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We all know what we are crap at, however come brag to me and tell me what you’re good at!

117 replies

Thisisit777 · 14/09/2018 22:04

I’m good at making my kids laugh.

Doesn’t pay the mortgage admittedly but makes for some happy times Grin

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 20/09/2018 22:53

I can roast beef so that it contains exactly the right amount of pink and well-done for fussy eaters. I can get an HGV into a tight space, and out of it. My employers regard me as punctual, competent and diligent. Also an annoying obsessive twat, but in haulage those are features, not bugs.

PlainJane007 · 20/09/2018 23:05

Mucking out stables and making a bed that looks so good I want to sleep in it myself! 😂

mamakoukla · 20/09/2018 23:10

Being on time. Packing things into spaces efficiently. Near perfect suitcase weight guesstimates. And apparently approaching the age where I can embarrass DD at will

StrangeLookingParasite · 20/09/2018 23:30

Most dogs and cats quite like me.

OvO · 20/09/2018 23:39

I'm pretty good at cross stitch.

Is it too show-offy to add a pic of my latest one? Probably, but I'm going to anyway. (I'm a semi-hermit so have few people to show it to in RL)

We all know what we are crap at, however come brag to me and tell me what you’re good at!
DustyMaiden · 21/09/2018 00:06

I’m good at being calm, never get angry. Good at reading people.

IchFliegeNach · 21/09/2018 13:28

Lovely thread!

I am good at reading people and relationships.
Am very good at public speaking.
I make and keep friends easily and am good at a one liner!
I can drink a lot of alcohol before making an asshole of myself, which is very under-rated 😂

spiderlight · 21/09/2018 13:31

I'm good at untying knots and catching dogs that are giving their owners the runaround, unscrambling terrible English for international students, and I make an epic cheese sauce.

noeffingidea · 21/09/2018 13:37

Swimming, though I'm more built for endurance than speed. I can easily swim at a regular pace for 2 hours or more without stopping.
Cooking - I'm good at making cheap meals out of a few basic ingredients, it's something I learnt from my Mum (traditional working class life skills).

RoseyOldCrow · 21/09/2018 13:43

@0v0 that cross stitch is amazing!

IJustLostTheGame · 21/09/2018 13:45

I'm good at sewing costumes
I'm also a good cook
I'm good at washing floors

afrikat · 21/09/2018 14:03

I'm good at donating blood. I have a fabulous vein in my arm that always gets 'praised' by nurses when I am donating or if they need to draw blood for a test. I am bizarrely proud of this vein 😂

Tinty · 21/09/2018 14:12

@OvO that is lovely.

I am good at making me laugh. Not actually sure that this is a skill, but I do laugh at stupid things, many times a day. Sometimes I do this out loud and my family ask what I am laughing at, then always do this Confused face when I tell them. I think they think I'm a bit mad. they may be right Grin.

BitchQueen90 · 21/09/2018 14:22

I'm good at doing make-up and cooking.

I'm also great at organisation. I'm always on top of everything in my life.

Nacreous · 21/09/2018 14:33

OvO That’s a cross stitch?! That’s bloody amazing!!

I’m really really good at normal cakes and bakes.

My lemon drizzle has made people who don’t like lemon convert and my brownies have been deemed the Best Ever by multiple groups of people. I don’t do sugar work or fancy tiered cakes or make my own jam to go in my Victoria sponges. But what I do bake is really really tasty.

DamnItPatrice · 21/09/2018 14:38

Farting

Whatthefunk · 21/09/2018 14:41

When Ds was little, he used to say that I made the world's best jam cake (Victoria sponge). He said, 'if Daddy could make jam cake, we wouldn't need you....don't ever teach him....Smile

TanteRose · 21/09/2018 14:44

I can gut a squid like a pro Smile

OvO · 21/09/2018 16:45

Thank you for the lovely comments! 😍

spiderlight · 21/09/2018 16:47

OvO that is amazing!!!

Bloodybridget · 21/09/2018 16:58

I'm good at planning holidays, singing, and, a recently acquired skill, landing a rowing boat when I cox. Oh and engaging with small children, although I am not a mum.

WhichEndIsUp · 21/09/2018 16:59

OvO, I love that. Do you take commissions as well?!

OvO · 21/09/2018 17:10

Only from millionaires, Which! 😆

It took around 500 hours so I'd have to charge a squillion pounds!

Cross stitch is one of those things where I'd have to charge £££ and no-one would buy or I'd charge a small amount over the cost of the materials and basically give my time for free.

If you get given a cross stitched item you know the person loves you a lot!

SinkGirl · 21/09/2018 17:16

I am good at cutting things out of paper, but I don’t get much chance to these days (twin toddlers and scalpel blades aren’t a good combo!)

We all know what we are crap at, however come brag to me and tell me what you’re good at!
Violetroselily · 21/09/2018 18:24

I have a great memory
I'm a quick learner
I must have quite a trusting face as people tend to tell me secrets quite easily

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