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What is the most useless knowledge or skill that you have?

157 replies

Sweetener12 · 12/10/2020 05:50

Mine would be an ability to recognize any tv commercial in 0.0001 seconds

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MutteringDarkly · 12/10/2020 17:33

I can drive a steam roller.

evilharpy · 12/10/2020 19:04

Oh I have another one. I can recite the Hail Mary in four languages.

(Catholic school for both primary and secondary)

DrMadelineMaxwell · 12/10/2020 19:09

I can solve the rubix cube.

iklboo · 12/10/2020 19:12

I can play the glockenspiel and recognise most handguns on sight. Not a lot of call for that and it'd be a pretty rubbish cop tv show.

'Glock N Spiel' Grin

Shodan · 12/10/2020 19:19

I can do a mean cartwheel.

It hasn't proved as useful in RL as you might have thought...

ReeseWitherfork · 12/10/2020 19:21

Knowledge: understanding the whole first/second cousins once removed etc nonsense

sarahc336 · 12/10/2020 19:23

I can play all 4 types of the awful musical instrument that is the recorder 😂😂😂😂

Rae36 · 12/10/2020 19:27

I can knit with my eyes shut

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 12/10/2020 19:28

I know the approximate criteria for the majority of Cub badges and a number of Beaver badges.

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 12/10/2020 19:29

I can eat fire (you know, like in a circus).

Prokupatuscrakedatus · 12/10/2020 19:30

iklboo

Glock N Spiel -- aargh Grin

TroysMammy · 12/10/2020 19:34

I can type in the dark and I automatically stop typing when I've pressed the wrong key and need to correct the error.

DelurkingAJ · 12/10/2020 19:37

I am do a dive forward roll. Our PE teacher (about aged 12) assured us that we’d never get on in life without being able to do one but I think I can categorically state that this is not the case!

inchyra · 12/10/2020 19:40

Can give a word perfect rendition of Silent Night in Getman, which is useful for an Atheist Londoner.

@MacavityTheDentistsCat I once met an actual professional fire dancer at a party. She was about to begin retraining to become a lawyer. Rishi Sunak would be proud.

imissthebubonicplague · 12/10/2020 19:51

FunnyInjury me too and how they died ! but can't remember any dates so often completely useless for quizzes

DuesToTheDirt · 12/10/2020 19:52

I can wiggle my ears. I'm still trying to find a useful application for this.

OublietteBravo · 12/10/2020 19:53

I can write out the periodic table from memory.

NeedToKnow101 · 12/10/2020 19:55

Magic trick which looks like my thumb can lift off.

Oh and a weird noise with my tongue which literally no-one else can do.

WeirdlyOdd · 12/10/2020 19:57

@Itchybush What's your facial recognition like? I have no facial recognition BUT my voice recognition is excellent.

SewingWaspish · 12/10/2020 20:01

I can do a gate vault on either side, despite my advancing years.

Bailey0703 · 12/10/2020 20:01

I can balance 28 coins on my elbow and catch them in the same hand.... it's my party trick 🥳.. (2&1ps please - no 50s)

SewingWaspish · 12/10/2020 20:02

I can do a gate vault on either side, despite my advancing years.

BlackberrySky · 12/10/2020 20:04

I can say "I have burnt my finger" in Japanese. And no other phrases! 😂

SEE123 · 12/10/2020 20:06

I can tie cherry stems into knots with my tongue & recite the phonetic alphabet. Sadly not at the same time.

hotcrosswhat · 12/10/2020 20:09

I can recite the 50 US states in alphabetical order (I used to live over there, we had to learn it at school!)