What's your "useless talent"? [Archive]

tsb

05-23-2004, 04:22 AM

besides wiggling ears, eyebrows (each separately) w/o moving any other facial muscles, i can flare my nostrils to about twice their regular diameter. comes in handy to amuse the kids (amazing how quiet they become as they stand in front of a mirror trying to figure out what muscles to flex) and as a secret weapon in staring contests...

that being said, there really isn't a useless talent although the demand for said talent may approach zero while E approaches infinity...

salsachinita

05-23-2004, 04:34 AM

I will do my best to describe this.

I can sit on the floor with 'outwards Lotus style'......thighs together, knees next to each other, while calf & feet (folded so my feet are next to my hips) sit flat on the ground, pointing outwards 8) . My brother & I have always been able to sit like this & couldn't figure out what the fuss was :? .......

My friend's sister can do a really mean 'blowfish', so we make her do that on everything see-through :lol: .......hours of rolling-on-the-floor fun...!

ShyDancer

05-23-2004, 06:15 AM

I will do my best to describe this.

I can sit on the floor with 'outwards Lotus style'......thighs together, knees next to each other, while calf & feet (folded so my feet are next to my hips) sit flat on the ground, pointing outwards 8) . My brother & I have always been able to sit like this & couldn't figure out what the fuss was :? .......

I sit like that! My mother used to call me a contortionist :lol:

As for a useless talent..... I dont know! I think all my talents become useful at some point!

youngsta

05-23-2004, 08:34 AM

After only hearing it once I can tell you exactly what song is coming on by hearing the first 4 bars only. This amazingly useless ability also applies to TV theme songs. Totally freaks people out :lol: :lol:

Sagitta

05-23-2004, 11:57 AM

Youngsta that's very useful. You know pretty fast whether you will like dancing to that song, and so can afford to wait before catching a partner. I have no useless talents. Perhaps I have no talents? :?

pygmalion

05-23-2004, 12:44 PM

Not useless at all, youngsta, and quite a talent. 8) Serious music students spend lots of time in class trying to develop that ability. And not everyone EVER gets it.

youngsta

05-23-2004, 01:26 PM

Thanks although since Name that Tune isn't on anymore it is useless :lol: :lol: It's funny, when my ex and I would be in the car an the first 2-3 bars played I'd usually say something like "This is my SONG!" and start singing. She'd reply, "The song isn't even ON yet...how did you know?" :lol: :lol:

johnnywalker

05-23-2004, 05:11 PM

I can throw a small object (preferably edible) into the air and catch it in my mouth. I can also spit the said object out and catch it again. I can also catch an object in my mouth when thrown at me by a friend. I think I was a seal in a former life. :D

salsachinita

05-23-2004, 09:41 PM

I think I was a seal in a former life. :D

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:notworth:

*Mental Note to Self: Invite JW to all parties.....great ice-breaker :wink: *

cocodrilo

05-24-2004, 02:20 AM

I can wiggle many parts of my body that don't wiggle by themselves(see tsb's post), I can do a bush warbler whistle and some other obnoxious bird calls(birds actually have REPLIED to me!), I dabble in origami and I try(try) to sing opera. Will this get me a job? :roll:

Sabor

05-24-2004, 04:01 AM

i have a very keen 6th sense about people .. i can tell about how they really are and what not from just a little time of any type of communication.. i have found thru-out the years that i'm strangely enough 99% right on the mark..

saying so.. it hasn't done me much good because i try to give people the benefit of the doubt + i dont like judging others.

salsachinita

05-24-2004, 08:39 AM

i have a very keen 6th sense about people .. i can tell about how they really are and what not from just a little time of any type of communication...

:D Yay! Another personality 'reader' in da house.......!

Before the line forms, Sabor, could you read me first....... :wink: :lol: ?

Pacion, you next :P .....?

Purr

05-24-2004, 09:06 AM

A lot of times, I can tell who's calling on the telephone when it rings. Spooky.

johnnywalker

05-24-2004, 05:12 PM

Hmmm....how do I describe this one. I can arch my fingers (on both hands) back about 5 degrees and then proceed to bend just the tips forward. Freaks people out to look at them. I can bend the tips of each finger individually or the all of them together at a 90 degree angle to the rest of the finger.

salsachinita

05-25-2004, 12:21 AM

Yep, JW......my brother can also do that.....! Freaks people out :P !

LauraB

05-25-2004, 12:23 PM

I can do the "butterfly" (lotus position) and slide right over into the "frog." I can also contort my arms to go all the way over and around my body while keeping my hands clasped. I have crazy hyper-extended elbows.

pygmalion

05-25-2004, 06:37 PM

Just curious. Can you do the pigeon pose? I can do it on the right side, but not the left. My left hip is too tight. :(

LauraB

05-26-2004, 01:35 PM

What's the pigeon pose?

Kate

06-02-2004, 06:08 AM

Baton Twirling. I'm great at it (hate to be bostful). I got National Champion of England twice. But what good is it? Ever heard of a Professional Baton Twirler? I think not. :P

Sabor

06-02-2004, 06:44 AM

Baton Twirling. I'm great at it (hate to be bostful)

whats in the spaghetti y cheese rolls is that? :shock: sounds like a textile processing procedure to me :lol:

Kate

06-02-2004, 07:00 AM

No offence or rudeness, but I didn't understand a word of what you just said. :P

Sabor

06-02-2004, 07:07 AM

its ok.. i suffer the same problem :lol: :wink:

Kate

06-02-2004, 07:09 AM

Hahaha

cocodrilo

06-02-2004, 07:14 AM

Sabor needs a few more Pisco sours! :shock:

pygmalion

06-02-2004, 08:55 AM

Baton Twirling. I'm great at it (hate to be bostful). I got National Champion of England twice. But what good is it? Ever heard of a Professional Baton Twirler? I think not. :P

You never know. You might get a coaching job. :wink: :D

Kali Ma

06-27-2004, 08:36 AM

I can do that nostril flare bit, as well...doing it fast makes me look like a bunny rabbit...a really ODD bunny rabbit! This talent has only served to seriously confound and amuse my sister. I can also tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue...got some free cocktails (and several indecent proposals) for that one! :twisted:

dancin_feet

06-28-2004, 12:21 AM

Some of my friends would say that my dancing is a useless talent!!

Oh how little they know ......! :wink:

cocodrilo

06-28-2004, 01:17 AM

Some of my friends would say that my dancing is a useless talent!!

Oh how little they know ......! :wink:

They are silly! Thumb your nose at them! :D

peachexploration

06-28-2004, 12:07 PM

Useless talent.....hmmmmm...

How about I have the ability to remember staff member's passwords from seven years ago and whenever I see them, I always associate them with that password. :lol:

leftfeetnyc

04-01-2005, 11:49 AM

I feel the need to bring this thread back to life....usless talents are great.

I have two...to help me get through shots at the doctors office, my mother suggested reciting the alphabet backwards. At the time it worked, but I am now so good at it that I get from z-a before the shot is even given.

I can also touch my tongue to my nose.

macha

04-01-2005, 02:26 PM

Everything I know how to do is useless :lol:

I can put both heels behind my head and walk on my hands (still!)

I can make a bird/raccoon trill by warbling air between my teeth and upper lip. Nobody else I know can do this.

I can poledance (I think you'll agree- a 200lb poledancer is useless)- long story- don't ask.

Palmistry and Tarot divination (fortune tellin', that thar is)

I can play the flute, fife, piccolo and tinwhistle passably well. Could do better if I actually stuck with it regularly.

I can raise eyebrows interchangeably, too.

I can NOT do a simple cartwheel. Not even when I was skinny. I just CAN'T. At all.

Sagitta

04-01-2005, 02:31 PM

None. :P There is a use for everything. :)

chachachacat

04-01-2005, 03:00 PM

My "useless" talent is remembering song lyrics. (& tune and timing)
And I used to call it useless, but as Sag. says, no talent is useless. Maybe I will still become a torch singer, or something... At least, this reminds me I might go back to choir practice. :roll:

Ms_Sunlight

04-01-2005, 03:04 PM

I can sing The Flight of the Bumble Bee a capella.

You need to get me at least moderately drunk before I'm willing to try though. :P

Oh, and I can fit my entire fist in my mouth. :P :P :P

cocodrilo

04-01-2005, 04:36 PM

I can sing The Flight of the Bumble Bee a capella.

You need to get me at least moderately drunk before I'm willing to try though. :P

Oh, and I can fit my entire fist in my mouth. :P :P :P
:lol: :lol: :shock: :eyebrow:

labelledanseuse

04-03-2005, 05:40 PM

I have a TON of useless talents. I'll try to remember them all...

I can wiggle my ears (I can even wiggle each one separately). I can flare my nostrils very wide. I can make my nose go up and down like a bunny rabbit. Someone posted something about a Lotus-position thing... I can do that. Youngsta said he knows what song is going to come on after only the first 4 bars or so. One day I was at my private lesson and my teacher was trying to find a song for the cha cha. He was pressing the >> button pretty quickly so I could only here the first second of each song. He passed by a song I liked so I told him to play that one. He looked at me as if he couldn't believe I knew what song it was after only hearing a few notes from it. 8) I can do a backbend til my elbows touch the ground and my head touches my feet. I can do a scorpion and touch my chin with my foot. I can raise each eyebrow separately. I can put both of my feet behind my neck. I can raise the upper sides of my lips separately (think: I Love Lucy, if you can't picture this). I can make a U and a W with my tongue. I can do the worm backwards and forwards.

I don't think these things are such a big deal but it sure keeps other people amused...

I probably forgot something. :roll:

Keith & Rita

04-04-2005, 08:24 AM

Rita can hula-hoop non stop. We go to Siesta Key beach every May and they always have a hula-hoop contest, and she always wins. Same way on cruises we have taken. The only time she lost was when she had to many Pina Coladas and her hoop hit the railing. http://ourworld.cs.com/KsmithCCI/drink.gif
My "useless talent" is balancing things on my nose--brooms, rakes, boat paddles, etc. The Grand Kids get a kick out of it, especially when it slips and hits me in the head. :oops:

pygmalion

04-04-2005, 08:32 AM

:lol: :lol:

TemptressToo

04-04-2005, 10:30 AM

I can roll my tongue and flip it over (my fiance can do neither).

I can sing (I'm a very earthy alto).

I can twirl a rifle (on rifle line in high school) and I still can toss it and catch in with my legs (in between my right thigh and left knee crossing my left over right as the rifle comes down).

I'm very flexible and can get my knees to touch the ground on either side of my head from plow position (yoga move).

I can cross all of my fingers into one claw-like mass crossing my index over my thumb, my middle over my index, my ring over my middle and my pinky over my ring until all my fingers point one way.

I have a talent for useless trivia. I used to read encyclopedias as a child and I was one of those people that memorized all the Trivial Pursuit cards.

labelledanseuse

04-04-2005, 03:20 PM

I can sing, too. I'm a soprano. But it didn't put it on here because I don't feel like that is a very useless talent.

Keith & Rita

04-04-2005, 03:37 PM

I have a talent for useless trivia. I used to read encyclopedias as a child and I was one of those people that memorized all the Trivial Pursuit cards.

This link may be of interest to you: http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/fast_facts/

TemptressToo

04-04-2005, 03:52 PM

Thanks, all that is fascinating. I'm going have to research the raining pink frogs episode. I'll add that to my current fascination with the cave-dwelling Jews that survived WWII by hiding in Priest's Grotto...a cavern.

randomMysh

04-05-2005, 10:26 AM

I can pick things off the floor with my toes...saves a lot of time in the kitchen if I drop a towel or something, I don't even have to pause to pick it up! Used to amuse my bf a great deal, but now he's used to it. :lol:

TemptressToo

04-05-2005, 12:11 PM

My toes are double jointed. :)

cocodrilo

04-05-2005, 05:37 PM

Ms_Sunlight

04-05-2005, 06:00 PM

I thought everyone did that!

chachachacat

04-05-2005, 11:24 PM

ReneeJoan

04-06-2005, 04:02 PM

I can dance argentine tango . . .

tacad

04-06-2005, 04:55 PM

I can dance argentine tango . . .
:notworth:

Sabor

04-07-2005, 07:15 AM

i can walk on air

Phil Owl

04-07-2005, 09:16 AM

Imitating the calls of several species of Owls :wink:

Impersonating William Shatner singing :twisted:

pygmalion

04-07-2005, 09:17 AM

Impersonating William Shatner singing :twisted:

Yeah. I'd definitely call that talent useless! :lol: :lol:

Sagitta

04-07-2005, 09:38 AM

I thought everyone did that! I don't.

leftfeetnyc

04-07-2005, 09:46 AM

Impersonating William Shatner singing :twisted:

Yeah. I'd definitely call that talent useless! :lol: :lol:

I don't! I'm working on editing Elton John's "Rocket Man" and Shatners version for a showcase piece.

As for owl impersinations: Weird, but I keep seeing owl statues all over NYC, it's been going on for a week.

pygmalion

04-07-2005, 09:47 AM

Really? A showcase piece? 8)

leftfeetnyc

04-07-2005, 12:40 PM

Someone out there has to dance to Shatner...might as well be me.

And "Rocket Man" was a much better choise than the duet with Nimoy singing "If I had a Hammer"

Phil Owl

04-07-2005, 12:55 PM

I don't! I'm working on editing Elton John's "Rocket Man" and Shatners version for a showcase piece..

I just HAVE to see this!!!!! :twisted:

As for owl impersinations: Weird, but I keep seeing owl statues all over NYC, it's been going on for a week.

WE ARE EVERYWHERE, THERE IS NOOOOOO EEEESSSCCAAAAAAAAPPPEEE!!! :twisted: :wink:

cocodrilo

04-07-2005, 05:29 PM

I didn't know William Shatner could sing! :oops:

Ms_Sunlight

04-07-2005, 06:37 PM

I thought everyone did that! I don't.

Oh okay, obviously not then!

:)

DancePoet

04-07-2005, 07:31 PM

I can dance argentine tango . . .
:notworth:
This isn't useless. ;)

DancePoet

04-07-2005, 07:34 PM

Some would probably say hijacking threads could be useless. ;)

Camille

04-08-2005, 05:48 PM

I have a useless talent.
If i lay on my stomach, i can touch the back of my head with my foot :oops:

Sabor

04-10-2005, 06:19 AM

i can breath in and out.. and roll my eyes

Pacion

04-10-2005, 06:22 AM

:nope: I don't believe you. You have to give us a video as proof? :P

labelledanseuse

04-10-2005, 01:22 PM

I have a useless talent.
If i lay on my stomach, i can touch the back of my head with my foot :oops:
Oh yeah, I forgot I could do that. I used to be able to do that a few years ago. I don't know if I still can.

johns

04-10-2005, 02:19 PM

I didn't know William Shatner could sing! :oops:

Most people can sing.

It's singing well that's the tricky part. :wink:

- John

pygmalion

04-10-2005, 02:25 PM

:lol: :lol: Very well said, johns. I couldn't figure out how to tell her. :lol: :lol:

Terpsichorean Clod

11-07-2009, 11:10 PM

I don't know if this counts but I can break drinking glasses by biting into them. :)

latingal

11-08-2009, 12:47 AM

I don't know if this counts but I can break drinking glasses by biting into them. :)

ummm....ow TC.

wooh

11-08-2009, 12:58 AM

I don't know if this counts but I can break drinking glasses by biting into them. :)

That sounds ridiculously dangerous.:confused:

Lioness

11-08-2009, 06:16 AM

If I lay on my stomach I can bend my body like a seal and touch my nose with my toes, if that made sense.

sambanada

11-08-2009, 01:50 PM

I can touch my thumb to my wrist

RenOrsino

11-08-2009, 02:11 PM

Hmm. . . Let's see.

I can turn my tongue upside down in both directions. I can also fold it so the tip looks like a tri-petal flower. Wiggle-flare my nostrils.

I'm strangely gifted at fooseball. One day I wasn't, the next I was suddenly amazing. I wish that would happen with more useful talents. Like the time it happened with chopsticks.

Subliminal

11-08-2009, 02:36 PM

I used to be able to move my eyes somewhat independently of one another. Like, cross one eye, then have the other eye roll around in a circle. Was a great way to freak people out when I was a kid. I'm not sure if I can do it anymore though. I just tried and almost gave myself a headache. Also, there's no one around to verify that I'm accomplishing the correct level of creepiness.

j_alexandra

11-08-2009, 05:26 PM

I can make That Face.

That Face consists of a sneer on top on one side, and a corresponding inverted sneer on the lower lip on the other side, at the same time. Hard to describe, hard to forget once seen. We who can do it are rare indeed. Whenever I find someone else who can make it, we are instantly blood family. I can even do it on both left and right sides; this makes me special among the special, I'm told. Amazingly, Teach, the man who is held together with loose rubber bands, like a cat, cannot make That Face. It's definitely a useless talent.

gracie

11-08-2009, 05:42 PM

I can tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue. Learned it from Johnny Carson

RenOrsino

11-08-2009, 09:04 PM

I can make That Face.

Oh, hey. I can do that. I can't sneer on the right though, only the left, so you're still the specialest. Or is that specialist? Haha. *grin*

11-09-2009, 12:33 AM

I can tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue, too. ;)

11-09-2009, 12:37 AM

Oh, and another useless talent is I can solve a Rubix cube in... minutes.

So, on those extremely rare occassions when I walk into a room and somebody has a mixed up cube on display...

Yeah. Useless. :)

flashdance

11-09-2009, 01:28 AM

Lick the entire icing off a cupcake with my tongue in one go.

Throw toothbrush from shower into toothbrush holder 2 metres away.

Pull the same face as 'Who wants to be a millionaire' contestants when they are being introduced :D

Wash pots by hand without wishing I was doing something else.

j_alexandra

11-09-2009, 05:21 AM

Wash pots by hand without wishing I was doing something else.

This is hardly a useless talent. You want to come clean up when I bake?

flashdance

11-09-2009, 06:49 AM

This is hardly a useless talent. You want to come clean up when I bake?

I'd love to :D I'd even lick the bowls with my cupcake tongue :wink:

dlgodud

11-09-2009, 09:43 AM

A chance to come to NY FD! Take the offer from J Alex!:D

flashdance

11-09-2009, 02:18 PM

A chance to come to NY FD! Take the offer from J Alex!:D

:D New York
Broadway
J Alexandra & anyone else who resides there
Dancing
Cakes
Red carpet treatment (very unlikely more likely to be dragged along one for being cheeky)
http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/drool.gif Singing in the rain
:???: 12 hour flight

Sounds good to me!

Peaches

11-09-2009, 03:25 PM

I can wiggle my ears.
Based on the results from another thread, I'm pretty good at typing my username with my nose.
Er...can't think of much else. Not much talent, useless or otherwise, going on here...

bjp22tango

11-10-2009, 05:56 AM

I can write forward, backward, upside down, and upside down and backward with either hand.

I was only able to use this talent once, when I broke the arm of my usual writing hand.

Terpsichorean Clod

11-14-2009, 10:05 PM

ummm....ow TC.
That sounds ridiculously dangerous.:confused:
I guess I wasn't clear. It's something that just happens accidentally while I'm chewing on the lip of the glass. A 1-2 sq. in. chunk of glass may come off or there may be just a crack. But I've never been injured. The worst I've experienced was getting a sticky hand while drinking apple juice when a whole side of the glass suddenly...wasn't there any more...

Terpsichorean Clod

11-14-2009, 10:05 PM

I had no idea we had so many talented people on here. Maybe we should form a group like Mystery Men. :grin:

wooh

11-14-2009, 10:08 PM

I think the question is "WHY are you chewing on the lip of the glass?" STOP THAT!! :)

Terpsichorean Clod

11-16-2009, 12:04 AM

I don't know. It just...happens. Maybe it's a variant of what that lady in Seattle had? The one who liked to eat tube socks (http://www.humournet.com/collage.archives/collage201.txt)? :)

Nybz

11-16-2009, 06:55 AM

I don't know. It just...happens. Maybe it's a variant of what that lady in Seattle had? The one who liked to eat tube socks (http://www.humournet.com/collage.archives/collage201.txt)? :)

lol.
This is *exactly* the reason I could never be a doctor: Stress. Not
from the pressures of people's lives hanging in the balance, weighing
on your every decision, but the stress causes by the un-Hippocratic
desire to strangle your patient.

bordertangoman

11-16-2009, 07:06 AM

If I lay on my stomach I can bend my body like a seal and touch my nose with my toes, if that made sense.

well that deserves a fish!

sambanada

11-16-2009, 07:33 AM

My ear wiggling talent is pretty useless, but oh so entertaining.

j_alexandra

11-16-2009, 05:50 PM

Oh, hey. I can do that. I can't sneer on the right though, only the left, so you're still the specialest. Or is that specialist? Haha. *grin*

See? I knew we were soul mates!

Lioness

11-16-2009, 07:10 PM

dlgodud

11-29-2009, 06:30 PM

I've been thought about it, but I have none. Annoying!!!

etp777

11-29-2009, 06:33 PM

dang lioness, knew I should have spent more time with rubik's cube. ;)

samina

11-29-2009, 06:35 PM

Not useless if you ever come across this: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/frustration.png

clever!

bjp22tango

12-01-2009, 04:42 AM

clever!

Unless the bra hooks in the front:doh:

and123

12-01-2009, 10:09 AM

Unless the bra hooks in the front:doh:

That's a fun trick to play on some guys :p

etp777

12-01-2009, 10:30 AM

hahaha, mean

Terpsichorean Clod

12-12-2009, 10:57 PM

Not useless if you ever come across this: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/frustration.png
Meh...Alexander the Great and the Gordian Knot... ;)

j_alexandra

12-13-2009, 05:38 AM

Meh...Alexander the Great and the Gordian Knot... ;)

But carefully. Please. Ouch. ;)

etp777

12-13-2009, 05:48 AM

hahaha

Ray Sison

04-25-2010, 11:39 PM

I'm stumped. I have to think about this...

chachachacat

04-26-2010, 12:11 AM

I believe I posted years ago, saying being able to remember lyrics was my "useless talent."
HA! I auditioned for Don't Forget the Lyrics and I have a callback tomorrow!

Nybz

04-26-2010, 06:36 AM

I believe I posted years ago, saying being able to remember lyrics was my "useless talent."
HA! I auditioned for Don't Forget the Lyrics and I have a callback tomorrow!

:notworth: congrats on the call back and good luck!!!

chachachacat

04-26-2010, 01:09 PM

:notworth: congrats on the call back and good luck!!!

Thank you!

samina

04-26-2010, 01:18 PM

I believe I posted years ago, saying being able to remember lyrics was my "useless talent."
HA! I auditioned for Don't Forget the Lyrics and I have a callback tomorrow!
i've always been in awe of that ability. i'm missing the part of the brain that allows it. :)

good luck, chakitty!

Joyful Dancer

04-26-2010, 02:40 PM

I can recite the alphabet extremely fast.... backwards!!!

A silly game learned at summer camp years ago :)

sambanada

04-26-2010, 04:31 PM

I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue

Peaches

04-26-2010, 06:47 PM

I tend to be oddly good at those stupid shape puzzle thingies. Um...tangrams. Strange, since I have very little spatial awareness in real life.

Or at least I used to be good at them.

From D-F, I know I'm pretty good at typing my username with my nose.

Other than that...er...

Subliminal

04-26-2010, 07:29 PM

Hehe, I think it's time to revive that thread!

dcharmd1

04-26-2010, 08:00 PM

hmmm, sad, i can't think of a useful or useless talent...

pygmalion

04-27-2010, 03:43 AM

All my talents are useful. And I am extremely modest. :rolleyes:

pygmalion

04-27-2010, 03:44 AM

Why did I just scroll past a picture of a brassiere? *lol* Only in DF

Ray Sison

04-27-2010, 01:06 PM

If I lay on my stomach I can bend my body like a seal and touch my nose with my toes, if that made sense.
Lioness, I'm very impressed. That means we can also call you "Sea Lioness"!

:)

Zhena

04-29-2010, 02:36 PM

I believe I posted years ago, saying being able to remember lyrics was my "useless talent."
HA! I auditioned for Don't Forget the Lyrics and I have a callback tomorrow!

How was the callback?

I can remember a lot of lyrics ... I even know a fair number of songs in languages I don't speak ... once I learn them I don't forget them. But my repertoire doesn't include anything current, so my talent would probably be useless even in the context of Don't Forget the Lyrics.

Kits

04-29-2010, 02:51 PM

I can quote the Lion King Movie word for word.

Lioness

04-30-2010, 02:24 AM

I can do a rather convincing kitty meow.

*maoo*

See?

Ray Sison

04-30-2010, 02:47 AM

I can do a rather convincing kitty meow.

*maoo*

See?

I do! *impressed*

chachachacat

04-30-2010, 06:30 PM

How was the callback?

I can remember a lot of lyrics ... I even know a fair number of songs in languages I don't speak ... once I learn them I don't forget them. But my repertoire doesn't include anything current, so my talent would probably be useless even in the context of Don't Forget the Lyrics.

It went very well. They said at the end the I was "a breath of fresh air."
Current pop is kind of weak for me, too. who can understand what Lady Gaga is saying?

Still waiting to hear...nail biticon.

Ray Sison

05-01-2010, 01:38 AM

To exercise my memory, I memorize lists of things from time to time. It's not very useful, but I memorized all the match-ups of every single Super Bowl, including who won each game. (I also work on the Presidents and the state capitals and the Best Picture/Actor/Actress Oscar winners...)

Oh, and I can still throw a pretty good curve ball--I used to play a lot of baseball as a kid; though back then I could also throw a knuckleball and a screwball. I could also make spectacular diving catches in the outfield! And steal bases almost at will, and hit for a high batting average...

Lioness

05-01-2010, 03:42 AM

I'm really good at memorising numbers. Phone numbers, postcodes, random sequences, atomic mass; you name it.

Kits

05-01-2010, 09:40 AM

I'm really good at memorising numbers. Phone numbers, postcodes, random sequences, atomic mass; you name it.

Can you come to work with me :p I am so terrible memorizing numbers. We use soo many phone numbers through out the day to0. Wish we had speed dial for everyone.

Nybz

05-01-2010, 11:06 AM

I'm really good at memorising numbers. Phone numbers, postcodes, random sequences, atomic mass; you name it.

heh, just noticed this too.... I am good like that also.
I have several on my credit cards and all their security numbers and expirations in my memory, as well as things like my SS# and other ID numbers.