Do you have any unusual talents or abilities?

[WillParkinson]

I can wiggle my ears (together or individually). I can also take a soda can and stick it to the palm of my hand and hold it upside down so it won't fall off and it's stuck good enough it doesn't get pulled off easily.

[mmm]

1. that soda can thing is pretty cool

I have never seen that

[VelmaD]

2. I can make one of my eyes...

roll back in my head while I keep looking straight ahead with the other. It really freaks people out. :-)

Darth Velma

[trof]

27. I can move 'em independently horizontally

but not vertically.
That IS weird.
I can also wiggle one or both ears.

[VRSCAman]

3. Does being able..

to lick my eyebrows count? :9

[havocmom]

5. WOW! Bet your dance card is filled! (n/t)

[Dissenting_Prole]

4. I can stick out my tongue

and touch my nose.

Gets me lots of dates.



Saves on tissues too.

[kmla]

36. OK - Ewwwww! (on the first part)

Lucky dog. (on the second part)

;)

[eyesroll]

6. I can read faster than anyone I know.

I read Harry Potter IV on a two-leg, short-layover flight from SLC to MKE. The flight attendant was impressed.

This helps with my work, and with research in general. It doesn't, however, make for a good party trick.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Nope!

I read your post before you even wrote it. That's how fast i can read. Now top that!
The Professor

[Kamika]

12. i do that too

I remember i had to read two books in highschool.. as always i delayed until there were 3 days left (we had 3 weeks) i finaly just decided to read them and i read two 200 page books during 10 hours

[ironflange]

7. I can make a sound like a cricket

I can also tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue a la Twin Peaks.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

I can extract up to the 10th root of numbers as large as 12 digits in my head. I can't do it instantaneously, but i can usually do it in under 15 seconds to about the 3rd decimal places. Not a very useful skill. Doesn't come up much at parties.

I can within a few seconds determine to the 3rd decimal place what fraction a certain percent is of almost any number. (Like, "what's 72.4% of $247,500?") When something like that comes up in a meeting, everyone in the room looks at me for the answer.

On the golf course, i can triangulate the distance to the flag based upon distance from middle and position of ball almost instantly. Not that i hit the ball well enough to matter whether it's 157 or 157.8 yards. But i can do it.

The Professor

[Boudicea]

10. I can find four leaf clovers

[Richardo]

11. A have the ability to turn beer into wit and charm...

...or so I think.

[Interrobang]

13. I'm synaesthesiac...

I perceive some sounds/smells as colours, and similar other things. It's not uncommon for me to say "That smells pink," and mean it. Fortunately, I don't have the problem where I see letters/numbers as colours...phew...

That would get in the way of my 900wpm reading speed.

I'm also functional in three languages, which is unusual in North America, at least, and working on four through six or seven, depending on how you count. I have a good working knowledge of four character sets (Roman, hiragana, katakana, and Hebrew), and a few of a fifth (kanji). Better yet, I can read almost all of them forward, backward, and/or upside-down (I'm best at that -- natch -- with Roman letters.) (In fact, I didn't even notice "mirror imaging" until I was about 18, because I could read anything I saw in a mirror anyway, and could for as long as I can remember. Did I mention that I learned to read English at age 3 or less?)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. Do you hear colors from particular pitches or key signatures?

Or is it the timbre of the sound that triggers the color variance?

I've heard other musicians speak of keys being specific colors, but never sensed anything other than the brightness or darkness of the key myself...

[Interrobang]

38. I don't know. I haven't analysed it that far.

I've never actually sat down and figured out which colours are what and why, if any. Hmm, maybe that could be why I have a general aversion to flat keys -- they must have differerent colours or something.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. sorry...it doubled me!

oops!

[TlalocW]

14. Well...

Natural abilities - I'm a lucid dreamer (in color - some people say you only dream in black and white, and I don't know if they're right about most people or not). I can stop a dream if I don't like how it's going and then back it up to where it started going wrong and go off in another direction. Comes in handy during sex dreams, and I think, "You know... one girl just isn't enough... Let's add a couple more."

Also - unless I'm just really tired or stayed up late the night before, I'll always wake up one minute before my alarm goes off so I guess I have an internal alarm clock off by one minute. My dad had the same ability. He never used an alarm clock, but if he said he was going to be up at 5 to go fishing, boy howdy, he was up.

As for abilities that I taught myself - magic, juggling, balloon twisting, walking on hands, unicycle riding... I'm a circus freak.

TlalocW

[XNASA]

15. I can carry a dozen doughnuts...........

without using my hands.

Not bad, eh?

;)

[ronnykmarshall]

34. I bet YOU get alot of dates!

[scarlet_owl]

47. I can write equally well with my left and right hands

[WillParkinson]

54. Paul can do that, too...

Unfortunately his 'equally well' is still pretty much unreadable. <grin>

He can also write in both directions at the same time. (Also unreadable.) He'd have made a great doctor.

[BarbaRosa]

16. I can blow spit bubbles

I kinda scoop a bubble from behind my lower front teeth, curl my tongue around it and gently blow. If the spit is right, off it goes.
On a good day I could sub at a Lawerance Welk show.:party:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. Hey, I can do that too!

In fact, I learned from a friend in high school whose name was Barbara. I can't help but wonder if you might be she...Did you ever play the clarinet?

My husband's grossed out by my bubble show; but the kids love it! :beer:

[BarbaRosa]

35. Nope, not me

I play bass and my once red beard is now grey. But I did learn bubbles in high school.:)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

40. Guess not...Her beard would be grey now too!

LOL! :D

[SPICYHOT]

43. i can do that!

and i have seen a lot of others that do it too

[dolo amber]

17. I can write

backwards, upside down, in cursive...on an etch-a-sketch. :)

[Character Assassin]

18. I'm a five-ball juggler

Thanks forever to the University of Oregon for offering 'Circus Arts' as an optional PE class. Unicycle, as well.

Still, I've never, ever been able to get that damn tight rope bit down....

[Robb]

19. I can

I can walk through walls and shoot fireballs out of my eyes.

...Which begs the question as to why I put up with anyone's crap.

:evilgrin:

But seriously; I can teach any dog, any dog, to sit, lay down, and stand on command in under five minutes. Less, if I have bacon.

[TrogL]

20. Perfect pitch

I can tell what note any musical instrument is playing (or person singing or bell ringing).

I'm also telekinetic with electrical equipment. I'm banned from one hospital for fscking with their EKG.

[MaineDem]

21. I can juggle

Not a big deal but something I learned for a corporate "team-building" waste of time thing. :)

[Booberdawg]

22. Do I have an unusual talent or ability?

Yes:evilgrin:

[populistmom]

23. I can flip my tongue 180 degrees.

:P

[Lizz612]

41. ME TOO!

I read somewhere that only 5% of humans can do that.
:P

[Lisa]

28. I taught myself to see stereopair photos in 3D -- WITHOUT the glasses

Came in very handy when I was teaching air photo interpretation. The students thought I was a mutant. Actually it's not hard.

http://www.starosta.com/3dshowcase/ihelp.html

http://www.rmm3d.com/misc/links.html

[mojowork_n]

29. I can dance really, really well

If hip-hop, old school or any other funky kind of music is getting played.

[radfringe]

30. thanks to a screwed up shoulder and neck

I can now predict when it will rain/snow and to a certain extent about how much we will get

[trof]

31. Used to be able to blow milk out my nose

but I haven't done that in a while.
;-)

[sangh0]

32. I have an unusually large bladder

and so I can pee for an unusually long time. Does that count?

[curse10]

33. I can imitate a cat in heat

so well that I've been able to gather male kitties around.

[kmla]

37. I can pop my right hip out of joint.

Used to be able to make a guy at college who lived across the hall almost upchuck when he saw it...

Don't know what the problem was - thought it was cool, myself.

[Padraig18]

39. I do.

But I don't know if it's appropriate to say what it is, in a family-oriented place like DU. :evilgrin:

[redwitch]

42. Oh thank you!

I am having a really good laugh as I read this- I really, really needed a good laugh today! You are indeed a talented bunch and I am pleased to know you. I have no unusual talents sadly, but very much appreciate them in others.

[arwalden]

44. Yes... But I Can't Mention It Here

;-)

[Padraig18]

46. Hmm...

I wonder if it's the same as mine, because I can't mention it here, either! :P

[WillParkinson]

52. Perhaps..

The two of you could get together and compare your...um...talents?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

45. Music and languages

I can sing in both classical (church choir) and Eastern European folk style, both Balkan and Russian.

In addition to speaking foreign languages, I do accents: Minnesota, New York, Texas, English, Scottish, Scandinavian, German, French, Russian, Latvian, West African, Indian, Australian and of course, Japanese. For some reason, the Chinese and Korean accents, both of which are different from Japanese, elude me.

I've never mastered any impressions of famous people, though.

[7th_Sephiroth]

48. i can make it so i dont have

aposeable thumbs, double jointed.

[FloridaJudy]

49. I can untangle just about any knot

This is actually a pretty useful talent.

It came in handy way back when I worked in a Catholic hospital. Patients kept falling asleep on their rosaries, and turning them into hopeless snarls.

The word was soon out: go get that weird Jewish nurse who thinks that God is a woman! She'll have it put right in no time!

All it takes is a little patience, and the ability to think in three dimensions.

[Swede]

50. I can spread my fingers in a "V"

live long and prosper

[SOteric]

51. I studied ballet for 14 years. I have unusually strong ankles

and can still stand on the absolute tips of my toes, even without toe shoes.

[WWW]

53. I can

whistle really loud blowing thru my two index fingers, can stand on my toes bent without toe shoes and can make the Vulcan Vee sign.

[babzilla]

55. I call it the human clam

I can lock my ankles behind my neck.

I used to be able to walk on my hands while doing it, alas no more, its not as impressive now that its just more of a rocking motion.

A warning: if you try it, make sure to stretch.

[OrdinaryTa]

56. I Know Who's On The Phone

I know who's on the phone before I pick it up. When it's somebody I don't know, I know before I pick up if they want to talk to me or if it's a wrong number.

I'd give lessons if I knew how I did it.

[LWolf]

57. No.

Nothing comes to mind.

Just an average sort of person.

[bearfan454]

58. I can clear a room in a hurry

If you know what I mean.

[FDRrocks]

59. Double jointed, ambidextrous.

I can juggle, play guitar and drums, type 99 wpm, and something else. :)

[ornotna]

60. When I have a head cold

I can blow really cool snot bubbles from my nose.