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What's your really pointless super power?

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MyTaupeHare · 04/10/2024 16:33

I can tell, just from a photo of their face, if a person has a lisp.

I have yet to find a use for this undoubted super power.

What's your really useless super power?

OP posts:
gmgnts · 04/10/2024 21:22

I can estimate the temperature in a room, or outside, to within half a degree centigrade.

RachPelders · 04/10/2024 21:24

I can talk and type at the same time, about different subjects.

Writing (detailed, explanatory) letters to clients is a big part of my role. I can be typing a letter explaining an awkward policy or process at the same time as discussing with dh what we're having for dinner.

And I do both well, original content with no errors, typing at speed, no pauses in conversation.

I'm not that good at multitasking generally other than this!

Findingmypurposeinlife · 04/10/2024 21:32

I can literally go through hell and back and still come back looking and smelling of roses! (ie: No one would ever in a million years guess that I have experienced what I have)
Edit: Possibly not so 'pointless'

scalt · 04/10/2024 21:46

I know when a rainbow is about to appear and where to look for it.
@InMySpareTime Isn't that fairly easy to do? Have the sun behind you, and look in the direction of the distant rain? The sky is also fairly distinctive when a rainbow is imminent.

I can play church organ.
I can wear trainers on my bare feet, and they don't smell.

daliesque · 04/10/2024 21:54

hildabaker · 04/10/2024 17:51

I can do the Spock sign while raising one eyebrow.

...I'll get my coat...

I can do it with both hands and move my middle finger

daliesque · 04/10/2024 21:57

paranoidmumdroid1 · 04/10/2024 18:09

I can tip unfinished wine from the glass back into the bottle without drips or spillage. However I suspect that the majority on Mumsnet would not need to practice such a skill often 😂

My A level chemistry teacher taught us how to pour a drop. It's a skill I retain. Although never had to jse.

InMySpareTime · 04/10/2024 22:04

@scalt I find it easy, but there are so many things I do that I always thought were normal that turn out to be weird when I mention them in conversation, and that was one I hadn't seen on the thread yet. My friends always seem surprised by rainbows, and look all over for them, perhaps I have especially incurious friends.

InMySpareTime · 04/10/2024 22:05

@daliesque I can do the Spock hand middle finger wiggle too.

FatBuccaneer · 04/10/2024 22:19

I never, ever lose small, easily losable items. I still have a teeny tiny Swiss pen-knife that my brother gave me as a gift on my 10th birthday (I'm 52 and have moved house approx 20 times). I also have the same pair of cheap and cheerful dog walking gloves I bought in 2007, because despite leaving them behind, dropping them or one falling out of a pocket on dozens of occasions, if I go looking I will always find them.

I take a lot of medication and inevitably pills get dropped from time to time which would kill the dogs if they ate them. No matter where I drop them, even in pitch darkness or into a messy drawer, I can find and retrieve them straight away.

Quite useful really...I'll get me coat.

AlisonWonderbra · 04/10/2024 22:23

Hindsight.

AuraBora · 04/10/2024 22:29

OtherS · 04/10/2024 19:15

I can lick my own nose. It doesn't often come in handy, but it's nice to know I can.

Oh no you beat me to it with this one! I have yet to meet anyone else who can do it. It's just the tip of the nose with the tip of the tongue tho, right?(not licking inside! 😋)
For me I think it's getting easier as my nose is getting bigger with age haha!
I have a really long and quite pointy tongue!
OP your super power sounds amazing. How.do you do it, is it possible to explain?

quietlycontent · 04/10/2024 22:34

I can navigate a spreadsheet with keyboard shortcuts

ProvincialLady2024 · 04/10/2024 22:45

I can tell what sort of mood someone is in from a few yards.

Inastatus · 04/10/2024 22:48

I can name that song in one (or maybe 2)

exhaustedmum24 · 04/10/2024 22:49

MyTaupeHare · 04/10/2024 16:33

I can tell, just from a photo of their face, if a person has a lisp.

I have yet to find a use for this undoubted super power.

What's your really useless super power?

I can clean spotless a 4 bedroom house with two bath rooms in an hour!

wildthingsinthenight · 04/10/2024 22:51

Swingball!
I'm freakishly good at it.
Can't do it now sadly
But I was unbeatable

Jifmicroliquid · 04/10/2024 23:06

I can smell sugar in tea.
Does come in useful when someone can’t remember which tea they sugared… I just get my nose on the job!

wildthingsinthenight · 04/10/2024 23:06

Jifmicroliquid · 04/10/2024 23:06

I can smell sugar in tea.
Does come in useful when someone can’t remember which tea they sugared… I just get my nose on the job!

That's a great one!

Jifmicroliquid · 04/10/2024 23:14

ILoveNigelTufnel · 04/10/2024 20:54

I am a super recogniser. This is completely pointless and just means I recognise loads of people. Really embarrassing when it’s people I went to high school with when their child ends up being taught by me and they don’t remember me at all (I must be v forgettable)

I’m a super recogniser. I can see someone I went to primary school with (and not seen now for 30 years) and even though they look different, I will recognise something in their face and know it’s them.
I never forget a face. I even did an online police super recogniser face test and was something like in the top 1% of super face recognisers. Apparently it’s a very sought after skill!

BumpyaDaisyevna · 04/10/2024 23:19

I have perfect pitch!

Zero practical application I'm afraid.

Callimanco · 04/10/2024 23:22

Jifmicroliquid · 04/10/2024 23:06

I can smell sugar in tea.
Does come in useful when someone can’t remember which tea they sugared… I just get my nose on the job!

Can't everyone? It smells sweet? Genuinely surprised if some people can't tell the difference.

flyingfar · 04/10/2024 23:23

I can stand on one foot for about 3 minutes.

OtherS · 04/10/2024 23:26

AuraBora · 04/10/2024 22:29

Oh no you beat me to it with this one! I have yet to meet anyone else who can do it. It's just the tip of the nose with the tip of the tongue tho, right?(not licking inside! 😋)
For me I think it's getting easier as my nose is getting bigger with age haha!
I have a really long and quite pointy tongue!
OP your super power sounds amazing. How.do you do it, is it possible to explain?

The whole front, including the outside of my nostrils. Not snaking up inside though, no! I think I have quite a big tongue and I'm also a bit hypermobile so maybe that's why - other 'talents' are hinging my jaw like a snake and putting my leg behind my head... I'm not sure I'm someone who'd often be described as 'elegant' 😬

SkiingIsHeaven · 04/10/2024 23:37

I'm really good at guessing peoples ages and also remembering numbers.

Jifmicroliquid · 04/10/2024 23:37

Callimanco · 04/10/2024 23:22

Can't everyone? It smells sweet? Genuinely surprised if some people can't tell the difference.

I thought everyone could until I did it one day and everyone in my family nearly fell over. Apparently none of them can.
So I started asking my friends and none of them can either. Weird! It’s so obvious to me.