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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:
emmetgirl · 18/07/2022 19:42

Whistle
Roll my Rs

MiseryWIthAStent · 18/07/2022 19:43

Swim, whistle, blow a bubble with bubblegum, ice skate or roller skate.

twomumsonebump · 18/07/2022 19:44

Use a tin opener

Idroppedthescrewinthetuna · 18/07/2022 19:44

I have no minds eye or spacial awareness. This makes packing very difficult. It makes me rubbish at decorating, art and basically everything. Not sure if it is connected but I have no imagination either. I cannot create lies in my head. When I try my head goes blank. It also makes role play with kids hard.

I can't swim or drive.

Spanielsarepainless · 18/07/2022 19:45

I can't click my fingers.
I can't parallel park - it wasn't part of the driving test when I was learning, and despite a couple of lessons since, teaching just that, I still can't. It may be genetic as my father can't either.
I can't lie. Bugger, that one.

Riverlee · 18/07/2022 19:47

Whistle was my first thought (and I can’t click my fingers either).

Riverlee · 18/07/2022 19:48

Can’t do handstands, cartwheels, roll my rs either

TalkingToMyselfAgain · 18/07/2022 19:48

Ride a bike - I'm 63 so it'll never happen now.
Use a sewing machine
crochet.........................these are all things I've got no interest in, so no hardship.

I CAN -
Touch my toes (even after a stroke)
swim a little bit
hang wallpaper
drive (had to take a Drivability course last November, after my stroke in July)
cook reasonably well

Riverlee · 18/07/2022 19:49

Also, can’t do my bra up at the back. Have to do it up at the front and twist it around (never got on with front-fastening bras).

Mrswobblethewaitressiatired · 18/07/2022 19:49

Same as pp, I do bra at the front and twist it round.
Can't lie.
Can't dance at all.
Can't do hair (DDs are cross at how shit I am).
Unable to forgive.
Can't reverse with trailer.
Can't contain rage.
Can't wink.
Can't even begin to understand space, how far planets/ stars are away. All the delayed action and millions of years between things happening and being visable on earth makes me want to cry.

Derrymum123 · 18/07/2022 19:52

Ride a bike.

WarmSausageTea · 18/07/2022 19:53

I can swim but I can’t float, and I can’t put my head underwater without breathing in a load of water. How do people stop that happening?

Nutininutter · 18/07/2022 19:53

Can’t do times tables

Can’t kart wheel 😢

WarmSausageTea · 18/07/2022 19:56

Cooking. I can follow a recipe, but I can’t just cook something. And I absolutely, positively, cannot enjoy cooking. I envy those who do, but I loathe it.

NotMyDust · 18/07/2022 19:57

I couldn't rill my r's either which was annoying as I lived in italy.

then it suddenly just happened after years.

aside from that, can't tell lefts and rights on someone opposite me iyswim.

fhe274 · 18/07/2022 19:58

Musmerian · 18/07/2022 18:46

Drive, do a cartwheel.

Same. Can't do a handstand, either!

hattie43 · 18/07/2022 19:59

Cook rice

RhubarbFairy · 18/07/2022 19:59

EnjoythemoneyJane · 18/07/2022 19:11

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.

My friend is hopeless with hearing left and right, so we've always told her up or down on the indicator.

Up is right, down is left. If she makes the action with the indicator, she goes that way automatically then.

How many of you mimed indicating then to check?

Arnaquer · 18/07/2022 20:00

Dive
Serve in tennis

Echobelly · 18/07/2022 20:02

Ride a bike - I have actually learned and then forgotten, so you can forget how to ride a bike!

Swim breast stroke - I have a problem with my hip which means I can't frog kick; also

Sit cross-legged - again, hip problem

dropthevipers · 18/07/2022 20:04

Walk past a cat without giving it a bit of fuss, I see people doing this when all the time and just think 'what the fuck is wrong with you?'.

BloodAndFire · 18/07/2022 20:05

I can't drive or ride a bike. Tbf I never really tried.

I can touch my toes and swim.

KylieCharlene · 18/07/2022 20:07

Swim
Forward/backward roll
Cartwheel/Handstand - used to watch from the sidelines as a child as pals enjoyed showing off their skills.
Can't drink without drinking to excess ( now teetotaler)
Can't forgive or forget

Hyvsvaar · 18/07/2022 20:08

Grasping things that are theoretical without physical precursors, complex maths and physics, anything to do with galaxies/astronomy
I can cope with the bald facts and things that I can understand with my eyes

also most Lego/ikea past about pg4

millymae · 18/07/2022 20:09

I can't undo childproof caps on anything and believe me I do try.
If OH wasn't here I'd have to ask a family member or neighbour.