What can't you do that most people can?

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My son has just started cubs and got his new uniform plus a load of badges to sew on. I was given them and asked for them to be on for Sunday's remembrance service. I thought fair enough i sewed a cushoin at school once went and bought some thread and needle and have now been sitting here for 2hours and have taken the first one off 4 times as it's either wonky or looks shit.

So what average things can't you do?

I can't sew the bloody cubs/beavers badges either. DH had to do that.

I also can't clean my teeth without dripping toothpaste foam down my chin. No idea how people manage that.

I can't make an omelette. It always ends up as scrambled eggs.
I can't swallow pills either so I might give your fizzy drink tip a try Gilead.

I can't wink or click my fingers either.

I'm hopeless at sewing and will avoid it if I possibly can. Brownie badges were often not sewn on at all as they just looked dreadful and puckered up when they were. The kids kept them in plastic pockets in ring binders.

I can't tie bows either - two loops for me.

I can sort of read maps but I'm very, very, very slow at it. Men hate it - I've had a lot of maps ripped out of my hands in my time.

Read timetables. I literally need a ruler and to trace from the top with my finger.

Make flapjacks.

I struggle when someone spells out a word. Dreaded people doing this when dc were small.

@VanGoghsDog neither can I they always turn into bricks.

Swim or ride a bike. I'm also deeply envious of people who can whistle through their fingers.

@Chelsea26 I fear that is something I would do.

Whistle, and click my fingers!

Drive a car, sing in tune

I can't picture things in my head. I just can't do it!

Phew, not just me then! I'm a reasonable cook and can bake cakes just fine. Just not flapjacks. They are either bricks or just a crumbly collection of gloopy oats. I've tried loads of recipes.

You know there's a spray you can buy so you don't have to sew?

I can't raise my big toe independently from the others. Everyone in my family can but they may be the strange ones not me, I have never been able to raise it casually in conversation

Use chop sticks or ice skate...

safari I was the same with sleeping til I changed my schedule and started getting up at 5.30. Now I'm asleep before my head hits the pillow even.

Bicnod I'm the same with toothpaste! When I was on a group holiday I mentioned it for some reason in a "isn't it annoying when this happens" way and was embarrassed to find out I was the only one
I can't tell which parent babies look like, they all just look like babies to me!

toastedbeagle me too. Also if someone spells something out for me I can't write it down correctly. So I find it really difficult to write down phone messages correctly.

My spelling is appalling despite being an avid reader and getting an A in my GCSE . I also can't read out new words (ie. a word I have never seen before), I just don't know where to begin.

I can't read out large numbers without thinking really really hard, even though I know in my head how much that number is. This is REALLY annoying because I work with numbers in my job so have to do this a lot.

I also can't pronounce lots of words properly and I'm not sure why. I was watching a programme about polygamy the other day, but I can't for the life of me say that word correctly, it gets jumbled on the way out of my mouth.

I can't keep my eyelids completely closed for sleep. Have to wear an eye mask if there's the smallest amount of light. It's annoying.

I can’t hold cups/plates, tie shoelaces, nor click my fingers as neither of my thumbs have much strength due to a joint disorder where they’re arthritic and dislocate easily. They’re pretty useless at holding anything

I can, however, with adapted pen grip between my fingers and with a thumb support, write with both hands equally.

I prefer to focus on the good bits!

The only left/right I've ever remembered is which hand is which when playing the piano. Whenever a left/right decision is needed I have to mentally imagine myself playing the piano, and even then it takes a while. The entire rest of my family, including the 4yo, know left and right instantly and instinctively! Clearly I just never had that module installed...

Genuinely can't tie my shoelaces, have a muscular problem in my right hand that makes it impossible.

Do anything after school kicks out because I'm a single parent with no family to take my child. Everyone else does yoga/swimming/running in the evenings. Usually coupled with a moan to me about how they only get to do it once a week!