Do you have a unique skill which is absolutely useless??

[AutumnAlmanack]

If I wake up during the night, I am able to tell the time almost exactly before I look at the clock! I don't know how I do it! Such a completely useless skill but I thought it might be a fun topic for a dull Boxing Day!

Anyone remember the film Star Trek The Voyage Home? Well I can do the Whale Song, so when the aliens come to check if we still have whales, I will save the planet. So not a useless skill, just several hundred years too early....

Ohh and I can also move each finger apart independently (like Spock's "V" - I can do this with each finger). My youth was obviously misspent if all of my special skills are Star Trek related...

Can't everyone read upside down and write backward???
I can't 🤷‍♀️

I should add that I am not trying to make anyone feel bad about their skills! It's just that I didn't think these were unique. Yay for me if they are!

After reading this thread, I thank we should pool our niche useless talents and tour this show. Thereby rendering them useful. Or at least lucrative.

I can separate the peel from a cucumber slice with my teeth without breaking the ring.

I can predict a thunderstorm because I have epilepsy

I can read upside down, but don't always know I'm doing it - this has got me into trouble at some junctions where I read the NO ENTRY upside down on the road I'm travelling on and think I'm in the wrong place on the road.

@fortifiedwithtea

I can separate the peel from a cucumber slice with my teeth without breaking the ring.

I can predict a thunderstorm because I have epilepsy

See, both of these are wild, though admittedly only the first is going to work in the !Mumsnet Weird Talents Roadshow…

My thumbs bend backwards.

When I read a book I can visualise what is happen ring so clearly that it feels like I have watched a film. It's actually a great skill, I love reading. :)

@foxgoosefinch

I can instantly sing perfect harmony to any tune, even without having heard it before. No idea how or why - I don’t have perfect pitch or anything!

I am jealous of this one

I can get conscious that I'm in a dream every time when I'm in danger e.g. chased by a monster/bad guys on street - I then let them get really close as almost catching me, then I smile and open my eyes out of it bastards

I can play a recorder with my nose. A totally utterly pointless talent learnt at primary school when I thought it would be useful to liven up the recorder lesson.

I also used to be able to look at lists of spellings/vocab lists and memorise them first time. Perfect way of getting full marks but not having to bother doing any homework. I can't do it any more but it seems dd has inherited the skill and spellings homework is her favourite

I have an exceptional ear for voices. I can recognise voices I've heard only ever once before and place them almost immediately. When I was a child I'd answer the phone and know almost immediately which friend of my parents was on the other end.

Totally useless!

I can speed read
I can use my left almost as well as my right hand
write with left and right although left is like a 7 yr olds
semi photographic memory - but its difficult to know when this will kick in so a bit unreliable lol

I can put my leg behind my head.

I have amazing veins. Every time I give blood nurses gather around to admire them. I've been told it's an absolute pleasure

@Cheeseandlobster

I can tense a muscle in my ear to make a rumbling noise. I discovered other people can do this via another mumsnetter. Apparently its a rare but not unheard of "skill"

This is my skill! So glad I finally found one.

I can remember everyone I meet's name, dogs name and every minute detail they tell me. Apart from that my memory is shocking.

@dancemom

I remember numbers, phone numbers, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, if I read them once they just stick in my brain. I can also recite all the books of the bible

I do this, I also remember car registration numbers that my dad and now DH have had since the age of 7. I can read upside down. And I have a great sense of direction.

I can remember virtually every dogs name that I meet, but I can barely remember the names of people I work with or some extended family 😳

I can wiggle one ear

@Cheeseandlobster

I can tense a muscle in my ear to make a rumbling noise. I discovered other people can do this via another mumsnetter. Apparently its a rare but not unheard of "skill"

I can do that! Only my left ear though - when I try to do my right ear my right eye closes! 😆

@fortifiedwithtea

I can separate the peel from a cucumber slice with my teeth without breaking the ring.

I can predict a thunderstorm because I have epilepsy

Wait - what’s the epilepsy thunderstorm connection?

Also, it’s made me think of sweet Karen in Mean Girls with her breasts that could tell if it was currently raining with 30% accuracy. 😁

@WoodenReindeer

I have a crazy high IQ and can do very well in exams. Unfortunately this hasn't translated well into real life success...

Ditto

I can tell by sound whether it's the E train or F train coming into the station. I don't live anywhere near NY now and haven't even visited in 4 years.

@SmallGreenStripes

Yep, I can write rhyming couplets. Rather twee ones. Not useless, but very very rarely useful!

Could have been very useful In comping days of yore With slogan competitions I won prizes by the score 🙂