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What basic simple thing are you sh*t at?

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Koicrap · 03/02/2023 22:51

I can’t cook rice. If you want rice you can cook it yourself. And I can pull together a roast from scratch and every meal in between without much thought, but for some reason, unless it’s in a microwave bag, I can’t cook rice.

I can’t cook poached eggs either but I feel I’m not alone there.

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WetLettuce2 · 03/02/2023 23:30

I can only do stairs subconsciously - the moment I think about how I’m doing them, disaster !!

Good at parallel parking tho, and eggs !

Jux · 03/02/2023 23:30

I can't judge volume.

Mum would just take a load of dried spaghetti and know this is the right amount for 5 people or right amt for 3 or whatever by eye. Same with rice, and anything else like that.

I can't.

HiGunny · 03/02/2023 23:30

Uberbeeboo · 03/02/2023 23:24

Phone calls.. I hate answering the phone and calling people. I've been this way for years and it doesn't get better 🙈

@Uberbeeboo Me too 🙈 I wouldn't mind but when I was a teen my parents couldn't get me off the phone to my friends.

Also can't meal plan. I sit down to do it and my mind goes blank. On the rare occasions I do manage it, something crops up during the week and all my plans go out the window.

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keeprunning55 · 03/02/2023 23:32

colouring inside the lines.

SwedishEdith · 03/02/2023 23:34

Can't make omelettes.

Can't walk down stairs without looking down. Would love to be able to bounce down stairs, looking ahead of you as you do it.

Scones are often a disaster.

crackofdoom · 03/02/2023 23:34

Pumpkin carving. I have a craft- based job. Can make a good fist of most creative things (I've just finished making DS1 's birthday cake, and it's a corker). Yet I could not carve a decent looking pumpkin if my life depended on it.

twinkletwinkle89 · 03/02/2023 23:36

Whistle, click my fingers or cook a fried egg lol

Igotthegoose · 03/02/2023 23:38

Make a bed.

AFingerofFudge · 03/02/2023 23:39

I cant cut straight using scissors
I can't catch a ball
I can't make Yorkshire puddings
I can't put new shoes back in a box so they fit in together

Hillsmakeyoustrong · 03/02/2023 23:41

I cannot run. Even as a kid I found it so hard.

KMW79 · 03/02/2023 23:43

Opening locks with keys! I have a mental block and just don’t seem to get it even though it’s literally just turning something one way.

Runnerduck34 · 03/02/2023 23:43

Whistle, click my fingers, and cut in a straight line.
I'm rubbish at parking and can barely swim ( although may just need lessons !)

19lottie82 · 03/02/2023 23:45

I can’t click my fingers :(

Runnerduck34 · 03/02/2023 23:46

SandcastleQueen · 03/02/2023 22:58

Putting a bra on, I have to do it up at the front then twizzle it round.

Me too!

Hups · 03/02/2023 23:49

Whistling.
Running. The only running I do is the bath.
Painting my nails. I look like I've dipped my fingers in a tub of Dulux.

MariahsBaubles · 03/02/2023 23:50

Can't paint my fingernails to save my life. Fortunately I don't think it will ever come to that

Tallisker · 03/02/2023 23:50

@Koicrap no, not a hairdresser fortunately!

I have good spatial awareness, can parallel park, read a map accurately, never get lost, can find somewhere again that I've only been to once before, judge speed, distance, length etc. but can't cut a straight line. Never could when I was a child and still can't.

Norugratsatall · 03/02/2023 23:50

I can't blow up a balloon and I can't roll my 'r's.

Draconis · 03/02/2023 23:51

Admin and wrapping presents.
Wrapping is always bulky and messy. I envy those who can wrap beautifully.

Mypoorbody · 03/02/2023 23:52

Rice is one of the few things I can cook well - the more the better as it’s harder for me getting the proportions for a small amount.

My other cooking and practical skills are almost none existent though - I could lie and say cerebral palsy but actually it was never learning/paying attention.

Ill bring some rice if you’ll just make that roast @Koicrap ….

Original poster
Koicrap · 03/02/2023 23:52

@GroggyLegs i have to put my left hand out to make an L shape to be sure. 😬

fuck me. I’m really notching them up.

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StressedSquirrel · 03/02/2023 23:54

avocado44 · 03/02/2023 22:55

Parking. I drive 30,000 miles a year but cant park when i get there. Half of that is circling car parks looking for a triple space...

100% this. I am so happy that parallel parking wasn't something that I was asked to do on my test.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 03/02/2023 23:54

Koicrap · 03/02/2023 22:58

@SeaToSki my family are genuinely surprised when I catch a ball. I think maybe some undiagnosed dyspraxia on my end. No coordination whatsoever.

If I caught a ball my family would call Mulder and Scully! It would be a sure sign I'd been replaced by an alien lifeform

FavouriteSlippers · 03/02/2023 23:54

Cooking rice. So i get micro rice or boil in a bag

SaorsaSolasta · 03/02/2023 23:56

Can't blow up balloons
Can't tell left and right most of the time
Can drive fine but not park