I have to go, "Wait, is Pennsylvania a city or a state?" Go California education!

Hey, thats similar to my President listing skill! Can you locate the states on maps? I'd say yes, but I'd be lying, because I'm sure if you made me do it right now, I'd totally screw up all the little ones in the East. :p But I'm not American, so that's not quite as embarrassing as it would be otherwise. ;)

If you can do that eye thing while saying in a gravelly voice, "Just, uh, just one more thing" and you could have a good Colombo impression. Actually, I don't even know if the eye thing works all that good anymore. I used to be able to do it really well but I think I'm all out of practice. It hurts a bit if I try now, so I won't. No Columbo for you.
With presents I'm prone to really just taping the bag shut and handing it to someone if I wrap it at all. More often than not I just hand it to them, "Here ya go." *shudder* :p
I actually leave out a state or two every time I try to list them. It's depressing how many times I have to go, "Wait, is Pennsylvania a city or a state?" Go California education! Well, it's not like we learned it in school. I basically learned them because I used it for years as something to occupy the mind and doodle on pieces of paper during boring classes in school and, later, university. If you write all 50 down real slowly, in some intentionally wacky handwriting, why, time flies. :p

Actually, I don't even know if the eye thing works all that good anymore. I used to be able to do it really well but I think I'm all out of practice. It hurts a bit if I try now, so I won't. No Columbo for you.
*shudder* :p
Well, it's not like we learned it in school. I basically learned them because I used it for years as something to occupy the mind and doodle on pieces of paper during boring classes in school and, later, university. If you write all 50 down real slowly, in some intentionally wacky handwriting, why, time flies. :p
I had three doodles-
Cars. Lots and lots of cars. Shitty Speed Racer style, can't draw.

The battlefield, this one I wonder how many people did. I'm sure I didn't invent this but I don't remember learning it. You'd take a peice of graph paper, or any paper, really, and draw a river on it. On either side of the river would be bunkers, roads, tanks (squares with circle in them and a line poking out to make the cannon) and sometimes even a battleship (A battleship in a river?!?!?! Hey, it's my peice of paper, my rules.) Then you'd take the pencil, with your finger on the top and the lead on the end of one of the guns, and you'd flick it. If the line hit something, you'd blow that up.

There where variations, but that was more or less it. I can't have been the only one.

And in college it was the rocket to Mars, which takes more explaining than I feel like doing right now.

None of these produced anything interesting.

The battlefield, this one I wonder how many people did. I'm sure I didn't invent this but I don't remember learning it. You'd take a peice of graph paper, or any paper, really, and draw a river on it. On either side of the river would be bunkers, roads, tanks (squares with circle in them and a line poking out to make the cannon) and sometimes even a battleship (A battleship in a river?!?!?! Hey, it's my peice of paper, my rules.) Then you'd take the pencil, with your finger on the top and the lead on the end of one of the guns, and you'd flick it. If the line hit something, you'd blow that up.ZOMG, I've never even heard of that. Guys. *shaking head slowly* :p

I'd say yes, but I'd be lying, because I'm sure if you made me do it right now, I'd totally screw up all the little ones in the East. :p But I'm not American, so that's not quite as embarrassing as it would be otherwise. ;)
:eek: you aren't even American?!

Its not embarassing. I get confused with all the box states in the West/Southwest parts of the US. I'm wretched with geography.

The battlefield, this one I wonder how many people did. I'm sure I didn't invent this but I don't remember learning it. You'd take a peice of graph paper, or any paper, really, and draw a river on it. On either side of the river would be bunkers, roads, tanks (squares with circle in them and a line poking out to make the cannon) and sometimes even a battleship (A battleship in a river?!?!?! Hey, it's my peice of paper, my rules.) Then you'd take the pencil, with your finger on the top and the lead on the end of one of the guns, and you'd flick it. If the line hit something, you'd blow that up.

Oh yeah, it made elemantary school so much more fun. :D

weird talents/traits of mine:

I can get along with people very well, regardless of actual personality on people's behalf.
I also have been nick-named the 'Black Hole of Pot' and the 'Munchee Vortex' - the limits of my capability in both fields have yet to be discovered.

Wwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!1!
Iiiiiii'mmm nnnnooooott ttteeeeeeeellllllllllllinnnnnggg!!1!
*flees thread forever*

I had three doodles-
Cars. Lots and lots of cars. Shitty Speed Racer style, can't draw.

The battlefield, this one I wonder how many people did. I'm sure I didn't invent this but I don't remember learning it. You'd take a peice of graph paper, or any paper, really, and draw a river on it. On either side of the river would be bunkers, roads, tanks (squares with circle in them and a line poking out to make the cannon) and sometimes even a battleship (A battleship in a river?!?!?! Hey, it's my peice of paper, my rules.) Then you'd take the pencil, with your finger on the top and the lead on the end of one of the guns, and you'd flick it. If the line hit something, you'd blow that up.

There where variations, but that was more or less it. I can't have been the only one.

And in college it was the rocket to Mars, which takes more explaining than I feel like doing right now.

None of these produced anything interesting.
All you've got me thinking of is the Genocide game and i can't remember the rules.:(

I can vomit at will without gagging myself.
I can crack walnuts in either hand.
And not to jinx myself, but I can survive horrendous car accidents, severe exposure (high-heat and freezing) as well as a sustained attack by a large dog.

:eek: you aren't even American?!

Its not embarassing. I get confused with all the box states in the West/Southwest parts of the US. I'm wretched with geography.

No, WYTYG is German.

Wretched with geography? It's your own bloody country!

I can shotgun a beer in under 2 seconds.

No, WYTYG is German.

Wretched with geography? It's your own bloody country!
Easy, easy. Surely you've seen the studies and polls showing how bad Americans are at locating things on maps. It's a good thing the US is a big country, we wouldn't be able to find it at all!

Easy, easy. Surely you've seen the studies and polls showing how bad Americans are at locating things on maps. It's a good thing the US is a big country, we wouldn't be able to find it at all!

And that's just sad.

No, WYTYG is German.

Wretched with geography? It's your own bloody country!
I know. I can't be perfect at everything. Its the only thing I've ever really sucked at academically, and no one ever bothered to beat it into me.

Can you identify all 50 states?

Besides, in an age with all this technology and easy access to maps, its a skill one can survive without, even if it is a pathetic, embarassing survival.

It's a good thing the US is a big country, we wouldn't be able to find it at all!
That actually made me laugh out loud :p

No, WYTYG is German.

Wretched with geography? It's your own bloody country!
Oh, I actually study Geography, and I'm still wretched in the geography of my own bloody country... :/ (Okay, Geography as such doesn't really include learning where stuff is in a country, but still)

I know. I can't be perfect at everything. Its the only thing I've ever really sucked at academically, and no one ever bothered to beat it into me.

Can you identify all 50 states?

Well, yeah, I can. I can also most countries on a map.

Besides, in an age with all this technology and easy access to maps, its a skill one can survive without, even if it is a pathetic, embarassing survival.

You're right there. It is pathetic. That's like saying you don't to know how add cuz we have calculators.

Personal record for solving a Rubicks cube - 47 seconds.

Well, yeah, I can. I can also most countries on a map.



You're right there. It is pathetic. That's like saying you don't to know how add cuz we have calculators.
ummm.........adding...yeah.:p

LOL! J/K!! I can add, Geezer, really I can.

Adding is a skill that is used every day, as is spelling and grammar. The ability to locate and identify states is not. I'm not proud about my lack of geography skills or anything, just impressed with the talents of others.


Cluich, did say what your talent was, besides throwing dentures and walkers?

Cluich, did say what your talent was, besides throwing dentures and walkers?

I've got many talents that aren't kosher for a PG-13 board. ;)

I've got many talents that aren't kosher for a PG-13 board. ;)
O RLY? You're lucky it is a PG-13 board, I'd guess. :D

I've got many talents that aren't kosher for a PG-13 board. ;)
:eek: .....;)...........:fluffle: ......:D

cmon, you must have a gift that is suitable for the young whippersnappers here to read about

Personal record for solving a Rubicks cube - 47 seconds.
world record=23 secs

I am outstanding at totally missing the point.

I can get my leg behind my head! Is that a talent?

I can get my leg behind my head! Is that a talent?

If you're female, yes. :p

I can do accents for a number of languages, both real (EX: Spanish) and made up ('Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go ;)). My friends favorite is the 'Stereotypical angry Arab guy who yells "GET OUT OF MY SHOP" along with various epithets directed at 'stupid americans'.)
I can also put computers together, something which other people seem to have a morbid fear of.

And last, but not least, I have a talent for Yakov-esque jokes. (EX: In Soviet Russia, Yakov jokes have a talent for you!)

And yes, unless I plan to become an actor (I dont) the first and third talents are basically useless unless I want to insult a forigner. The second one is handy, but I dont know enough about computer software to exploit people who are too stupid to figure out the difference between an AGP slot and a PCI slot.

I can get myself laughing so hard, that I cannot force myself to stop. Basically, at any time.

I do not practice that much, since I really cannot stop, - I am rolling on ground laughing hard and waiting when I will get tired.

I can do accents for a number of languages, both real (EX: Spanish) and made up ('Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go ;)). My friends favorite is the 'Stereotypical angry Arab guy who yells "GET OUT OF MY SHOP" along with various epithets directed at 'stupid americans'.)
I can also put computers together, something which other people seem to have a morbid fear of.

And last, but not least, I have a talent for Yakov-esque jokes. (EX: In Soviet Russia, Yakov jokes have a talent for you!)

And yes, unless I plan to become an actor (I dont) the first and third talents are basically useless unless I want to insult a forigner. The second one is handy, but I dont know enough about computer software to exploit people who are too stupid to figure out the difference between an AGP slot and a PCI slot.

I'm an accent sponge. Just being around someone long enough will make me speak like them. For example, when in Chile a few years ago, I picked up the accent when speaking Spanish (a pretty odd one, too) in about a day. I also worked with a German for a while and had to curb myself to make sure she didn't think I was mocking her accent. I still slipped from time to time, though.

I'm an accent sponge. Just being around someone long enough will make me speak like them. For example, when in Chile a few years ago, I picked up the accent when speaking Spanish (a pretty odd one, too) in about a day. I also worked with a German for a while and had to curb myself to make sure she didn't think I was mocking her accent. I still slipped from time to time, though.
I wouldn't call it a talent, but I do find myself slipping into the accent of people I'm around, especially the English or American Southerners. And yeah, you do have to be a little careful lest the other person think you're making fun.

I'm an accent sponge. Just being around someone long enough will make me speak like them. For example, when in Chile a few years ago, I picked up the accent when speaking Spanish (a pretty odd one, too) in about a day. I also worked with a German for a while and had to curb myself to make sure she didn't think I was mocking her accent. I still slipped from time to time, though.
I personally find it entertaining to randomly switch accents in the course of a conversation. Going from Russian to, say, Mexican Villager (Pleese senor, save our vileeege from the banditos!) is always great fun. It wierds people out to.

I'm an accent sponge. Just being around someone long enough will make me speak like them. For example, when in Chile a few years ago, I picked up the accent when speaking Spanish (a pretty odd one, too) in about a day. I also worked with a German for a while and had to curb myself to make sure she didn't think I was mocking her accent. I still slipped from time to time, though.
Oh yeah, absolutely. I lose the accents again after a couple of days when I'm not around the speaker anymore, though. :(

And it's always a bit iffy when I'm in the office and someone from my home region calls - I'll start out with standard German and then, listening to them, involuntarily fall back into my home dialect a bit, and I just know that they think I'm making fun of them. >.<

I wouldn't call it a talent, but I do find myself slipping into the accent of people I'm around, especially the English or American Southerners. And yeah, you do have to be a little careful lest the other person think you're making fun.

Oh, I didn't mean to say it was a talent. More of a curse really. But I was just replying to an earlier post.

Oh, I didn't mean to say it was a talent. More of a curse really. But I was just replying to an earlier post.
I knew that was going to happen ... I meant in me, not a talent. Should have been more specific.

I can wiggle my ears very very noticeably. I work them out, so that's why. I can also raise only one eye brow at a time, it's the same muscle as the ear wiggling muscle, or connected to it. I also, when younger, was able to bend only the top joints of all my fingers and twist my wrist all the way around in a circle.


I can also pop my thumbs and my shoulders out of their socket joints parts of the way, without pain, in essence dislocating them, without straining the muscles.

I can wiggle my ears very very noticeably. I work them out, so that's why. I can also raise only one eye brow at a time, it's the same muscle as the ear wiggling muscle, or connected to it. I also, when younger, was able to bend only the top joints of all my fingers and twist my wrist all the way around in a circle.


I can also pop my thumbs and my shoulders out of their socket joints parts of the way, without pain, in essence dislocating them, without straining the muscles.
The ear and eyebrow thing must be your Vulcan heritage. :D I can still to the "just the tops of the fingers" thing but not as well as I could 40 years ago.

The ear and eyebrow thing must be your Vulcan heritage. :D I can still to the "just the tops of the fingers" thing but not as well as I could 40 years ago.

Someone older than I am? Someone who's not Eut? :eek:

Someone older than I am? Someone who's not Eut? :eek:
55 in June. :eek: Once past 50, admitting it's not something I worry about.:p

55 in June. :eek: Once past 50, admitting it's not something I worry about.:p

Wow. Thanks for making me feel young. ;)

Wow. Thanks for making me feel young. ;)
I see almost everyone here as young, except maybe Kimchi and Eut and a couple others, and then only because they've made remarks that date them. I'm constantly surprised at people saying, "Yeah, my kids ..." You, Cluich, I figured for a twenty-something. :D

Oh yeah, absolutely. I lose the accents again after a couple of days when I'm not around the speaker anymore, though. :(

And it's always a bit iffy when I'm in the office and someone from my home region calls - I'll start out with standard German and then, listening to them, involuntarily fall back into my home dialect a bit, and I just know that they think I'm making fun of them. >.<

That happens to me too. On the phone and in person. It can be very embarassing.

I see almost everyone here as young, except maybe Kimchi and Eut and a couple others, and then only because they've made remarks that date them. I'm constantly surprised at people saying, "Yeah, my kids ..." You, Cluich, I figured for a twenty-something. :D

A li'l older than that. I'm 34. ;)

A li'l older than that. I'm 34. ;)

Then I'm older than you as well. If only by one year. :D

Then I'm older than you as well. If only by one year. :D

Sweet! :D

Oh, and you're still creepy. ;)

A li'l older than that. I'm 34. ;)
Twice 17. That may explain one or two things. :p

Sweet! :D

Oh, and you're still creepy. ;)

Well as long as you think I'm sweet along with it. :p

Well as long as you think I'm sweet along with it. :p


Just said you were creepy. ;)

I can tie a knot in a cherry stem in my mouth.
I can wiggle my ears
I'm immune to poison Oak
I just found out I'm older than Cluichstan...
I have photographic memory... recall however...
I can tickle myself
with a bar, I can touch both my elbows together... infront of me.

and this pissed off my programming teacher.
when programming, I have to do the steps in this order...
1) enter/type the program into the computer
2) Flowchart it
3) Document it

it would piss him off when, on an assignment, while everyone is documenting the problem for the programming stage, I'm at the pc coding away... pisses him off... but the program works. :D

Its good to see some programmers here. and its nice that you've got youre err... style so well defined.

My only talents are accademic:
I'm freakishly good at chemistry/science.
I'd also like to belive that i'm one of the few 15 year olds that knows assembly languge.

oh yes... i can bend my thumb sunch that it touches the inner surface of my arm.