[Closed] Weird skills

Seriously impressed if you can read wingdings! 😯

I don't have any skills that even come close to that!

Me, I can sit on the toilet without holding on.

I can take my socks and trousers off simultaneously, one leg at a time.

I use the other foot to pinch the side of the sock and bottom of the trouser leg against the floor and pull my foot out.

I have no recollection of ever having practiced it or consciously started doing it.

I do it now without even thinking about it.

I can ( or used to be able to - not done it for a while) open a matchbox with my toes, take out a match and strike it all with my toes

Procrastinating. I am weirdly good at procrastination. 😐

I can juggle, incl throwing one up high in the air and catch it again to continue the juggle movement. It's impressive for the kids on the beach on holiday. 🙂

I can make a decision without posting on here first.

Procrastinating. I am weirdly good at procrastination.

I've tried to be good at it but I can't be arsed. One day......

Procrastinating. I am weirdly good at procrastination.

Only 9 minutes to compose and post a reply to a question.

Amateur 😉

[I]I can make a decision without posting on here first. [/I]

He said 'weird' not 'fictional'

Seriously impressed if you can read wingdings!

It's actually not as hard as you might think. Stick to capitals as they're clearer and you only need to know 26 characters (some of the lower case ones are near-identical). Some of the symbols are in clusters, so for instance if it's a hand gesture it's going to be one of A to I (A being a two finger peace / victory sign); JKL are smiley faces (happy / neutral / sad) and so on.

If you look at the lower case ones, the first nine (not 12, oddly) are zodiac signs. L through W are geometric shapes (circles, squares, diamonds) and so on. I never really committed those to memory, but could probably make a reasonable fist of guessing them in context.

I can outboast anyone I've ever met.

Hols3

I can juggle

I can juggle, albeit badly. Learned how to do it one lazy afternoon at a mate's, who's really good at it.

I can yo-yo after a fashion, too. Cat's cradle is about my limit on l33t skillz with it though, yo.

I can do [url= http://www.toddstrong.com/miscjuggling/knot_throwing.php ]This[/url]

and juggle a bit.

and make dripping tap noises with my cheek.

learned predominantly from my time as a science communicator at the glasgow science centre.

I'm really good a finishing senten

[I]and make dripping tap noises with my cheek.[/I]

Amateur, I can make dripping noises and 'pouring water out of a bottle' noises using just my tongue.

I love the idea of being able to read wingdings! 🙂

Amateur, I can make dripping noises and 'pouring water out of a bottle' noises using just my tongue.

well, the cheek bit just adds volume...;-)

of course I can do that too. 🙂

[I]well, the cheek bit just adds volume...;-)[/I]

If you're an amateur, maybe 😉

He said 'weird' not 'fictional'

Fair enough.

I have an unsurpassed knack for making an idiot of myself, both on here and in real life.

I can do this... Not very difficult but some people think it is...

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Perhaps I have undersold myself. I can also do this:

Not skills so much as odd physical attributes.

Firstly, ear wiggling. Seems to require the engagement of muscles on either side of the rear potion of my head. Presumably other people have the same muscles, but what, if anything, do they use them for? If they’re not under conscious control for most people, what are they being used for? Do people prick up their ears involuntarily like animals?

Secondly, I have hypermobile thumbs to the extent that I can independently bend the upper portion of my thumb back at 90° to the lower portion. Useless for everything except frightening the squeamish and executing an effective “rubber guard” when playing thumb wars.

Perhaps I have undersold myself. I can also do this:

That was a big thing when I was at school. Can't recall how many I could do.

I can whistle without using my lips.
Used to be the best thing at school. Teacher could be staring directly at me and still not tell. I can do it doing a big toothy smile, or almost closed mouth.

Firstly, ear wiggling

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this also, annoys more people in meetings than I care to remember...

This isn't that uncommon but people who can't do it think it's weird or just don't believe it- smelling snow before it snows. There's been actual scientific studies that say it can't be done but if I smell snow, it snows, 100%. Same for my dad who can do it but not either of my brothers. And not snow itself, just... pre-snow.

I'm unfathomably good at detecting confirmation bias. I can smell it.

I can write rather well with both left and right hand.

(lost the use of my dominant arm for a year, so had to learn)

and make dripping tap noises with my cheek.

learned predominantly from my time as a science communicator at the glasgow science centre.

Oh, I can do that. Learned predominantly from watching Cameron in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Perhaps I have undersold myself. I can also do this:

So can I. I'm also an absolute demon at beer mat flipping.

I'm unfathomably good at detecting confirmation bias.

No, you just think you are. (-:

Secondly, I have hypermobile thumbs to the extent that I can independently bend the upper portion of my thumb back at 90° to the lower portion. Useless for everything except frightening the squeamish

Me too 😕

An ex used to be able to do that. She could bend her thumb either right back or right forward to touch her wrist.

I don't know if this is a skill or not but I can cure myself of hiccups in a few seconds without fail.

Making my eyeballs vibrate.

(How the hell did I learn to do that?)

Spin my tongue 360 degrees

you're all trying it now 😉

I'm pretty good at pretending to be dead. Freaks Mrs Funkmaster out when I do it 😈

Making my eyeballs vibrate.

I used to think I had paranormal powers and could make TVs vibrate just by staring really hard at them. Then someone told me that this is what I was doing... 🙁

I can identify most grass species in the uk from just the vegetative parts...well I could..bit out of practise now.

greatbeardedone - Member 
Making my eyeballs vibrate.
(How the hell did I learn to do that?)

Same here. Been able to do it since fairly young and no idea how I discovered I could. Often freaked out family/friends. 😀

Only later on watching the 70s (and best) version of [I]Invasion of the Body Snatchers[/I] did I discover someone else could do it (Brooke Adams)

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I can do rotating like this but also a rapid side to side vibrate.

Not sure it counts as a skill though, but is weird.

I have basic shorthand

[quote=Cougar ]I can juggle, albeit badly.

If juggling is sufficiently weird for this thread, then I'll topper you - I can juggle whilst riding a unicycle. Badly, but then I can only juggle badly even when not riding.

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So do I. Is knowledge / memory a skill, exactly? Dunno if that counts.

I can recite the alphabet backwards, and pronounce it as a single word. I can also recite it in QWERTY order.

I have basic shorthand

As did Jeremy Beadle

I can hypnotise flies then squash them with my finger. Blue bottles are easiest, the stupid bastards. Do I win a prize?

Pook - Member

I have basic shorthand

Mods, can we move this to the Trump thread?

I used to have a mate that could fit 50 pence worth of 2p coins in to his foreskin.......not that it's a talent as such......Or particularly useful.....nor was anyone willing to compete......not with the same coins, at least

I used to have a mate that could fit 50 pence worth of 2p coins in to his foreskin......

Cougar - Moderator
So do I. Is knowledge / memory a skill, exactly? Dunno if that counts.

I can recite the alphabet backwards, and pronounce it as a single word. I can also recite it in QWERTY order.

I can make loud bird noises, much to my family's annoyance 😀

While being stuck on the west coast of Ireland for three months doing my undergrad dissertation project, my mate and I started speaking backwards to each other to the point where it became fluent. Can still slip into it now and then 10 years later....

I can consistently use the left hand lane on a motorway when not overtaking...

While...

Driving a German car.

I started speaking backwards to each other to the point where it became fluent.

Doogy rev.

I can roll my belly. Everyone used to get freaked out by it but I wasn't sure why until I looked in the mirror one day!

It makes my stomach churn.

Get out.

Oom swoc gnidnats pu was a favourite.

I can blush on command.

Everything I say is a lie

Cougar - Moderator
Get out

I had a gut feeling that would happen.

Sorry.

I can write mirror image handwriting backwards. My financial Signature has therefore always been a mirror image of my normal one. I can also undo a bra through almost unlimited layers of clothing with my non dominant hand in an instant. But we won't go there!

I can pop my ears - loud enough for a room of people to hear.

In the same way you would hook your finger in your cheek and pop it, I can do this with my ears.

I appear to have extra large openings that make this possible (I can insert my little finger to the first knuckle in the ear hole - which I suppose is a weird skill in itself!)

I had a mate who claimed he could teach anyone to juggle, I'm the exception.
I can visualise flow of people/materials/stuff - yep that is me mentally rearranging the airport/supermarket queues in my head while I wait.
I managed to devine for water.

When I was a kid, if I held my nose and blew with my mouth shut, the air escaped through my eye. I seem to have lost that talent now.