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Me. Colouring and highlighting my Mrs' hair. She appreciates it, I hate doing it!


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 2:37 pm
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DIY, I wish I was crap so I dont have to paint some doors this weekend.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:00 pm
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Being able to say the alphabet backwards.

ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA.

Still not found a use for it, cheers Grandpa.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:01 pm
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I always seem to be able to say exactly the wrong thing without any effort 🙁


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:04 pm
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Oh and being excellent at c******gus. Cheers Grandma.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:06 pm
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I am a very cunning linguist


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:06 pm
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Riding a bike. I hate it.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:10 pm
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This sort of talk leaves a nasty taste in my mouth.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:11 pm
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Blowing the coolest smoke rings. Never something to be proud of.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:12 pm
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Awesome ability to pick the wrong queue to stand in at the supermarket


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:19 pm
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Being able to have World Class Accidents


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:23 pm
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I once pulled a foot long tapeworm out of my bottom.

Do I win a prize?


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:23 pm
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Ironing. One day I'm going to add up all the hours I stand at the ironing board. It's endless.

Nearly a day

Yeti: eeuuww

Edit just seen Yossarians post: that's disgusting. LOL


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:24 pm
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I have to help the mrs dye her her.. since saying I think you need to use two boxes and having been quite successful I've found myself doing it more often than I would like. Unortunately I'm also a bit too good at making tea, food and ironing...


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:26 pm
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Dye her her what?


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:27 pm
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Yossarian - you just gave me the boak!


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 3:27 pm
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I'm really good at annoying people in positions of authority. There are times that I wish I wasn't.

Mind you, there are times when it's quite handy.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:07 pm
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Having a photographic memory for all the moments in my life I'd rather forget.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:11 pm
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I seem to be able to conjure up images of weird looking ghouls if I close my eyes and relax sometimes!


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:17 pm
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Knowing morse code I didn't actually need it in the army and I sure don't now


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:26 pm
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Occasional Tourette like symptoms when in senior meetings!


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:31 pm
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Being able to fix electrical items, computers (software and hardware), repair cars, do basic carpentry etc. maintain bicycles blah blah.

There is no peace when you're reasonably practical. Computers are the worst though. Often uneconomic to repair, but wait a moment, Jeff will do it for a bottle of wine etc.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:31 pm
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Not being able to disguise when i don't like someone.

Apparently childish muttering and being super nice are a dead give away.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:38 pm
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My ability to fly can become quite wearisome sometimes.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:43 pm
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the ability to notice good boobs from a big distance.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:43 pm
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My ability to fly can become quite wearisome sometimes.

that must be almost as annoying as my ability to forget that I can't


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:48 pm
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the ability to notice good boobs from a big distance.

the abilty to notice a set in the bathroom mirror


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:48 pm
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Computers are the worst though. Often uneconomic to repair, but wait a moment, Jeff will do it for a bottle of wine etc.

A bottle of wine! I'm underpricing myself 👿


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:49 pm
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smoking. And in particular being able to ignore the term 'giving up'.

DD - smoke rings are a definite boast


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:51 pm
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the ability to notice good boobs from a big distance.

or indeed big boobs from a good distance 😀


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:52 pm
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Being able to fix electrical items, computers (software and hardware), repair cars, do basic carpentry etc. maintain bicycles blah blah.

There is no peace when you're reasonably practical. Computers are the worst though. Often uneconomic to repair, but wait a moment, Jeff will do it for a bottle of wine etc.

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I love spending my evenings sorting out other peoples problems; I know it’s my fault for being a nice person & saying yes.
Virus & spyware riddled laptops are great aren’t they for wasting whole evenings on as you battle with a fubared OS, reward for getting it working perfectly and saving all their holiday pictures from Florida “Bottle of Red”
But when you end up with the same laptop back for the 3rd time because they let their kids on limewire and turn off all the security you put back on last time, you sort of learn to say NO
Spend all night in a cold garage building up a bike from a box of bits (cable or two usually missing so that comes out of my stock) “Bottle of Red”


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:55 pm
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I can "deep throat" a banana 😀

Does that count ? If not, snorting Tequila's another one 8)


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 4:57 pm
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I can "deep throat" a banana

Does that count ? If not, snorting Tequila's another one

Just about the oddest thing I've ever seen posted on here.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 5:00 pm
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Yes, why would someone want to snort a tequila???


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 5:37 pm
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how did he discover he could deep throat a banana?


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 5:38 pm
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There is no peace when you're reasonably practical. Computers are the worst though. Often uneconomic to repair, but wait a moment, Jeff will do it for a bottle of wine etc.

Good job you're not a bike mechanic as the consensus here is that you'd do it for a packet of Jaffa Cakes. 🙄


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 5:42 pm
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A bottle of wine! I'm underpricing myself

+1 I'm off to spend a couple of hours fixing 2 virus ridden PC's that belong to the teenage angels of a friend!


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 6:13 pm
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The skill of being able to let everyone know just how much I don't like someone. Real PITA, and surprisingly hard to stop.

Oh, and the skill of no matter what I *want* to do, being able to work out when the missus is in an off mood and without fail, press her buttons and get her raging. Doh.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 6:20 pm
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Good job you're not a bike mechanic as the consensus here is that you'd do it for a packet of Jaffa Cakes.

To be fair, it's a packet of Jaffa Cakes [u]over and above your actual wage[/u].


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 6:28 pm
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Female hair removal specialist 🙂 I don't know why either


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 6:30 pm
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I have the skill of distraction; distracting myself.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 6:55 pm
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Sorting problems out for prisoners. I sometimes come home & think, 'why'.


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 6:58 pm
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Having a photographic memory for all the moments in my life I'd rather forget.

+1 🙁


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 7:03 pm
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I have developed that female ability to persuade members of the opposite sex I have no practical skills whatsoever and then gallantly step in to my aid. This comes in handy when I am faced with a bike that needs fixing or a climbing rope that needs knotted - but I have not really learned much for myself..

I also am excellent at being cold and 'aloof', but I quite like this 🙂


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 7:10 pm
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Ability to stay awake when I need to sleep, and the ability to sleep when I need to be awake..


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 11:36 pm
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too many hobbies ... arrgghhh ... what that? Yes, I want. 😆


 
Posted : 07/01/2011 11:53 pm
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People don't like me. I don't even have to try.


 
Posted : 08/01/2011 12:06 am
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I can play the William Tell Overture on my teeth.

My family really don't seem to appreciate that talent though. 🙁


 
Posted : 08/01/2011 11:44 am
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I can invariably pick the slowest moving lane in a traffic jam.


 
Posted : 08/01/2011 11:58 am
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I always manage to be the worst hungover the day after a heavy session, when everybody drank about the same amount. It is a talent that haunts me most weekends, including today 😐


 
Posted : 08/01/2011 3:55 pm
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i'm good at sex never had it and not enjoyed it. Seriously though I can blow spit bubbles, thought it was cool when I was 12 but now I think it's just spitting really which is a filthy habit.


 
Posted : 08/01/2011 6:09 pm
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i am a loony magnet- can attract them from 100s of metres away in any location, luckily in recent times the addition of my 2 kids means they generally find another victim to bother.


 
Posted : 08/01/2011 6:19 pm
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I'm good at breaking other peoples stuff, purely by accident 🙁 Fell on my mates wheel spectating at the 3 peaks and chipped another mates hockey stick within 2 days of each other. Good at eating too much aswell.


 
Posted : 10/01/2011 10:24 pm
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I am always right, its a curse as people always think they are, but I know they aint 😛


 
Posted : 10/01/2011 10:30 pm
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my wife saying, my hubby can weld stuff for a fiver, Then finding a P.O.S vectra on the drive with a blowing back box,oh yea bring it on.


 
Posted : 10/01/2011 11:30 pm
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Im really good at ignoring stuff


 
Posted : 10/01/2011 11:49 pm

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