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?

easterholidays, I lick my fingertips, helps get some purchase on the carrier bags

Maths. Somehow fluked my way to a B in GCSE as a member of the dim group at an academically pushy grammar. Recently tried to do a Higher and actually failed the exam. In between these two things, as well as moving to Scotland I've achieved a Masters degree at distinction (not in a numerate subject, obviously) and a reasonable level of career success in a field not too remote from engineering. But apparently a bit of differentiation is too much for me.

I can't do up my bra behind my back.

Can’t whistle, sing , put on make up, have no concept of distance, never really got to grips with percentages and have only recently learned to scramble eggs.

Do the Guide/Brownie salute - my pinkie and thumb don't meet across my palm. And I used to be a Guide Leader!

I can't make that clicking noise you make with your mouth that would make a horse move.

Ice skate

Ride a horse

Drive a manual car

Speak/read/write a second languauge

Say 'rural. Those two rs in quick succession,

Drive (I’ve had so many lessons. It just doesn’t click). Sew, make my house look tidy, basic maths, have normal conversations with strangers lol.

I cant work out time - for example what time is it in 7 hours? Also really bad at telling the time on a finger clock.

Look put-together
be kind to myself
Maintain friendships

Oh another one I'm rubbish about small talk and don't like spending time with family or friends one on one I get really anxious about it and have nothing to say I for some reason get pre anxiety about how to end the conversation and say goodbye I guess I have convinced myself for so long that nobody wants to hear what I've got to say

Ride a bike without hands.
Throw a ball any further than 4m.
Small talk / caring 'nurse' talk.
Take notice of the little voice in my head saying that the car really won't fit in that small spot.
Follow spoken instructions (glad there are others like that!)

Thanks for the tip @wombat99, I'll try that next time!

I think I am a bit dyspraxic generally. Anything that requires a careful, precise hand, I tend to fuck up. And I drop things ALL THE TIME.

Sew

Read out lists of number ( like phone numbers ) unless they are divided up correctly

Brush my teeth without getting toothpaste on my chin

Do up a bra behind my back

Aerobics - i can only do the arms or legs but not both at the same time. The worst are the ones where you have to jump across a bench many times in a pattern.

Catch a ball with my non dominant hand

Click my fingers.
Also do up my bra behind my back.
Parallel park.

I cannot recognise numbers in sequence.
For example if I was to go to a filing cabinet that had records filed in order according to their number sequence, I cannot work out where in the drawer the particular record I want will be.
I can do maths, am confident with numbers but my brain just cannot compute this. Bit of a mare when I worked in an organisation that used file numbers and not names

Aaaw that's sad Justanotheruser01

I can't do the sellotape biting thing either, or brush my teeth elegantly.
I also can't apply eye make-up in any way - I always think I look like I've been beaten up no matter how subtly I try to do it. This applies to mascara, eyeliner, eyeshadow... all of it. I'm not great with lips either.

I can't run. I mean, I 'go running' but I know I run funny. My DB used to laugh at my run which I put down to him being a general dick, until my DD1 started doing the 'mummy running' impression in EXACTLY the same way as he did 😳

Skip with a rope while moving. Can do it on the spot no problem but can't do it when moving along.

Jump onto something with 2 feet.

Whistle
Click my fingers
Blow up a balloon

Walk.

This!

Sleep I also can't get my kids to sleep

Tie shoelaces "properly"

Ride a bike

Navigate like a driver (I passed my test a year ago the other day I went to drive out the car park through the pedestrian exit fortunate no one was around I suppose I have been walking for nearly 40 years and walking that route for twenty but still! 😱)

Drive
Roll my Rs
Poach an egg
Cook pancakes