Do you have an amazing useless talent?

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MAME

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I can click a mouse extremely quickly. There was a video of a guy who could push a button 10 times a second, I believe I can match that. This comes in handy though, since my hand is basically a vibrator.

I can lie so well that it's insane. I come up with extremly elaborate lies on the spot and they are very convincing.

I'm constantly conniving and I do a good job at it. Often times I lay they foundation for future events months beforehand.

I can pop my ears at will without using my hands or chewing gum.
 

Cleaner

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Feb 11, 2002
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Due to my Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) I can clear out any public bathroom pretty much at will. My friends call my bowels the Brown Goblin. He talks and stuff. I once had a whole bathroom of guys gagging at AMC Theatres. People were running out of the bathroom with their pants still down to get away from the noxious gases. I guess that's my useless talent.
 

MartyMcFly3

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Interesting you mention that. I always sucked at the school sports (a result of having no interest in them), but dodgeball I always did quite well at. I have later determined that I have a good sense of athleticism--I simply never applied it. The sports I've tried in recent years I've picked up incredibly quickly. I just never had much of an interest in them in school, so I kinda sucked! Dodgeball is fun :)

Same here. I wasnt the best at anything we did in Gym class except for Dodgeball. Nothing more exciting than when you are the only one left on your side, facing a firing squad of about 6 people and dodging them all/catching one. :D
 

meltdown75

Lifer
Nov 17, 2004
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I can do a pretty good morning dove call with my hands. It sounds just like a morning dove. They never come to hang with me tho. :(
 

DaTT

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I can wiggle my ears and flare my nostrils. I can swear like none other. I can drink beer alone regularily. I can up my post count from 300 to over 1000 in a little over a week, with only being online a couple hours a day.

+1 post count for me.
 

mordantmonkey

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i can fit $1.50 in quarters up my nose. never tried whole dollars, but could easily do $2.00 half dollars.
 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
i can fit $1.50 in quarters up my nose. never tried whole dollars, but could easily do $2.00 half dollars.

I can do three in each nostril too :p
 

Triumph

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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I have never had brain freeze from eating something cold. Teeth have hurt, but never brain freeze. It's my low level superhero power. I figure someday the mayor of the city will need my help in a hostage situation or something similar, in which the hostage taker demands to only meet with someone who can eat ice cream very quickly.

And I can say the alphabet backwards. zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba.
 

Nimloth

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Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
i can fit $1.50 in quarters up my nose. never tried whole dollars, but could easily do $2.00 half dollars.

I can do three in each nostril too :p

is this some kind of code talk for cocaine use?
 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: Nimloth
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
i can fit $1.50 in quarters up my nose. never tried whole dollars, but could easily do $2.00 half dollars.

I can do three in each nostril too :p

is this some kind of code talk for cocaine use?

Did you not see the picture?!?!
 

DaTT

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Feb 13, 2003
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Originally posted by: cmdrmoocow
I can turn girls off just by being near them.

Truer words have never been spoken.
 

Atomicus

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May 20, 2004
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water drop sound from tapping my cheek, throat, under the mouth, hitting the top of my head, and no hands.
 

JustAnAverageGuy

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I'm double jointed.

I can put both legs behind my head.

I can bend my pointer finger all the way back to the back of my hand.

Same with my thumb.
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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I can click my toes on command. They click naturally when I walk barefoot. Really embarrasing at the beach :(
 

VirtualLarry

No Lifer
Aug 25, 2001
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Originally posted by: PingSpike
My amazing (semi)useless talent is dodging. As in dodgeball dodging. I literally cannot be hit if I see the ball coming. I cannot be hit by three balls thrown simutanously if I see them coming.
Let me guess, your favorite Street Fighter character is Dhalsim, and your favorite Tekken 5 character is Raven, right? :p

Edit: Oh, in case you hadn't guessed, my "secret power" is posting completely random and unrelated posts to threads on online forums...