Following on ffrom the other thread - what CAN you do?

[Clary]

Couldn't find one so I'll start it.

I am the only person in my house who can:
mow the lawn
check the car tyre pressure (yes really)
change the bedlinen (hoho)
organise a fantastic child's party
bake a birthday cake
remember to buy birthday presents for all the parties
order an indian takeaway

See I am a woman of many talents, even if I can't cartwheel.

Oh and I always know everything - EVERYTHING got it? No point in arguing coz I'm always right and this has been proven every time so best that you are more constructive with your time than argue about what colour to paint a wall, the correct curtain pole for the window, what your sis will do next, insurance requirements, ETC. ETC..

I can put up with the incredible combined din of 3 small children under 5 who only know how to shout not talk.

I can tidy up the front room in the space of the adverts during Corrie

I can spend lots of money on a credit card in a very sml amount of time.

I make a mean slice of toast

I can really enjoy a glass of wine at around 5pm

I can bake malibu brownies.

I can put the washing on, take it out and put it in the drier, then fold it and put it away (all beyond DH's capability).

I can speak some very useless languages (Dutch, Romanian, Polish) and some quite useful ones (German, French) and can read a menu and order a meal in Hebrew, Spanish and Russian, so will never starve (or lose weight!).

I can read very quickly.

I am a very good liar.

chapsmum can pee standing up

I can poledance
I can do the splits, cartwheeel and handstands
I can be a good friend
I can drive
i can decorate including tiling, plastering etc
I can cook, clean and be a chief bottle washer

I can EAT. Oh, boy, can I EAT.

Make little dollies out of spring onions (the roots are the hair)

Greensleeces - has Chapsmum used the Lady Urinals at Brussels Aiport? They are called something tasteful like "LadyPee" I think, and have graphic instructions. Now if I were about to get on a plane, I don't think I would try one of these for the first time (visions of sitting in wet knickers for the whole flight).

Sorry, I digress...

Eeeeuuuuw.....

I can make my dh and dds laugh
I can be very kind and caring
I can ride very well
I can swim like a fish
I can argue my way out of almost any situation

I am the only person in the Inferiority Complex who can:

sing in tune
spell
choose an outfit which actually goes.

I can play three chords on a guitar and the recorder and the frenchhorn
I can speak Makaton and have done for over 25 years.
I can decypher most of what my class says on a daily basis
I can drive a car and a minibus
Change a toilet roll
Wear childrens shoes!

i can touch type
i can put up a cotbed that says "this cotbed must be assembled by two people"
i can knit, crochet and do a mean blanket stitch
i can curl my tongue

I can fix just about anything.
I can follow an onscreen menu (a lost talent in our house)
I can fill the washer bottle on both cars (more lost talents)
I can wistle, ha haaa
throw balls properly
I can and do cook.
I can and do washing and wont let DW anywhere near ironing my shirts (problem with this multitasking is that neither job gets done properly you see)
I am the only one who know how to empty the vacuum cleaner.
I can teach people how to pass their advanced motorcycle test.
I can re-arrange furniture in my mind so that it actually fits
reach things on the top shelves
I can get dd bathed and ready for bed without an hours crying.
I can do closeup magic.

carlk you are clearly very talented!
It's good that you iron yr own shirts...as long as you do it more than one every morning when you need one!

I can down a pint of guinness in one go!

I can say the alphabet backwards - fast. I am also a dab hand at sallystrawberry's second one.

I can swim 40 lengths front crawl in 20 minutes, even now at 26 weeks pregnant.

I can waterski/snowski, ride a horse/motorbike

I can write (bad) poetry

I can touchtype/skim read, speak French, win at Trivial Pursuit/Music Quizs

HOWEVER -

I can't cook, sew, do DIY or gardening and have recently discovered i am SH*T at making Easter bonnets...........:(

I can play the oboe, descant and treble recorders and a tin whistle, althought he whistle only by ear.

I can do the splits, handstands and cartwheels

I can knit and sew

I can change a tyre, check the oil, water tyre pressure and antifreeze on my car.

I can make my ds's laugh when they are crying.

I can decipher emergent writing and early drawings

I can swim 2 miles and run 4000m, I've only just achieved this and am feeling quite proud of myself

I can make the most delicious melting middle chocolate puddings

This thread is not very English is it

I can play Oh Suzanna on the mouth organ

I love this thread - aren't we a clever old bunch