What's your special unique talent?

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

Everybody has at least one thing they can do as naturally as taking a breath- something they can do that that sets them apart from the greater mass of humanity.

My "talent" is, as I like to describe it, the ability to mentally go from Point A to Point D without stopping at Points B and C. In other words, I can often look at a situation or problem and cut through the crap and end up with the right solution without spending time fixating on all the useless garbage. I've had bosses who hated me because of it- I would tell them what was going to happen a year and more in advance, and they never believed me. (Nor did they remember what I had said, or give me credit for my insight.)

Of course I have other developed skills (I'm a fair writer and poet when I have something I want to say)- but I seem to have gotten more mileage from my intuition.

What's YOUR claim to uniqueness?

[Redstone]

1. I can bend my left elbow backward about 15 degrees (having broken it twice).

It may not be much, but there it is.

I can also raise ONE eyebrow, which is something that (I've noticed) drives people who can't do it NUTS.

And wiggle my ears.

Now, if there were only one actually USEFUL talent I had, then I'd have something, yes?

Redstone

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. One eyebrow, eh?

How many times have you been called Spock in your lifetime?

[Redstone]

5. Been called a LOT of things, but never that.

Redstone

[fizzgig]

6. the eyebrow thing makes me crazy

my dad and sister can both do it, but, no matter how hard i try, i can't do it...

i have no idea why i want to do it so badly, but i do...

:rofl:

[Redstone]

8. It's a weapon that's best used sparingly...but if you wait for the right moment,

it can change the dynamic of any conversation.

That's why you're jealous.

Redstone

[fizzgig]

9. this is true

to be able to make that 'look'....

sigh

[billyskank]

31. ...

[Seashell Eyes]

44. I'm so jealous

I've always wanted to do that. The only possible way for it to happen would involve lots of Botox.

[fizzgig]

49. hehehe

*giggles and claps hands*

[CottonBear]

37. I can raise my right eyebrow too! I had to teach myself how to do it though!

;) Maybe you can learn. Watch old star trek reruns and observe Mr. Spock's eyebrow!

[fizzgig]

50. i actually sit around at home and try to do it

i usually wind up just scrunching my forehead, tho

but i'm not gonna give up :D

[u4ic]

46. I have "The Eyebrow", too

In certain situations, it comes in very handy indeed.

[yellowdogintexas]

81. oh that eyebrow thing comes in really handy with kids! I can raise either

of my eyebrows, but the left side is more effective than the right side.

[Left Is Write]

88. My sister can raise one eyebrow. It never fails to impress me.

And she's definitely one of those people who can really fix you with a look.

[elshiva]

2. Growing hair in strange places.

[Redstone]

4. "Strange places" like, say, Cleveland?

How have you been? we haven't talked for a long time.

Redstone

[elshiva]

7. Hee, hee. Strange places on my body, silly.

Thanks for the laugh, Redstone. My mother is still in the hospital, but we will all be ok.

[EFerrari]

10. I do that, too, and it usually pisses people off.

Once I had an algebra midterm and after I read the problem, I knew the answer.

I spent twelve hours trying to show the work I didn't do. lol

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. It can be a real time saver when used judiciously.

And it DOES piss people off. I never have quite understood that.

[EFerrari]

12. I figure it's like being black or gay or a woman. People get scared

of difference.

It sure has been a challenge, at times though, trying to explain the "logic" -- when it wasn't logic but just knowing. lol

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. Let's face it- we're just mentally superior to all of them.

It's THEIR problem, not ours. I don't feel compelled to help them deal with it. :evilgrin:

[EFerrari]

14. Whew! 'Way better than thinking you're an incoherent

Catholic girl. lol

Whatever. This is my mind and I'll use it if I want to. :)

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

15. 'Specially since I'm not incoherent, Catholic, or a girl.

Well, okay- I AM somewhat incoherent part of the time. But I've learned to cope...

:rofl:

As the doormouse said, "Feed your head." :thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

16. I messed up your thread. My REAL unique talent is

I can paint without tape. Stain, too. All that prep people have to do, I don't have to do it.

[leftofthedial]

17. it involves my lips, my tongue, my nose and my chin

but more detail would get your thread locked

[lutefisk]

71. Rooting for truffles? Why would that get a thread locked? n/t

[SaveElmer]

18. I can touch my nose with my tongue...and

I can blow large spit bubbles off my tongue rapidly...that float through the air like a bubble machine...

[krispos42]

19. I can bend the last segments of my ring fingers...

while keeping the other two segments of each finger perfectly straight.

But I can't do that 'live long and prosper' thing that Spock does!

[Tyler Durden]

20. I can read at over 2000 wpm.

I learned how to read shortly after I learned to talk. A 600 page novel is about a 2 hour read if I'm not interrupted, as I build speed as I read. People tell me my eyes get wide, my pupils dialate, and I know my blink rate slows: Deb thinks it's a little creepy, and people have yelled "STOP THAT" while watching me go into overdrive on occasion.

I also hear every word in my head, as if someone was reading the book aloud.

[EFerrari]

25. That's awesome! I "hear" words, too, but not exactly that way.

I read a book every day in 1966 and my mother worried about me. She told me that I could go blind!

lol

Bookworms untie!

[Tyler Durden]

28. I had a library of 25 Tom Swift Books when I was in second grade...

3 bookshelves total of other items.

Funny story: I got kept after school in our all-day kindergarten for looking at comic books. The teacher didn't believe I could read them, so she had me read one to her...two pages in she took me to the school library and turned me loose. Called my mom so she wouldn't worry and took me home later.

[EFerrari]

29. I read "Little Women" in first grade and at home.

I reread it in Jr High, and the recess minder said, "Aren't you a little young for that?". lol

For years, my "allowance" was a book -- which was much harder to budget for a whole WEEK than five bucks would have been.

[Connonym]

38. doesn't everyone hear words in their head with reading?

I hear the words as I read them (and as I type them too) but I always assumed that was what everyone does.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

57. I don't do it. I "intuit" the meaning from the words.

When I really get reading, I don't even notice what's going on. I just read, and understand what I'm reading without consciously doing so.

:crazy:

[Tyler Durden]

59. I understand it is about 50/50.

Books hit me like a film in the biggest theater in the universe. I think I'm the only person I know who has read every single book he owns at least once, and many more than once.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

72. I dive into a book with all my being.

I swim in it. I DROWN in it. While I'm reading a good novel the rest of the universe slows to a stop and fades from existence.

I was born with a sci fi book in my hands, and I've been reading since then. While in school I used to read a novel a day. I loved books so much I became a student librarian in Jr. High school just so I could browse the library at will.

I still love books, but find myself not reading nearly as much as I used to- too much to do in the real world, sad to say. I DO keep a novel in my car- I've always loved to read while eating, thus when I eat out I have a novel to peruse while pigging out.

I pity those who don't understand the allure of books. They simply do not comprehend what they are lacking, and it's impossible to explain it to them.

[Connonym]

76. Yeah, never trust anyone w/o a book shelf

I used to work with people who bragged that they hadn't read a book since high school. Not my kind of people. At my house you can't go 10 feet without finding a stack of books (and an asthma inhaler but I cannot prove correlation). Reading is freedom.

[yellowdogintexas]

82. LOL, my husband, daughter and I all carry books with us when we go out

that way we can read through those blasted commercials in the theatre, read in the restaurant, read @ the dr office. My husband takes a book to the grocery and reads while I am bagging up the produce and weighing it, (he pushes the cart), he reads in the car if I am driving ( I can't read while riding, except on airplanes or the Greyhound, or Amtrak, so I drive and he reads). I am surprised he hasn't figured out how to read while mowing grass.

We all read and watch TV simultaneously.

Now we do go out to dinner together and actually talk and so on. But the book is nearly always with us.

[susanna]

69. Weird...I don't "hear" the words when I read,

but I read about as fast as you do. Your gift is really quite interesting - I'd like to experience that hearing thing! It sounds (no pun intended) amazing.

[meegbear]

21. Not get a date ...

my ability seems to be effortless in that area.

[MissMillie]

22. I can make a man run away faster than anyone!

:silly:

[regularguy]

23. Mad hackey-sack skillz!

Although my ability to kick while extremely high is not particularly unique...

[Seashell Eyes]

24. I can make fart noises with my hands.

[Hugin]

26. Speaking for matcom and according to underpants...

--> PORN

It may just be a rumor.

[unpossibles]

27. I have a different sort of intuitive ability

I am bad at what you describe as I often take the 'caveman' approach to things, but I am an excellent guesser/deducer both with problems and with people (motivations, reactions, etc.). The good side is I am a good test taker, but sometimes that would be a bad thing, such as when I tested into classes I was then lost in.

I also can play a mean lip trumpet/trombone/tuba and can arch either eyebrow independently. Although I have noticed that they arch differently and give a different look.

[Connonym]

30. I can make the phone ring by going to the bathroom

NEVER fails!

[greymattermom]

32. ha ha!

I can make it ring by taking a shower.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

62. Two words:

"Cell phone".

:shrug:

[yellowdogintexas]

83. HA corollary: I can cure severe constipation by getting on the phone with either of my sisters!

Now for the really weird part: it happens to them too!

Not intended to stop the thread because of bodily functions, just a fact. If we are talking one of us will end up in the bathroom.

[Critters2]

33. I can kill a thread

just be thinking of posting in it!

[1gobluedem]

55. Not as well as I can

I even kill my own; no responses. I am the invisible Lounger.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear Prisoner_Number_Six!

My claim to uniqueness?

Hmmm....

I'd have to say it's my ability to see things from someone else's point of view; my empathy.

I seem to be able to understand where someone else is coming from pretty easily...


:shrug:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

63. I can relate to that.

:evilgrin:

[Haole Girl]

35. I like to think my greatest talent is making people laugh..

I'm not always successful, though. Today I did help someone laugh who was traveling to attend a funeral, believe it or not. Even though it's usually completely inappropriate to joke in a situation like that, we talked for awhile about that awkward stage (after a funeral service) when family members don't seem to know whether to be happy or sad. Then, as we were saying our good-byes, I said, "I hope the funeral isn't too bad." He just laughed and thanked me. It made me feel good. Little moments like that get me through.

Oh, and I also made a Travel Agent in Mauritius laugh, today, by joking about The Amazing Race episode which was filmed there! :-)

[CottonBear]

36. I can fold the tip of my tongue backward. Also, I can roll my tongue

but the folding is rather unique in that it involves a recessive gene. ;)

I can ride horses (English and dressage) fairly well and I can train horses. However, lots of people can do those things. I didn't start learning until my late 20s though and bought my first horse at age 40 so I'm trying to catch up!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

64. Interesting. I can do those tongue things, too.

I can think of about ten thousand comments I'd love to make about it, but (with great restraint) I'll abstain.

:evilgrin:

BTW, which direction does your tongue roll? Mine will only go clockwise. Perhaps I'm merely HALF recessive.

[CottonBear]

78. I'm not telling!

:evilgrin: :spank:

[Joe Fields]

39. I can see into the past...

[JoePhilly]

58. I have semi control over the voices in my head ...

There is one that talks ...

There is one that monitors the talking and evaluates it ...

There is one that realizes that there is one talking and another one assessing ... it watches them ...

There is one evaluating the listeners ... evaluating them ...

Interestingly ... they don't talk to each other ... it's more like a crowd ...

And the one listening to all this chatter, is really me.

[Writer]

40. Subterfuge.

:smoke:

[EstimatedProphet]

41. I can drink an absurd amount of alcohol

When doing shots, I usually don't even notice a buzz until about #10. I generally can make it to 25 or more, and still keep going.

[Joe Fields]

42. I can also belch the alphabet.

[northzax]

43. I am batman

serious. for reals.

[u4ic]

45. I am self psychic

I can read my own mind. :)

[kay1864]

53. Nooo WAY

That is SO KEWL!1!

[u4ic]

65. There are some thoughts

that I don't want to know I'm thinking...:o

[Guava Jelly]

56. prove it

What are you thinking? :silly: Hello M'friend :loveya:

[u4ic]

66. Errr....um....

Busted! x(


Geez, do you think I can haul myself into court and press charges against myself?

Miss Cleo, I am not!:P






Hello m'friend! How are you doing? :hug: :loveya:

[Guava Jelly]

74. I am good

Miss Cleo :D
I hope my ever so wonderful friend is doing well herself :hug: :loveya:
:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

47. I can transmit a thought telepathically

No, not thoughts, just one thought.

The thought is: "You just said something unbelievably stupid".

It's uncanny, but it works every time.

My boss calls it: Giving the hairy eyeball.

and he says he can hear it in his head, even from across the conference room.

:yoiks:

[lost-in-nj]

48. I don't have a unique talent

just some bad habits.....


:hide: :rofl: :rofl:



lost

[Inchworm]

51. I can jump into your dreams

I may only be a chair or a lightbulb.. but I am able to be there...

:hi:

[lost-in-nj]

54. .....

:scared: :scared:
scared of that!!!


LOST

[NC_Nurse]

52. I can put people at ease.

[reyd reid reed]

60. I can...

ummmm...well....uhhhh...

:blush:

Okay. In all seriousness, I'm quick. I'm a quick study and I tend to make decisions quickly when I have to. I like to think that I'm fairly perceptive, too.

I dunno. Neither of those makes me very unique, but they're all I got.

:shrug:

[Arugula Latte]

61. Finding the Social Security numbers of DUers, and then assuming their identities

and ruining their credit and framing them for crimes they did not commit ...

But I've said too much.

[struggle4progress]

67. I used to have ESP, but it caused more trouble than it was worth. And then for while

my opinions were always right, but frankly that wasn't all it was cracked up to be either. I've recently learned how to make myself invisible, but it still requires too much effort in the company of other people.

[susanna]

68. Well, then we're psychic twins.

I do the same...all the time. DH thinks it's one level below sorcery. Thankfully, he's a Monty Python fan and just makes lots of jokes about witches, ducks, and wood. He hasn't advocated the stake just yet...

P.S. Writer and poet here, too. Maybe it's related! :-)

[opiate69]

70. I can play the guitar just like a ringing a bell.. or something..

oh yeah.. I totally do the eyebrow thing too.. drives people nuts

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

73. I can stick my tongue down my throat. I can touch my nose with my tongue.

I have a talented tongue ;) :evilgrin:. I can also raise one eyebrow.

[BreweryYardRat]

75. You know the old saying, "The hand is faster than the eye?"

I can actually do it.

Every other portion of my body is fairly slow moving, but my hands can move faster than my eyes (or other people's eyes) can follow, even when I'm holding something. Impressed a couple of my roommates last year by doing it holding a steak knife.

Oddly, though, I can't catch thrown objects very well.

[Javaman]

77. I can make noises with my ears. Yes, you heard right (pun intended)

Yes, my ears.

[Deja Q]

79. Dunno. I never get to do it.

:P

:spray:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

85. We have GOT to get you to the DC Madam.

Immediately.

:rofl:

[Deja Q]

93. Oi! I've offered to fly people to MN, and there've been no takers.

:spray: :rofl: :rofl:

Trust me, the madam would rather get busy with a politician. Probably to pass a bill to make her job, um, LEGAL... :spray:

[applegrove]

80. Organizing, problem solving, empathy and sweetness. Oh and I used to be

self effacing...why did I loose that..it is so much fun to talk trash about oneself.

The bad news is verbal communication. I stink at that.

[yellowdogintexas]

84. I can remember stuff, in great detail, that astounds both my husband

and my daughter. My sisters (and our mom when she was still living) call me to unearth some weird detail from our kidhood or other background detail that is bugging them.

I can remember what I wore to so many odd events and occasions...like Easter when I was 14 and it snowed. (yellow wool suit) Oh by the way that would have been 1963, in case you were wondering.

or what I ate on a particular occasion.


but I forget people's birthdays, forget to take out the trash, forget how to do stuff. It is silly.


as for actual skills: I am a very good cook.

[Alexander]

86. I can mimic other people's voices.

Some voices are not in my vocal range and I obviously can't do them. If I could impersonate women, that would be a much greater talent.

Celebrities, rock stars, and cartoon characters are almost second nature to me. Some of my friends even have voices I can mimic pretty well.

[Left Is Write]

87. I don't think any of my talents is unique.

[BrotherBuzz]

89. I can predict bee swarms before they arrive

I can predict within a hundred feet where a swarm of bees will lite, up to two hours before they arrive. I used to be a swarm collector and got real good at it. Local Police and fire gave me a lot of business. But the greatest pleasure I ever had was locating a large group of scout bees out reconnoitering an area, and knowing a swarm would be on the way. I never interpreted their language beyond just judging the number of scout bees, and there sense of urgency as they were preparing to bring all the girls into the area. It is real magic when it happens, and the swarm is buzzing every which way all around you, and in that moment you spot the exact location they have chosen to lite on. Payday!

A swarm in May is worth a load of hay.
a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon.
A swarm in July ain't worth a fly.

[sakabatou]

90. I can invert my shoulders

[NewWaveChick1981]

91. I have a couple.

1) I'm double-jointed and can bend my elbows beyond normal human capacity. :P I can do the same thing with my fingers.

2) I'm one recessive DUer. I can also roll my tongue and bend the tip of it backward.

3) I have other skills that relate to #2, but mentioning them here would get your thread locked. :P :evilgrin:

[SPKrazy]

92. he he he!

:evilgrin:

I bet they would ;)

:hi: