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What pointless 'talent' do you have?

148 replies

TellMeItsNotTrue · 22/08/2018 10:16

Just talking with a friend about pointless 'talents' and wondered what yours are Smile

She was working out when she could next have paracetamol and I just said it immediately, when I was a teen I spent a lot of time having inhalers for my asthma every 4 hours, so it turns out I can still work out 4 hours immediately without thinking about it

She chipped in that she can fold her tongue in to a w shape

OP posts:
serendipitintea · 23/08/2018 05:15

I can suck cotton up my nose and pull it out of my mouth.

That's my party trick. Don't ask Blush

mydogishot · 23/08/2018 06:37

I'm a baby whisperer.

I can tell you why your baby is crying and get them to stop within minutes (I don't kill them).

HappyEverIftar · 23/08/2018 07:42

I can pick the one thing that isn't available on a menu. So much so, I always have to have a back up dish just in case.

More often than not I've asked if everything is available and they always say yes... until it comes to ordering my meal.

DH is v annoyed impressed with this skill Grin

Whatsits · 23/08/2018 09:12

Slide puzzles!

Aftereights91 · 23/08/2018 09:18

I can do word searches crazy fast. Even without the list of words. I just look at the grid and can see all the words

iklboo · 23/08/2018 09:23

@HappyEverIftar - that happens to me too! And it's usually the thing I've been really looking forward to.

QueenOfMyWorld · 23/08/2018 09:27

I can say the alphabet backwards v v fast

Comealongpond89 · 23/08/2018 09:40

I can do the loud whistle by putting my fingers in my mouth. Also same with word searches

SoozC · 23/08/2018 09:40

I am incredibly good at map-reading. I can use an OS map to pinpoint my exact location, even somewhere unfamiliar if I've not looked at the map until that point. I'm also very good at remembering directions; once I've driven somewhere once I can usually find it again.

I can also, with familiar albums or playlists of music, sing the first note of the next track bang on tune just after hearing the last note of the previous track. It works when singing choral music too - I always know what my note is based on what I've heard before.

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 23/08/2018 11:23

I can tie an absolutely perfect bow.
On dresses, parcels etc.
When I worked at Laura Ashley girls would come have me tie the sashes on their dresses before Prom etc... this may date me a little because no one wears Prom dresses from Laura Ashley since the days of Princess Diana

Bluesmartiesarebest · 23/08/2018 11:35

I can burp the alphabet which is very useful when dealing with cold callers. They usually give up by g.

DontCallMeCharlotte · 23/08/2018 11:36

I can fold crisp bags into triangles.
Me too!

#soproud
Me too! Especially as it two different people to teach me Blush

I can also get a fag lit in any weather, even a hurricane. Classy.

ChinaCrisis · 23/08/2018 11:41

I can sense when a woman is in early pregnancy - often before she knows herself.

Would never mention it to them though!

pud1 · 23/08/2018 11:44

Not me nut my OH can talk backwards. If you say anhung to him he can recite it backwards as long as he can spell it.

pud1 · 23/08/2018 11:45

Looking at those typos I on the other hand am unable to communicate forwards

Jaffacakesfordinner · 23/08/2018 11:47

I have a great memory of conversations...DP has a goldfish memory so often accuses me of making it up when i can pretty much reference a previous arguement.

I can write with both hands

I can bend just the tip of all my fingers from the top knuckle

I can sense spiders before I see them. Im major spider phobic to the point being near spiders has caused me to black out previously - now i can almost sense them before i go into a room.

pootlepootle · 23/08/2018 12:00

i can recognise faces. like if i stood next to you in a bank i would recognise you again even if i just saw you for 2 minutes. it works for months and months - sometimes years.

but

if i don't see you i can't describe you and i definitely couldn't do a photofit thingy.

after a period of time i won't know where i met you either. and when i guess it's always in the bank. which is stupid cos i never go to the bank any more. they shut them.

fundamentally and absolutely useless.

Frankwindsor · 23/08/2018 12:37

I can fart on demand

Squamish · 23/08/2018 13:32

I can do mirror writing

Sandstormbrewing · 23/08/2018 13:58

I can pluck DHs eyebrows with my teeth, a specific hair, first time, every time.

I'm gross.

Sandstormbrewing · 23/08/2018 14:00

ChinaCrisis I can do that too! DH thinks I'm bonkers!

PleaseTryAnotherUsername · 23/08/2018 14:04

@turnandtwist me too! I have been 3 times at world championships representing my own country and have won a couple of trophies at the UK ones.

But I'm so illogical in real life!

RtHonLady · 23/08/2018 14:18

I can coin snatch

MoodyMumOfOne · 23/08/2018 14:25

I can put my right arm around the back of my head, under my chin and touch my right ear.

Catrina1234 · 23/08/2018 14:44

I have tremendous patience - I can read 4 pages of this boring stuff about toes and the flexibility some people have ............oh and closing a crisp packet into a triangle - give me strength

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