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Things you never mastered in childhood

53 replies

SixteenFerreroRoches · 08/07/2019 20:07

I can't go two skates and I can't whistle with my fingers. I'd LOVE to be able to whistle with my fingers.

I'd also like to be able to do a cartwheel.

OP posts:
Mehmehmeh19 · 08/07/2019 20:14

I can't skate, on ground or ice. Whistle at all.

Can do a cartwheel though, impressed my littlest nephew the other week with my cartwheeling skills!

Mehmehmeh19 · 08/07/2019 20:14

Oh thought of another can't click me fingers it makes me really sad!

SixteenFerreroRoches · 08/07/2019 20:16

I can click my fingers really loud

OP posts:
elephantoverthehill · 08/07/2019 20:17

Throw a ball over arm. I went dizzy trying to whistle with two fingers, but I could can cartwheel and stand on my head.

2littleninjas · 08/07/2019 20:19

I can’t cantwheel or do a forward roll

Knittedfairies · 08/07/2019 20:19

I never got the hang of a yo-yo.

Winterfellismyhome · 08/07/2019 20:19

That clicky flinging hand thing that Ali G does. It was all the rage at school and i could never do it Shock

amusedbush · 08/07/2019 20:20

I can’t whistle at all. I’m also a pretty rubbish swimmer. I can drag myself around the pool but it’s not graceful and I can only doggy paddle or do a wonky breaststroke with my head held up.

salsmum · 08/07/2019 20:20

Portman's shorthand.

elephantoverthehill · 08/07/2019 20:23

salsmum Neither can I, or touch type properly. I do use all of my fingers in the right places though...............

KaliforniaDreamz · 08/07/2019 20:25

Long division.

FudgeBrownie2019 · 08/07/2019 20:25

I can't whistle and never learned to skip as a child. I teach, though, so spent a few days one term skipping every lunchtime with the children on the playground and learned. Never too old.

ShakeYourTailFeathers · 08/07/2019 20:25

My school friend could whistle with her fingers really loud and tried to teach me. Practiced and practiced...nada

Last day of school, she was moving abroad that summer, i was walking home alone and i finally did it!! I was so pissed off Grin

Can still do it - DH thinks it's hilarious.

PerfectionistProcrastinator · 08/07/2019 20:25

The hula hoop. I was quite good with most things like that so it always frustrated me!

TheSecondMrsAshwell · 08/07/2019 20:25

Riding a bike. One of my friends thinks I;m stupid to say that I can't ride a bike, but all attempts as a child resulted in skinned knees, so I never learned.

cliffdiver · 08/07/2019 20:26

My times tables are pretty sketchy.

ReganSomerset · 08/07/2019 20:26

Whistling with a blade of grass.

Tiredmum100 · 08/07/2019 20:26

I cant whistle, click my fingers, do cart wheels or hand stands ☹

Atalune · 08/07/2019 20:27

Cartwheel
Front crawl in the pool
Head stand
Hit a ball with a bat. Shame as I would love to play tennis.

ANiceLuxury · 08/07/2019 20:27

Handstands, cartwheels etc

Swim with a good technique

Whistle

Mammajay · 08/07/2019 20:28

Ride a bike. I tried as an adult but kept falling off!

flissfloss65 · 08/07/2019 20:28

I never managed a walking handstand.
Never completed the Rubik cube.

OneOfOurOwn · 08/07/2019 20:29

Hula hoop

EssentialHummus · 08/07/2019 20:30

I can’t cantwheel or do a forward roll

Neither!

FairyBatman · 08/07/2019 20:31

I can’t do the shoelace knot where it kind of goes round your thumb. Just can’t do it Confused

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