What is the most Bizarre Talent you possess that most people don't know about? Well now they are going to know. Mine---

[debm55]

I can curl my tongue from side to side.

[Ocelot II]

1. Wiggle one ear, cross one eye at a time,

sing the Star Spangled Banner one syllable off.

[debm55]

3. Thank you for sharing your talents. Ocelot II

[viva la]

7. I'm impressed just reading that....

I can't do a single one of those.
In fact, I can only wink my right eye, not my left eye.
And I can only do the Vulcan salute with my left hand, not my right one.

I have to conclude I am very limited comparatively.

Can you do both eyes and both ears?

[Ocelot II]

14. I can only wiggle my left ear,

but I can cross and wink both eyes as well as alternately crossing the left and right ones. I can do the Vulcan salute with both hands, though I seldom have occasion to do it.

[viva la]

19. Live long and prosper!

[arkielib]

2. That's mine too, Deb!

For a long time I thought everyone could do that. Turns out we are special though

[debm55]

4. Thank you arkielib. acturally it is genetic. Same as having you ear lobe attacked to head or floppy ear lobes unattached

laughing:

[viva la]

5. I am very good at untangling tangled gold necklace chains.

Not very good at KEEPING them untangled!

[debm55]

6. HAHAHAHHHAHHAAH that is funny. thank you.

[viva la]

8. I once spent an hour with an elderly neighbor untangling all her gold chains....

and would you believe it, she didn't give me even one, after all that talent and hard work!

[debm55]

9. I agree. Sorry about that.

[soldierant]

24. Little plastic bags help with the keeping part.

Actually with anything that's long and flexible.

[WheelWalker]

10. I think your most bizarre talent, Deb, is coming up with all these thread questions!!

[debm55]

12. HAHAHAHHAHHAHAH Thank you WheelWalker. I was also a teacher for 42 years and a lot of these questions are journal

questions. But most are mine.

[Lunabell]

33. Great comment!

I agree.

[redstatebluegirl]

11. I know how to groom cattle for show.

Made money doing it when I was in college.

[debm55]

13. That is a great talent , redstatebluegirl.

[Ocelot II]

15. Can you come over and groom my cat?

She bites, but at least she's not as big as a cow.

[WheelWalker]

17. I can do that also. I was a future farmer

And the first state farmer from my school. 1967. I can groom sheep as well, and show Hogs. Those were good days.

[redstatebluegirl]

20. Back when I was in school it was kind of strange having a woman do those things.

We had hogs, Angus cattle, chickens and a huge vegetable garden. Worked hard but loved it!

[ballardgirl]

16. It's been many years

but I used to do the Russian dance with squats and legs thrust out. I can't recall the name or how I first started this. But it was my thing in my younger years.

[debm55]

18. Thank you very much ballardgirl. That is actually a Ukrainian folk dance. My church had a dance team of boys and girls

and we learned the dances. Mostly the dance you described was done by the guys. Women in the church would make costumes for us and flowered hair dressing. You brought back a great memory for me. TY I forgot to add that at one time the Ukranian was part of Russia. You must be very strong as I could not do it.

[ballardgirl]

21. Yes, my strong german ancestry legs

helped me. I don't remember why I did this as I know it was a dance for the men. There is no way I could do it now.

[debm55]

38. Thank you very much.Ballardgirl. That is a very hard dance to do.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Disco Dancing?

My wife & I actually won a few regional contests. (We were still dating then. We got married more than a year later.)

[debm55]

23. Thank you ProfessorGAC. Congratulations to you and your wife.

[jmowreader]

25. I can make traffic lights turn green by screaming at them

This is no shit: I'll be sitting at a red light for too long and finally let out a very loud "Come on! This is bullshit!"

Within five seconds the light turns green. EVERY TIME!

[debm55]

39. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH. My husband shares your talent.

[sdfernando]

26. This is something that could make me very popular

among certain demographics….I can lick the tip of my nose.

[Lunabell]

32. Me too!

Do you have an underbite or cross bite? I have a cross bite now. I had an underbite as a kid that was corrected with braces. I always thought that was the reason I could do this.

[debm55]

41. Lunabell, another talented poster. I have never heard of the talent before. Thank you for sharing.

[sdfernando]

49. No underbite...just a normal jaw

although I did have a lisp as a child. Speech therapy corrected that. Always thought it was a cruel irony that people with lisps can't even say it correctly. LOL!

[debm55]

40. Wow. that is interesting. You are very talented.

[LudwigPastorius]

27. I can make myself invisible.

Not literally, of course. But, when at a party, or in a room full of people, I have the ability to put out a "vibe force field" which will prevent anyone from noticing me or attempting to start a conversation with me.

I also have a pretty high pain threshold. I learned how to disassociate from physical pain when I got a tooth drilled and filled without anesthesia at 8 years old.

[debm55]

42. Thank you very much LudwigPastorius. I can do the invisible person too.

[Figarosmom]

28. I can sleep with

My eyes open.

[debm55]

43. Thank you very much. Figarosmom. I have never heard of that talent before. You are indeed unique.

[radical noodle]

29. I learned how to keep a hula hoop going forever

(well until I got tired of it... which would be quicker now that I'm in my 70s) I'm still able to do it though.

[debm55]

44. Terrific radical noodle. That is great.

[electric_blue68]

30. Bwah! I thought of that. And, yeah, I can, too.

[debm55]

45. Thank you very much electric_blue68. Yes a true talent.

[Lunabell]

31. I can cross one eye at a time.

Independently of each other. wiggle my ears and lick the tip of my nose.

I'm also known as the finder. If it is lost in the house somewhere, I will find it. My mom used to call me when I was away at FSU to tell her where things were in her house down in Ft.Myers.

I have precognitive dreams and have seen and intrracted with a ghostly apparition.

[debm55]

46. Wow. you are a very talented person. Lunabell. Terrific.

[enid602]

34. Burp

I shouldn’t admit this, but I can swallow a lot of air, and let loose a horrendous belch on demand. I can clear out an entire buffet in no time. Of course, I haven’t done it in decades, but just tried it to make sure the magic’s still there.

[debm55]

47. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH, that you enid602 , That is so funny.

[Emile]

35. I can shift gears and drive an 18 speed transmission Peterbilt

over Donners mountain.

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[debm55]

48. Thank you Emile. I watched the video and was scared watching it. Thank you for posting and be careful.

[Midnight Writer]

36. I have an eidetic (photographic) memory.

[debm55]

50. Thank you very much Midnight Writer. Have you used it?

[Midnight Writer]

53. Yes, every day.

[debm55]

56. Thank you , Midnight Writer.

[justaprogressive]

37. I can slow down time.

slide behind the beat.

[debm55]

51. Thank you very much justaprogressive.

[pdxflyboy]

52. I used to be able to "Burp Talk" the entire alphabet!

n/t

[debm55]

55. hahahahahahahahha. That is great pdxflyboy.

[samnsara]

54. i can move one eyeball at a time!

...and curl my tongue

[debm55]

57. HAHAHHAHHAHAH. Thank you samnsara for posting your talents.

[Jilly_in_VA]

58. I can roll my tongue

That's apparently a genetic ability. I can also wink my eyes alternately in rapid succession. I used to be able to bend just the end joints of all my fingers, but as I've gotten more and more arthritis in my hands I can only do that on my right hand now.

Incidentally, my husband can't do any of the above.

[debm55]

59. Thank you Jilly_in_VA...Great talents.

[mucifer]

60. I can give myself the chills when I'm too hot

Doesn’t always work. But I do it sometimes.

[debm55]

61. Very good mucifer. I wish I had that talent. Thank you.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

62. I always get good parking spaces.

Always. Whether I'm the driver or a passenger in the car, I always get a good parking space.

[debm55]

63. Terrific. Thank you PoindexterOglethorpe.

[Wicked Blue]

64. I can speak, read and write Estonian

Also I can read upside down.

[debm55]

65. Thank you Wicked Blue. Those are two unique talents.

[Wicked Blue]

66. Actually there are more than a million or so Estonians

who know the language. I don't know if they can read English upside down.

[debm55]

68. How did you learn to read English upside down. I have never met anyone with that talent.

[Wicked Blue]

70. Took a speed-reading course in college

and their techniques included ways to scan pages sideways, upside down, etc. It was called Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics. I just checked and it's still offered online.

They told me I didn't need it because upon testing they found I already read pretty fast. But I had to take it to get off academic probation.

[debm55]

75. Thank you Wicked Blue. I have heard of that Program. I was interested, but never followed through. That is amazing to me

Thank you for sharing.

[Harker]

67. I can make a bird appear from under a handkerchief!

[debm55]

69. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH. Do you mean your middle finger or an actual bird

[Harker]

71. The finger.

With an appropriate amount of mumbo jumbo and a little hocus pocus, it's pretty effective.

[debm55]

73. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHA. Thank you Harker. You make me laugh and I need that.

[Harker]

84. Always a pleasure, debm55.

You do a lot to keep it light around here!

[NNadir]

72. I can write in script in mirror images.

One can read what I write only by holding it up to a mirror. (The handwriting is less than great but is legible.)

I thought everyone could do this, but have since learned (from a neuroscientist I met in a bar where i was demonstrating this "skill" ) that only a small subset of people can do this. As I am a genotypic but not a phenotypic carrier of dyslexic genes, and I assume, without any real knowledge, this is the origin of this dubious skill.

Apparently Leonardo Da Vinci also had this ability.

[debm55]

74. Thank you NNadir. I have never run across this before. Thank you very much for sharing with us.

[Basso8vb]

76. I put on my socks while standing.

And I can hurl a Sousaphone 15 yards.

[debm55]

79. Thank you Basso8vb. You don;t lose your balance? I still try but I have to sit to put them on. AH age. And you must be

Strong to throw a Sousaphone 15 yards. May I ask==why did you do that?

[Basso8vb]

95. I'm tall so it's always been easier for me to don socks while standing.

As for the Sousaphone toss, way back in the early 90s, my college marching band got new tubas, so naturally I wanted to see how far I could chuck my old broken horn.

I was spinning like a hammer thrower and let it go....about 15 yards to my astonishment.

You should have seen the one they dropped from a 15 storey building, though!

[debm55]

100. Thank you Basso8vb. for explaining.

[Sequoia]

77. Left handed and right handed

Lefties have to live in a right handed world and use tools like forks, scissors and knives, etc. Couldn't be forced to write with right hand but practiced it during boring work days before computers in the office.

[debm55]

83. thank you very much Sequoia. You are very strong to teach yourself how to write with you right hand.

[Doodley]

78. I can attach imaginary strings to my eyebrows and make them appear to go up and down independently as I pull the strings

[debm55]

88. Thank you Doodley. That's different.

[Diamond_Dog]

80. I can do a pretty credible imitation of Sylvester Jr. from the Looney Tunes cartoons.

No I don’t rent myself out to parties …..

[debm55]

90. Thank you Diamond_Dog . I think Sylvester Jr was cute.

[MLAA]

81. I'm incredibly flexible. Most standard stretches don't help me.

[debm55]

89. Thank you MLAA

[CanonRay]

82. I'm sorry, I am not at liberty to reveal my superpower

Seriously, I have nothing.

[debm55]

87. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. Thank you CanonRay. That's okay.It's a talent not a superpower.

[Jrsygrl96]

85. 2 imitations

I can actually make a pig noise that sounds real. On our honeymoon we were at a B&B in Vermont. They had a pig in a small corral and I made my noise. He came running out of his little house so excited that he thought he had a friend.

I can also make the noise exactly like the Jetson's car.

[debm55]

86. HAHAHAHAHHAAHHA. That is so funny. Thank you Jrsygrl for sharing with us.

[Diamond_Dog]

93. Oh I would love to hear your pig imitation and your Jetsons' car noise!

[fernlady]

91. Packing

I have a good 3 dimensional eye. I can see if a box will fit in an empty hole a truck filled with other boxes within 1/4 of an inch (yes, I measured that several times). It was great in college when I moved a lot. So, if you ever have to move, I'll be happy to help you pack that truck!

[debm55]

92. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you fernlady. Your post and talent are great.

[no_hypocrisy]

94. I am ambidextrous

Started with left-hand dominance. But it scared my kindergarten teacher. So she and my mother conspired to make me right-handed. But I never completely gave up my left hand.

I discovered that I could write/print with my left hand, sometimes better than the products from my right hand. And I could also write backwards very nicely with my left hand, like da Vinci.

After age 45, I considered, what the Hell, take back your left hand. And so I have. I opt for the left railing on stairs both ascending and descending. I eat with my left hand. I even use the left-hand program on the screen when I'm a cashier. I am a born-again Leftie.

[debm55]

97. Excellent post, no_hypocrisy. It's a shame you had to switch. but I am glad you are a born again lefty.

[electric_blue68]

99. As a left-hander who lucky enough to be born late enough, and maybe location wise (NYC) I was never forced to become....

right handed.

I'm glad you've reclaimed your natural ability!

There are some things I became ambidextrous with; almost all by choice.

[LogDog75]

96. As a kid, I used to be able to walk on the tips of my toes

As a kid, I used to walk on the tips of my toes while wearing sneakers. I don't recall how or when I started doing it but I can still do it and I'm in my 70s.

[debm55]

98. That is very a very interesting talent. Thank you for sharing with us. LogDog75

[Sneederbunk]

101. I can spot a MAGAt a mile away.

[spooky3]

104. That's a useful weird talent! Nt

[spooky3]

102. I can lob over just about anyone (tennis)

Too bad I can’t hit other shots.

[debm55]

103. Thank you very much spooky3.

[pandr32]

105. I am stretchy and bendy.

I sit on the floor the opposite of cross-legged (my lower legs are turned outwards and knees are together), and I can put my hands flat on the floor with my legs straight. I can do the splits, braid my fingers, and pull my thumb to touch my forearm.

[debm55]

106. Thank you very much, pandr32