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What's your really pointless superpower?

104 replies

Qbish · 08/05/2023 19:47

I can tell who has a lisp just from a photograph.

I have never found the perfect moment to deploy this superpower. I need to be in a seventies Jessica Fletcher-type show, obvs.

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SpottyUnicorn · 08/05/2023 22:12

I am very good at packing suitcases, love for Tetris has finally paid off.

I can have a power nap anywhere any time, takes just seconds to fall asleep, if I decide so.

I remember birthdays, even if I don't like them and never plan to congratulate them.

janefondofu · 08/05/2023 22:19

Sunshineesther · 08/05/2023 21:05

I can name a song from one or two notes
Absolutely useless

Bet you were brilliant at Heardle though

MultipleVeganPies · 08/05/2023 22:26

I can smell on people’s breath, if they are within 3-6 ft of me, what they had for lunch, or if they skipped a meal, or if they are “doing keto” or had alcohol the night before

maybe everyone can do this 😁

I HATE keto breath so much. But fasting breath is even worth omg the horror

do people realise how much they smell 😔

Mindovermatter247 · 08/05/2023 22:30

I’m very good at reading people,… and I can lip read very well, despite never being trained.
im very good at untying knots

Squirrelsnut · 08/05/2023 22:30

Like a pp, I have an uncanny sense of time.

bellsandwhistles333 · 08/05/2023 22:32

I can find amazing presents for people and always manage to find things no one else thinks of. Seems silly but i never struggle with gift giving!

ThreeImaginaryBoys · 08/05/2023 22:34

I can sleep standing up.
I sometimes sleep with my eyes open.
I can move my eyes independently.

Useless but good for scaring people :)

Picklechamp · 08/05/2023 22:34

Giving tablets to cats.

mrsmacmc · 08/05/2023 22:36

I can pick things up with my toes 😆

illiterato · 08/05/2023 22:37

Picklechamp · 08/05/2023 22:34

Giving tablets to cats.

I'd argue that that could be very lucrative actually.

CharlotteStreetW1 · 08/05/2023 22:38

Dustmybroom · 08/05/2023 20:20

I always know what the time is, even when I haven’t seen a clock for a few hours. My accuracy is within about a 20 minute range

Ooh that's mine too!

Less useful is being able to get a fag lit in any weather.

Whatevergetsyouthroughthenight · 08/05/2023 22:41

Ihateboris · 08/05/2023 20:29

I can spread my toes really wide apart. I'd post a picture but it's truly gross 😝

Me too!

WolfFoxHare · 08/05/2023 22:42

CaribbeanCupcake · 08/05/2023 21:50

I was saying to a colleague the other day- I would LOVE to be a super recogniser! Do you make use of it? That is a real superpower.

I get invited to do quite a lot of research studies as I’m on a list somewhere after doing some super recogniser test. Nothing useful! I’d like to think one day I’ll spot a fugitive from Crimewatch (is crimewatch still on tv?!) and get him arrested but I doubt that’ll happen!

CharlotteStreetW1 · 08/05/2023 22:43

orangetriangle · 08/05/2023 20:33

my daughter can remember where and for what occasion she wore every outfit for

Ooh I can do that too! Or I can remember what outfit I wore for each occasion (esp. interviews going back 40 years). Or is that the same thing?

dotdotdotdash · 08/05/2023 22:49

I’m great at diverting a group to a new interesting subject of discussion when conversation gets boring

ladygindiva · 08/05/2023 22:49

I can waggle my ears. I can also raise one eyebrow, on both sides.

pinkberet · 08/05/2023 23:08

Within a week of a new class I can tell you who wrote a piece of unnamed work by their handwriting.

Mummypete · 08/05/2023 23:17

I would love to be a super recogniser! I think I must have the opposite. I could walk past my family in the street and not be certain it was them. It’s so embarrassing when I’m introduced to someone new and don’t recognise them the next time I see them.

noodlezoodle · 08/05/2023 23:51

Another with a bloodhound nose; not only is it not that useful, it's sometimes really annoying if a small makes me nauseous.

I always get rained on slightly earlier than other people. Absolutely useless superpower.

PollyCreo · 09/05/2023 00:51

I can weigh a bag, I know when it's exactly 20.9kg.

PollyCreo · 09/05/2023 00:59

I also know my height and weight in metric... Not easy!

orangetriangle · 09/05/2023 20:18

Another who can read really fast I'm reading the end of the line almost before I'm reading the beginning if that makes sense
Really good sight reader as well rarely stutter or stammer over a word I should be a news reader!!
As a child when my daughter got changed for pe she would be able to tell me the colour or type of vest every girl in the class wore strange child!!
Charlotte Street

shes not the only one then !!

orangetriangle · 09/05/2023 20:19

I can still remember the names of 90 percent of my class in primary school surname as well I also can remember the name of every teacher I had at Primary school and the entire lay.out of the school !!

orangetriangle · 09/05/2023 20:20

my husband can pick things up with his toes which are practically as long as my little finger!!

orangetriangle · 09/05/2023 20:21

I can copy peoples handwriting very easily