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Sorry Transporter13, I'm pretty awesome at car identification from small features too. Noble M10 vs. Ford Mondeo is a tricky one though eh?
I am a multiple World Champion Team Pea Shooting.
Not sure how niche this is but amongst friends and family it's quite unique.
Ladies and gentleman my special power is being able to peel an Orange by hand in one piece.
Nothing worse than watching others hacking away at an Orange and making a right mess!
I can fold my pinky down indipendently of my third finger
Just tried this. I can do my right hand one, not the left. Is that rare then?
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I can rattle off the first 20 books of the old testament as I once won a prize many years ago at Sunday school got them all
Sorry mate, I can do that too 🙂
I can sing the complete works of Ivor Biggun and the Red Nosed Bunglers. Most notably I do a fine rendition of the farting song. I also do a fine Biggles impression after a bottle of red wine and if you know me long enough I might even tell the 3 legged pig joke as you've never heard it before.
I guess my special talent is making people laugh/grimace.
You know that annoying person at a comedy show who sees where the joke is going from the set up, finishes it off in their head, decides it's funny and laughs before anyone else? That's me. Most shows usually result sore ribs inflicted by the wife.
One that sticks out in my mind was Tim Minchin "Prejudice" where I started chuckling just after the 6 letters were delivered. Wife thought I was bang out if order until the reveal.
I don't know how unique that is, but I think it's all I've got in this particular room.
Bullshitting. I’m a black belt in it. Really.
It's a thread about being unique.
You're in with the masses on that one.
Back when I was foolishly getting married I went to buy shoes. The store went “sure, let us get our foot expert.” Right, wait, what?
So as if by magic this old boy appeared, told me to take my shoes off, asked what size I was. Eight, I replied. No you’re not, he said, you’re a seven. Been an 8 all my adult life, I argued. He bogged off, came back with a pair of size 7 shoes, perfect fit.
Had this at local running shop - lady just looked at my feet, decided my size, brought back 4 different brands of shoe to try. When I'd tried them all and chosen the best fit, she'd written down which one she thought I'd buy and got it right.
I can recognise people by their gait, means no one can sneak up on me at work.
You lose because I was only joking about it. I think?
I can fold my thumbs backwards and tuck them behind the knuckle of my index finger.
I must say that I'm amazed by the amount of Bassoon playing that's in this discussion. I don't, but my daughter has grade 8, and has played at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Hertfordshire schools symphony Orchestra (pretty much our last night out before you know what). Now that she's left school and is off to Uni we have to decide whether to invest in an instrument.
Me, I can juggle. Balls, clubs, and used to do flaming torches.
I must say that I’m amazed by the amount of Bassoon playing that’s in this discussion. I don’t, but my daughter has grade 8, and has played at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Hertfordshire schools symphony Orchestra (pretty much our last night out before you know what).
Snap - Grade 8 distinction. Mozart's Bassoon Concerto as my main piece, which I still know off by heart (this was 30 years ago!).;
I played in the Oxford County Youth Orchestra for 5 years, and did the Youth Proms at the Royal Albert Hall a few times.
Me, I can juggle. Balls, clubs, and used to do flaming torches
Not juggling as such, but I'm pretty damn good on the Devil Sticks (including flaming ones).
A lot of time spent stoned on beaches in SE Asia. 3-4 hours a day for a few months = lifetime proficiency.
Not juggling as such, but I’m pretty damn good on the Devil Sticks (including flaming ones).
A lot of time spent stoned on beaches in SE Asia. 3-4 hours a day for a few months = lifetime proficiency.
I've never met a windsurfing instructor who couldn't juggle.
I randomly know 3 bassoon players all in a fairly small cycling based FB page.
Jnr can play bassoon, but sticks to flute and sax
If I press my forehead in the right place, I can induce a sneeze.
There are some genuine talents on here that would make me feel inadequate were it not for the fact that I can wiggle my ears.
Not sure I`d class it as a talent, but I'm in Mensa, so statistically no-one else in the room would be.
Either that or I can roll my stomach muscles. That has been my party trick since I discovered I could do it age 6. It seems its hereditary too, as both of my young daughters can also do it.
I’ve never met a windsurfing instructor who couldn’t juggle.
I was a diving instructor, but pretty much yeah 😆
I can fold my thumbs backwards and tuck them behind the knuckle of my index finger.
oooo, that reminds me, I can press my thumbs together so the joint half way along is 90d angle the wrong way.
- Can often locate a lair of a grass snake (Natrix natrix) by scent alone
Given any even number, I can instantly work out whether it is a Prime number or not; I just have this weird intuition thing....
I can move my eyes independently from left to right.
Look extreme left, move left eye to the right then move right eye to the right and reverse the process. Looks like I've turned my head into a freaky Newton's Cradle.
I also have abberant radial arteries and some weird plumbing in my legs. Useful if I intend to take up injecting heroin.
I can speak like this fella
Go on then, what about - top of my head here - ....2?
I can id the species of grass stuck in your reaer deraillier
Given any even number, I can instantly work out whether it is a Prime number or not; I just have this weird intuition thing….
2
And
How about the number 1
Name all 14 8000m peaks in descending order.
I reckon the other 29 might have heard of Everest and K2 at a push 🙂
Now that she’s left school and is off to Uni we have to decide whether to invest in an instrument.
2nd mortgage time?
I can point to north. If you put me in a dark room and span me around I'd probably fail but in normal life I seem to subconsciously keep track of where north is.
How about the number 1
1 is a) not even, as sneakily stipulated by the esteemed Mr Flaps, and b) not prime contrary to popular opinion. A prime number is not "divisible by itself and 1," but rather is a number with exactly two factors. 1 and 1 are not two different numbers. (It is however a long-standing web hosting company, but that's not important right now.)
I can still strip down an OTIS 6164 relay and set the correct airgap without the armature spring shooting over my right shoulder and never to be seen again.
1 is a) not even, as sneakily stipulated by the esteemed Mr Flaps, and b) not prime contrary to popular opinion. A prime number is not “divisible by itself and 1,” but rather is a number with exactly two factors. 1 and 1 are not two different numbers. (It is however a long-standing web hosting company, but that’s not important right now.)
I know 😉 maffs degree innit.
I was trying to catch him out.
I can guess the weight of pretty much anything, without even looking at it.
I can only guess at how good your accuracy is.
Your maffs degree ain't up to much if you can't tell whether 1 is odd or even. (-:
I know all the words to ‘The Equestrian Statue’ by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. So does my daughter but she wouldn’t be in the room at the same time.
Well I declare!
Same skill different song which would be Megadeth's Train of Consequences. At one point I could have done the whole of Countdown to Extinction.
Most of my talents in any normal environment are covered here including random and unusual quotes from HHGTTG and Monty Python. I have an irritating habit of hiding metal / rock lyrics in day to day conversation.
I appear to be biologically incapable of giving a monkeys about any kind of football. As a result I am also adept at not having anyone to talk to when in rooms of 29 alpha males + me. Not really a talent more an unfortunate design feature!
You appear to be me other than I'm not quite that confident about the Megadeth bit (I could probably mumble along to CtE but it's the only album of theirs I really know).
I have a pathological compulsion to hide quotes and pop culture references in emails just to see who's paying attention. I can't help it, I do it in complaints. H2G2 would be one of my Mastermind subjects.
I don't know if I can still do it ( arthritis in my feet) but I was able to open a box of matches with my feet, take one out and strike it. all just using my toes
Apart from being more modest than anyone, I can knock on a surface by clenching my left hand quickly (forearm resting on the surface). I can also make creaky floorboard noises with my ankles.
I can solve a rubik's cube. Not fast, a good time is under 2mins, I know the moves, just don't have the dexterity.
Another bassoon player here....do we need to get the forum renamed....SingletrackandBassoonWorld.com?
Another bassoon player here….do we need to get the forum renamed….SingletrackandBassoonWorld.com
Maybe there's some weird correlation between Bassoon playing and MTBing?
Asking stupid questions on the internet. Before that it was killing threads on the internet.
I can solve a rubik’s cube. Not fast, a good time is under 2mins, I know the moves, just don’t have the dexterity.
As can I.
Dexterity isn't the main key to speed IMHO, it's optimisation and a half-decent Cube. I have the latter but unfortunately not the former.