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What's the most useless talent that you have?

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HermoineJeanGranger · 10/10/2022 23:18

Mine is that i can fold a fitted sheet so well that it's impossible to tell the difference between it and a folded flat sheet 🙈

Your turn!!

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Bumpsadaisie · 11/10/2022 08:18

HermoineJeanGranger · 10/10/2022 23:18

Mine is that i can fold a fitted sheet so well that it's impossible to tell the difference between it and a folded flat sheet 🙈

Your turn!!

Ooh very good! I would like to be able to do that!

Bumpsadaisie · 11/10/2022 08:19

Mine is that I have perfect pitch so if I hear a piece of music - or even a drill or a pigeon - I can tell you what the notes are straight off.

There has never seemed to be much call for this though....

Bumpsadaisie · 11/10/2022 08:21

HerrenaHarridan · 11/10/2022 00:24

I can strip down an sa80 assualt rifle and reassemble it in 60 seconds.

well it would probably take me a few tries to get that quick again as i havent done it in years but its a muscle memory now after all the practice it took to get that quick.

Goodness how did you come to learn that were you in the army?

countvoncount · 11/10/2022 08:23

FrangipaniBlue · 11/10/2022 08:01

I can turn a tea towel into a roast chicken.

Omg that's mine too!

It was on CBBC or something decades ago, ha!

MiniHouse · 11/10/2022 08:27

I can strum out a basic tune on pretty much any musical instrument but I'm not very good at any 🤣

AnnapurnaSanctuary · 11/10/2022 08:28

I'm really good at Boggle.

ZooTropia · 11/10/2022 08:31

FrangipaniBlue · 11/10/2022 08:01

I can turn a tea towel into a roast chicken.

But can you get 3 meals out of it??

VeganSoulFood · 11/10/2022 08:57

I can sing the beginning of Paradise Lost to the tune of the theme music from The Flintstones.

PermanentTemporary · 11/10/2022 09:24

@VeganSoulFood am off to try that...

InMySpareTime · 11/10/2022 09:34

When someone drops coins on a hard surface, I know which coins just from the sound.
Only works for sterling, and when they change the coins I need to get my ear in again, but that only takes a few weeks so I think I could learn other currencies if I could be arsed to.

HashtagShitShop · 11/10/2022 09:37

I can pick things up with my feet and not have to bend down

Artinsurance · 11/10/2022 09:43

Without trying, if I ever walk into the bedroom when my DP is getting changed or undressed, I have the ability to arrive when he is stripped to his socks and underpants. He believes this is an undignified look for a man. I find it endlessly amusing.

Antaboo · 11/10/2022 09:53

I'm very right handed but can write backwards with my left hand for some reason

VeganSoulFood · 11/10/2022 09:54

Artinsurance · 11/10/2022 09:43

Without trying, if I ever walk into the bedroom when my DP is getting changed or undressed, I have the ability to arrive when he is stripped to his socks and underpants. He believes this is an undignified look for a man. I find it endlessly amusing.

Surely he can mitigate the some of the indignity by taking off his socks first, before the rest of his clothes?

LadyOfTheCanyon · 11/10/2022 09:57

bruce43mydog · 11/10/2022 04:28

I can say the alphabet backwards.

Ha! So can I - really fast. I can do it it 3.5 seconds.

I can also make a cup of tea just using my feet ( once the water is in the teapot, to be fair)

MooseBreath · 11/10/2022 10:01

I can move two of my toes separately on each foot. Also, crossing eyes, raising each eyebrow individually, and rolling tongue.

And I can tap dance.

mamabear715 · 11/10/2022 10:02

Am SO impressed by the SA80 & SLR!
AND by the whistling with fingers in mouth, I've always wanted to be able to do that, & the 'click click' to horses.. alas I am useless..
Oh, actually, remembered one, I live in a large city & memorised every bus route in the 70's.. well, it was useful at the time..

dotty636 · 11/10/2022 10:02

I can make my boobs move

Pinkywoo · 11/10/2022 10:03

I can move my hair to make it look like I'm wearing a wig, without using my hands. Oh and also waggle my ears!

inheritanceshiteagain · 11/10/2022 10:08

I can halve numbers in my head quicker than a calculator. Used to type and work out invoices and learned this trick then.

Tealpoppy · 11/10/2022 10:09

I can rap ‘the bartman’ word for word

i make the best chocolate cake/brownies/truffles-I have to make at least one a fortnight for birthdays

i can’t stand baked stuff-cake is foul even if I make it

we joke my main talent is being clumsy

i can trip over fresh air,bang into nothing and it’s got to the point dp holds my hand while crossing the road as he’s convinced I’ll get hit by a car

only been hit by a car 3 times my whole life

TheHappyTortoise · 11/10/2022 10:15

I can write with both hands and both feet. I can also wiggle my middle toes.

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 11/10/2022 10:21

‘And that one talent, which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless’

I can still remember every poem I learned by heart 50 and 60 years ago. I have trouble remembering what I watched on tv last night ( though that may be related to intrinsic merit).

catsnore · 11/10/2022 10:21

I can make a hooty owl noise by blowing in to my cupped hands 🤷‍♀️

Fuuuuuckit · 11/10/2022 10:41

Hand farts, rubik's cube and whistling with my fingers (though I've used the last one A LOT so quite useful for me)

I'm also insanely good at creating messes - my house, my life, my relationships...