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What “normal” thing can’t you do?

204 replies

Soubriquet · 18/07/2022 18:41

I can’t click my fingers. I’ve tried many years but I can’t click.

I can whistle. Not very well but I can.

I cannot touch my toes without bending my knees. Never been able to

OP posts:
Homemadearmy · 18/07/2022 18:56

My list is the same as yours op. With the addition of I can't spell. And I don't my left from my right

djdkdkddkek · 18/07/2022 18:56

Tie my shoe laces
drive
multiplication/division
sustain a relationship lol

Yodaisawally · 18/07/2022 18:57

Reverse park. Parallel parking, fine, reverse, nope.

Roll my R's

Cartwheel

Soubriquet · 18/07/2022 18:58

Oh I can’t cartwheel or handstand or any of that acrobatic stuff

I also can’t understand politics

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knackeredagain · 18/07/2022 18:58

Shake my boobs 🤣I’ve tried that shimmy so many times and just look like I’m having a stroke

EmbroidedFlowers · 18/07/2022 19:01

I can't cut a tomato unless I use a serrated knife.
I also can't write in a straight line without it slanting down the page 🙄

Kione · 18/07/2022 19:03

Drive manual, but I drive automatic.

Bake cakes.

pastypirate · 18/07/2022 19:04

Blow my nose. Not that I want to it's disgusting

Georgeskitchen · 18/07/2022 19:04

I used to be able to click the fingers of my left hand only. Can't do either now owing to my arthritic thumbs!!

Trainfromredhill · 18/07/2022 19:06

Sit cross legged.

LisaSimpson77 · 18/07/2022 19:06

Ride a bike
Attach a hose to a tap (which seems massive just now)
Understand verbal directions (EG drive up North street then take your third left, my brain just will not hang onto or process them)

Keladrythesaviour · 18/07/2022 19:07

Ride a bike.
Blow dry my hair (or curl it, or plait it etc) I can't do anything behind my head! Never worked it out.
Do my bra up behind my back (I do it in front and scooch it round).

...there's a strong chance I'm dyspraxic, never diagnosed but I hit a lot of the markers and my DM always thought I was.

Celestial135 · 18/07/2022 19:08

I can"t blow up a balloon (never have).
I can't do the splits or touch my toes (zero flexibility)

TallulahBetty · 18/07/2022 19:08

Roll my tongue. Roll my Rs. Whistle

APJ1 · 18/07/2022 19:08

Tie shoelaces, ride a bike, drive, swim very well. That's all due to dyspraxia.

CuriousCatfish · 18/07/2022 19:09

Whistle
Wink with my left eye
Ride a bike

Horriblewoman · 18/07/2022 19:09

Dive into water
French plait mine or anyone else's hair
Couldn't even cartwheel as a kid when it feels like everyone can do it

EnjoythemoneyJane · 18/07/2022 19:11

Bellybootcut · 18/07/2022 18:54

Tell someone else's left from their right. ie if someone says 'put it on the chair on my left'

I can’t make my brain and mouth connect left and right. In my mind’s eye I know exactly which is which, but if I say it, it’ll automatically come out opposite. For eg, if DH is driving and I say “next left”, he’ll say “is that actually next left or do you mean next right?!”, because inevitably I’ll be meaning for him to turn right. Happens all the fucking time, and I am in no way stupid - just comes out the opposite way every single time.

ghostyslovesheets · 18/07/2022 19:11

Joined up writing

littlegreenheart · 18/07/2022 19:11

Thread a needle, remove a bottle cap with my bare hands (not counting the pop-off ones!)

paddingtonstares · 18/07/2022 19:12

Whistle
Jump 2 footed

Soubriquet · 18/07/2022 19:13

French braiding hair is the bane of my life. I’m desperate to do it to dd’s hair but no matter how much I try, I just cannot do it

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RosesAndHellebores · 18/07/2022 19:13

I can't do any of the acrobatic things: cartwheel, handstands, splits, climb a rope, vault over a box, balance on a beam. Neither can I hit a ball with a bat or racquet (except badminton).

I can't sing, at least not well enough for anyone to want to hear.

AbreathofFrenchair · 18/07/2022 19:14

I can't write on plain paper in a straight line.

I can't cut paper with scissors in a straight line and even if there is a line or circle or whatever, I still can't cut straight following it!

MyneighbourisTotoro · 18/07/2022 19:15

I can’t roll my R’s

I can’t whistle

I can’t roll my tongue

I can’t do the Vulcan salute

I can’t go cross eyed

and there a lot more!

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