Weird skills?

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

My sense of smell is incredible.

That's also probably my strangest skill. I smell all sorts of crazy things. At work, whenever there's a strange smell or if someone needs a second opinion, I'm the girl to call. In a way it's bad though, because food often smells too strong and I can't eat it.

[tld221]

this isnt necessarily a skill, but i tend to remember phone numbers. especially to jingles and phone numbers of friends, family members from years ago.

i tend to remember numbers for stores ive called, customer service lines... its really weird.

[nate2512]

I can remember random conversations I have with people and some pretty random things I've done.. But things I NEED to remember, I can't remember for the life of me.

[luv n tpa]

I'm fantastic at remembering birthdays. And genetics permit me to roll my tongue.

[nate2512]

I also retain weird information about my exes.

[aephi alum]

I multitask like crazy. I can watch TV, surf the web, carry on a conversation, and knit simultaneously.

I can curl my tongue into a straw shape, and I can turn my tongue over.

I'm over 30 and I can hear the Mosquito frequency.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

My sense of smell is incredible... a doctor once told me it was because I was completely a nose-breather rather than a mouth-breather.

Not likely the cause since most everyone is a nose breather. You probably just have a great sense of smell...you could train yourself and get a job as a scent tester.

Originally Posted by sageofages

I can pick up a dime using just two toes

My kids hate it that I can pinch them really really HARD with my toes too

I can do this too! My husband says I have "monkey toes!"

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I'm over 30 and I can hear the Mosquito frequency.

Me too! Not that I like that I can hear it....so annoying!

My useless skill is that I can remember patients' names for long periods of time. A month after I read an exam, if someone asks me about the patient, I usually say, "oh...that's the guy with the __________." And, I'm always right.

[Dionysus]

According to my friends, I can flick my tongue faster than anyone they know. I don't plan on putting that skill to use, other than showing off, anytime soon...if ever.

Oh yeah, I can remember the year and season of almost all top 40 songs that came out after 1989. I remember almost everyone's birthday, without a calendar or anything. Like Nate, I have a poor memory for things I need to remember.

[PeppyGPhiB]

I've got some weird traits and then I've got skills, but I can't think of any weird skills.

My hands are really small - like little kids hands.

In middle school, I was the only kid in my science class that couldn't roll their tongue. Apparently I got that recessive trait.

I studied ballet for 12 years and can still remember many of my dance routines, including all of the choreography from Swan Lake in which I was part of the swan corps. When I go to see that ballet, I have a tendency to "mark" the choreography with my hands as dancers do.

ETA: Oh, I'm also apparently a natural at shooting all kinds of firearms, though because of my small hands I have a hard time loading clips. Ha.

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

ETA: Oh, I'm also apparently a natural at shooting all kinds of firearms, though because of my small hands I have a hard time loading clips. Ha.

Hm...if you can drink beer like a champ as well, youre a winner in my book!

[carnation]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I studied ballet for 12 years and can still remember many of my dance routines, including all of the choreography from Swan Lake in which I was part of the swan corps. When I go to see that ballet, I have a tendency to "mark" the choreography with my hands as dancers do.

Oh, I drive my kids crazy with that one..."no, no, don't mention the Waltz of the Flowers or Mom will start doing it!" Now my oldest does it too and her husband runs out of the room.

I also have the embarrassing gift of being able to remember my former students' names from Spanish class for decades (not their real ones, their Spanish ones) . I'll see some middle-aged former student with her kids and yell something like, "Margarita Bailey!" and Margarita, whose name is really Natalie, will be explaining to her kids really fast why this woman called her that.

[Leslie Anne]

I can match just about any color on earth by mixing/blending paints. I can see something once, remember the color and recreate it nearly perfectly weeks later. If color copiers hadn't been invented I could have had a great job.

I can do the Star Trek hand sign thing (don't know what it's called...not a Trekkie) and alternate it with switching to pinky and index finger out.

I can also do a really good imitation of a squealing pig. (yes, insert comment here.) Most people try to do it with their nose but it's actually a throat thing.

Oh, I can also curl my tongue and flip it over, but only on one side.

All completely useless.

[gpb1874]

i'm not great with real time, but am good with counts, like music or counts to hold a stretch. In jr high, I was in band and never understood why we needed that timer thing (metranome?). I didn't realize that other people couldn't keep track of counts like me.

not completely useless, but I never use it.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

I can do the Star Trek hand sign thing (don't know what it's called...not a Trekkie) and alternate it with switching to pinky and index finger out.

The Vulcan salute... I can do that too.

I can also raise each eyebrow independently of the other, just like Spock.

[KatieKate1244]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

I can match just about any color on earth by mixing/blending paints. I can see something once, remember the color and recreate it nearly perfectly weeks later.

I'm like this too. I can also write with both hands (there's some fancy word for it, but I'm too hungover to try to spell it).