What can't you do that most people can?

[Donthugmeimscared]

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?

Ride a bike
Whistle
Drive a car
Walk

Whistle properly.

Fabric glue is your friend!

I used to be able to whistle as well as Roger Whittaker ( only over 50's will know who I'm talking about! ) but for some reason now try as I might nothing comes out. Nothing at all.

Oh and get up and dance. Just can't do it. Everyone is up enjoying themselves and I'm just sat at the table cringing in case somebody tries to pull me up.

kayakingmum I can’t do the opposite!

Drive - too nervous in a car
Tell left from right (excellent sense of direction, I just get these confused)
Run - I have hypermobile joints and last time I ran I had horrendous hip pain for days

Maths. I've got dyscalculia, can't even do basic times tables (and I have tried!) Passed my GCSE at the very lowest level and got the lowest possible grade.

tons!

ride a bike
swim (competently)
whistle
drive
swallow tablets

i’m in my thirties!

Sit cross legged! I've never been able to, even as a child. If annoys me so much as I do yoga and hate not being able to sit comfortably cross legged, especially when I'm pretty flexible otherwise.

Drive.

Burp! I can't even force it.

Times tables
Handstand
Cartwheels

Ride a bike.
Sing in tune.
Whistle through my fingers.
Copy numbers down accurately (I always rearrange the digits. I can spell with no trouble at all but numbers move around...)
Dance.
Clap in time to music.
Cook rice.
Make an omelette.

Dear God, I'm incompetent.

I can't follow spoken instructions or advice. I stand there nodding my head and saying 'yes' in all the right places. But it's just noise. Afterwards I'm thinking 'FFS, I didn't understand a bloody word of that. What now?' If there's internet access, I'm straight on to google. It was the same at school when the teacher was explaining anything. I had to go home and read it by myself in the textbook before the penny dropped.

I cannot
Drive - passed test after five attempts in my twenties. Then never drove again as too nervous. I really regret doing that
Change a duvet cover. I just can't do it.
Tell my left from right. I get confused with directions
Cook steak. It's always chewy and overdone.

Can't ride a bike, swim, blow my nose or blow up a balloon.

@RestingButchFace - neither can I! DDs can and it really freaks me out, horrible pointy up toes. Still no idea whether it’s them that’s freaky or me, but pleased to find out there’s another non toe raiser out there

Swim - I’m not proud of this.

Sing -I wish I could but I am, and have always been, completely tone deaf. I was even chucked out of the school choir...

Throw and catch with any accuracy.
I can't roll my r's either. I can remember my French teacher getting very annoyed with me as I couldn't do it.
I also can't find my way about without a sat nav. I'm constantly disoriented. If I approach a junction I know very well from a direction I don't usually come from I really struggle. Thank goodness for Waze!
I was also quite old before I could tie a proper bow and I still have the odd moment where I forget which is left and right.

Catch, crack my knuckles, fall asleep instantly, be motivated, swallow tablets, bite sellotape, lick envelopes (makes me retch)... there's not a lot I can do

Wow- I am really suprised at the number of people who can’t tell left from right- I am the same and thought I was quite rare.

Carve a chicken. I just can't do it.

Those who can't sew on badges, you need some fabric glue! It's idiot proof (although a little dab goes a long way - be warned!).

Cry

Hit a ball with a bat or racket.
My cricketing DH, ILs and DC cannot comprehend how this can be.

I can do many other sports, but nothing that involves hitting a ball with any consistency or accuracy. It sometimes happens by pure fluke (The Day Bike Scored A Six* has gone down in family and cricket club history), but I have no idea how. I can’t shoot either. What my eyes see and what my brain tells my hands to do are two different things! I’m not astigmatic, but my L eye prescription (-7) is much stronger than my R eye (-4.5), I dint know if that had to do with it.

*parents v U9s. DS refused to let me play against him in the U11s.