Minor Talents

[Ink Asylum]

You're good at your job, you have hobbies you're skilled in, what are the minor talents that you have?

I make great scrambled eggs.

[Aggort]

I have a great talent in which I ruin threads. ;)

Nah, One of my minor talents, I can make an elephant with my stomach. If you have to ask, just look here (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/6/10287782_434bd7c402.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholascimini/10287782/&usg=__bNVrOJPvRWQDN9TkLB0lEFUxYMk=&h=500&w=333&sz=38&hl=en&start=12&sig2=2KuyrdXSyQkAqt-HqKGGGQ&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=SPv8htc6lK326M:&tbnh=130&tbnw=87&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstomach%2Belephant%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den %26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dopera%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den %26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=JR7wS5WYBMH38AbukPnRCQ). That's not me, but I can pull it off even better than this guy.

[boratika]

I make great scrambled eggs.

Damn, that's what I was going to put.



Er, in that case, I can burp the alphabet.

[BigJonno]

I have eyesight and hearing slightly above normal human ability. As a result, I consider myself the world's worst superhero.

[Pigeon]

I can see amazingly well in the dark. I can also tell time by where the sun is within ~10 mins

[Adam Blue]

I'm great at fastening objects in the back of my pick-up.

[nabokovfan87]

I have eyesight and hearing slightly above normal human ability. As a result, I consider myself the world's worst superhero.

I think this one comes with just being a gamer. I'll venture a guess to say you play action based games?

[BigJonno]

I think this one comes with just being a gamer. I'll venture a guess to say you play action based games?

I play RPGs, mostly.

[kyrieee]

Hardly a talent but I don't get stressed out by almost anything

[Handmade.Mercury]

Hardly a talent but I don't get stressed out by almost anything

Same here. It's why I, when facing suspension from college, still didn't try very hard. I didn't get suspended.

[kyrieee]

Funny you should mention something like that hehe

[jpc_theoneandonly]

I love to grill and cook. I am really good at it. Especially making home made marinades from scratch. I also like to draw. I wouldn't say that I am that good though. I am still learning. Also I have been learning how to tattoo. Hopefully one day I will be good enough to open my own shop.

[violent]

I don't puke regardless of how much I drink.

[mightbe]

I share violent's non pukin' talent.

Also, I'm a grand master at cooking over a camp fire.

[Aggort]

I share violent's non pukin' talent.

Also, I'm a grand master at cooking over a camp fire.

Ah, with that I must add I am told I make the perfect smore.

[Camel]

I can pack a car or moving truck like it's nobody's business. It's like a big puzzle!

[Scull]

I can sleep anywhere, in any position, except in a moving vehicle. I cannot sleep in a moving vehicle at all.

[Ink Asylum]

I can sleep anywhere, in any position, except in a moving vehicle. I cannot sleep in a moving vehicle at all.

I can do all that AND sleep in a moving vehicle. Once, at an office LAN party I pulled two plush office chair together, facing each other, and slept on them.

[Urizen]

I'm a pretty good whistler. I can't remember an occasion when someone isn't amazed by my whistling and say it's the best whistling they've ever heard.

It never sounds as good to me. And I know I used to be better in middle school when I spent hours "practicing" every day.

[Sazime]

Gods, a minor talent? Is solving a Ruik's Cube a minor talent? Like, 4x4, 3x3 etc?

[txshurricane]

I can recite the names of all fifty United States in alphabetical order in under 20 seconds.

In 5th grade we had to memorize "Fifty Nifty United States" by Ray Charles, and it's always stuck with me. Such an annoying jingle.

[Mdot]

I can eat an entire bag of Chewy Chips A'hoy and not gain a pound.

[Aggort]

I can recite the names of all fifty United States in alphabetical order in under 20 seconds.

In 5th grade we had to memorize "Fifty Nifty United States" by Ray Charles, and it's always stuck with me. Such an annoying jingle.

HOLY SHIT! You and me both!

[Generation ABXY]

I can dilate my pupils; I can't get to I-just-got-back-from-the-optometrist levels (well, not yet), but it's certainly noticeable, even on my brown eyes. That's probably the most... entertaining talent I have.

I can make an elephant with my stomach.

Heh, I've seen a lot of stomach tricks before, but that one's new to me. :)

[Aggort]

Heh, I've seen a lot of stomach tricks before, but that one's new to me. :)

I can do others, like roll my stomach, which I used to do in the bathtub as a kid to make waves.

[Expugnare]

I can drink a ridiculous amount of water and other liquids to a slightly lesser degree.

[Sazime]

I can recite the names of all fifty United States in alphabetical order in under 20 seconds.

In 5th grade we had to memorize "Fifty Nifty United States" by Ray Charles, and it's always stuck with me. Such an annoying jingle.
That reminds me, in a high school science project I memorized "The Elements" and pointed to them on a periodic table while the song went on in the background.

[Generation ABXY]

I can do others, like roll my stomach, which I used to do in the bathtub as a kid to make waves.

Yeah, that's the one I see most often.

[Seika]

I can tie my shoe laces really fast. (http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/IanKnot16.gif)

I can eat really, really hot spicy food.

I can do the knuckle roll. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEE-6kcAT0w)

All useless, all minor talents.
>_>

[evilgoodwin]

I can cook too. I'm not some brilliant chef, since I've only been cooking over a year or so, but I keep getting better and have increased my recipes exponentially.

I make an awesome fried egg sandwich. But I still suck at boiled eggs.

[LongStepMantis]

My eyesight is horrible. Possibly from sitting too close to a screen for the last ~25 years. To make up for it, my hearing is dog level. I can hear people walking on the sidewalk outside when I'm inside with the windows and blinds pulled and the TV on. Both a blessing and a curse, as I have to have a fan running next to me while I sleep, otherwise I wake up constantly from hearing things.

I dare someone to try breaking in here. I'll be armed and waiting right behind the door by the time they get in.

[Whunpo]

I also have an extremely high stress tolerant. Especially with tests. My best friend is the exact opposite. When we asked each other if we could have one trait from the other, I wanted his stress (he studies really hard for all tests and always gets an A) and he wanted my carelessness (I usually get As or Bs still, but with almost no studying at all).

I can also manipulate my eyebrows quite well. Not quite to the level of Stephen T. Colbert, but I'm working on it. I exercise them as I brush my teeth.

[Codicier]

I can frequently, mostly inadvertently, sneak up on people. I often make people jump just by quietly walking into the room while they're pre-occupied and/or while a loud noise is covering the sound of my approach. They sort of freak out for a second when I start talking or appear in their peripheral vision. I'm like a very passive ninja.

[Sazime]

I can frequently, mostly inadvertently, sneak up on people. I often make people jump just by quietly walking into the room while they're pre-occupied and/or while a loud noise is covering the sound of my approach. They sort of freak out for a second when I start talking or appear in their peripheral vision. I'm like a very passive ninja.
I did the same thing all the time when I worked in an environment where I walked around a lot. I had to start making noise for my boss so I didn't freak him out. On top of that, he had macular degeneration go'n on. Made him even more skiddish.

[Stoke]

I don't get hungry. I know when I should eat based on when other people are eating or if I've skipped meals, I eat when I start getting a headache. If left on my own I eventually only eat one meal a day and then only because I don't care to starve to death.

I also seem to lack most emotions but I think that's less of a talent and more of a defect. :p

[Thanasimos]

I can whistle like nobody's business, and I'm damn near impossible to trip or otherwise make to fall down. The latter is from all the hours I spent climbing around in the buttes as a kid., Lots of boulders, and lots of unstable rocks to walk on, jump on, and climb. Taking spills out there hurt since everything was sharp, so I learned not to. Likewise, when I do fall, I tend to not get hurt. That's from practice. Every time I messed up, I broke a bone, and now I also have high pain tolerance as a result.

[Urizen]

I can whistle like nobody's business

When you say this, do you mean you can hold a tune, or are you the one who makes people's ears bleed at concerts and sporting events? If it's the former, I propose a whistle-off.

Pistols at dawn. At 15 paces.

[diablopath]

Pucker up, motherfucker.

[Thanasimos]

When you say this, do you mean you can hold a tune, or are you the one who makes people's ears bleed at concerts and sporting events? If it's the former, I propose a whistle-off.

Pistols at dawn. At 15 paces.

Pistols it is.

Pucker up, motherfucker.
"I'm going to blow you away."

[Wasson_]

I can spin a great deal of objects on my fingers, from folded blankets to folding chairs. Mostly just the right hand. I also can twirl a stick, like a broom handle or whatnot with great ease.

[Dorkandproudofit]

I can hold my breath for 10 minutes! :D

[Spectre-7]

I make an awesome fried egg sandwich. But I still suck at boiled eggs.

Here's the fool-proof method:
1. Place your eggs in a pot and cover with cold water, then kick on the fire.
2. When the water comes to a boil, immediately turn off the fire and cover the pot.
3. Wait 15 minutes, then dump the eggs into an ice-bath and peel.

If you use slightly older eggs, the shells will come free more easily.

[txshurricane]

I can dilate my pupils; I can't get to I-just-got-back-from-the-optometrist levels (well, not yet), but it's certainly noticeable, even on my brown eyes. That's probably the most... entertaining talent I have.
That reminds me... I can flitter my eyes back and forth - about half their full swivel length - very fast. About 12 times per second, as best as I can measure. It's a trait from my grandmother on my father's side.

I can also spend up to three days without taking a dump, eating normal meals. Handy for car trips. When I finally reach the limit, the actual log is about the length of my forearm, knuckles to elbow. My wife - a nurse - says I've got the strongest colon she's ever heard of.

Not talents per se, but given where the thread has progressed I thought they were applicable.

[Generation ABXY]

That reminds me... I can flitter my eyes back and forth - about half their full swivel length - very fast. About 12 times per second, as best as I can measure. It's a trait from my grandmother on my father's side.

I can shake my eyes, too, if that's what you're talking about. I haven't found nearly as much use for it as the pupil dilation, but it's certainly amusing to see people's reactions (same for popping my jaw, which usually just disgusts them).

My wife - a nurse - says I've got the strongest colon she's ever heard of.

Tell her to read up on Elvis; I've heard he had several extra feet of it. :D

[maharahaj]

I am virtually un-trippable by people or low objects. The second I stumble over something, I can recoup without hitting the ground or flailing all over the place.

[Scaryfaced]

I can make a taco and a 3 leaf clover with my tongue.

[Generation ABXY]

That damn clover has been giving me a terrible time these days; I used to be able to do it when I was younger, but it seems I've just forgotten how (in fact, I was tempted to create a thread about it recently, just to see what I'm missing). Any tips?

Oh, and thankfully, the "taco," as you put it, seems here to stay.

[Clark]

I can catch flies with my hand.

Midair, about 50% of the time.

If they have landed, they are mine. The key for me is to grab where they are GOING to be.

[PathMaster]

While I am a good whistler, I can do something similar, but a lot more unique: I can make laser sounds, such as from movies or games, by pressing my tongue against the back of my teeth. It freaks people out in crowds, and I am asked how I make those sounds. People always assume I have some device somewhere on me. I can do a few other sounds along the same lines.

When I was younger I could dodge nearly everything thrown at me. I could stand stock still until the last moment and dodge items. Rocks, sticks, balls, crab apples (launched via fishing rods). I rather not try to see if I can still do that.

[Scaryfaced]

That damn clover has been giving me a terrible time these days; I used to be able to do it when I was younger, but it seems I've just forgotten how (in fact, I was tempted to create a thread about it recently, just to see what I'm missing). Any tips?

Oh, and thankfully, the "taco," as you put it, seems here to stay.

I'd be hard pressed to make an instructional video, but I just do the taco and hold it while I try to pull my tongue farther back into my mouth. I have to press the whole thing against the back of my bottom lip to pull it off. Its basically a taco with the sides collapsing from being pressed against your lip.

Give that a try. I expect to hear about the results post haste.

[Dorkandproudofit]

I can't believe no one got my reference joke.... Guys, you just lost some geek cred points.

[Generation ABXY]

Give that a try. I expect to hear about the results post haste.

I will, thanks. Of course, if I end up rocketing my tongue into my throat, you may not hear back. :p

[Handmade.Mercury]

I can eat an entire bag of Chewy Chips A'hoy and not gain a pound.

Yeah, high five! Sometimes, I'll eat a bunch of junk food and actually LOSE weight.

I can tie my shoe laces really fast. (http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/IanKnot16.gif)

I can tie my shoes really fast, too. I learned it from Amir on Vimeo. I once timed myself, and got both laces done in about 7 seconds. Your link doesn't work, by the way.

I can't believe no one got my reference joke.... Guys, you just lost some geek cred points.

Well, when you actually CAN hold your breath for a really long time, you tend to take other claims more seriously.

Also, a lot of people saying they can't be tripped. I CAN be tripped, but I'm always back up on my feet a split second later. Proper rolling technique is awesome.

[Hawkzombie]

I used to be an actor. Well...High School, but I actually won awards and shit. Even as a director at a local competition.

[Ghostbear]

About a month ago I was called the Merv Griffin of Podcasting. heh

[KamaItachi]

I can insert my little finger into my nose in almost its entirety.

I can predict an episode of the Simpsons appearing on tv within a week.

I can move my eyebrows like a little caterpillar.

[bstiff]

I used to be able to copy morse code at over 100 groupa a minute.

[violent]

I can get free pizza from any establishment.

[Borthcollective]

I can turn my feet to where they are almost completely straight back. It's a birth defect, but hey whatever.

[Handmade.Mercury]

I can get free pizza from any establishment.

Did you learn from Kevin Rose? That's where I learned it. Eavesdropping on someone ordering or picking up a pizza, and then later on call in and demand a replacement pizza because yours was unsatisfactory.

[violent]

Did you learn from Kevin Rose? That's where I learned it. Eavesdropping on someone ordering or picking up a pizza, and then later on call in and demand a replacement pizza because yours was unsatisfactory.

Actually it was something I did back in high school when money was scarce or already spent on pot. I would call and I would tell a story that was too intricate to not believe. Friends would start asking me to do it even when we weren't hungry.

[Urizen]

That reminds me... I can flitter my eyes back and forth - about half their full swivel length - very fast. About 12 times per second, as best as I can measure. It's a trait from my grandmother on my father's side.

I can shake my eyes, too, if that's what you're talking about.

I can do this as well. Back in elementary school, I used to tell people I can give myself "underwater vision".

[Karak]

I can sprint freakishly fast. Even when I was 290 I was the 2nd fastest person at our school. I can still do it.

I can bench 450 pounds 2 times.

But that stuff is all related to martial arts its not really a talent.

[Handmade.Mercury]

I can sprint freakishly fast. Even when I was 290 I was the 2nd fastest person at our school. I can still do it.

I can bench 450 pounds 2 times.

But that stuff is all related to martial arts its not really a talent.

I also have a really effortless style of running. While people are really straining themselves moving their legs, I'm just sort of gliding along. It's like, the regular running version of skipping. Lots of air time. Fast, but not as fast as regular sprinting, but it's really effective.

Kinda like this, except on two legs and minus the running into the tree:
lCUc2rI_EWQ

[Panthera]

I can reliably estimate the time based on a gut feeling from how long it's been since the last time I was told the time, accurate within about 15 minutes.

[Ink Asylum]

In addition to being able to fall asleep anywhere and anytime, I also have a great internal clock and wake up almost exactly six hours after I go to bed. There's a difference between "waking up" and "getting out of bed," of course, but six hours is typically when I enter that lucid dreaming state where I can get up whenever I want.

[Kielaran]

Like Camel, I also pride myself on my car packing ability.

As for other talents, I can clap really loud. As in clapping at a wedding reception last year, I had 4 people ask my how I did it. On top of that I do not get hangovers.

[Bone]

I can make a killer kazoo-like sound that's something like a buzzy, Smashing Pumpkins guitar solo. I can also do pretty good mouth trumpet, sax, and trombone. My best one (although I've held back from performing it for people) is a spot-on guitar+voicebox sound, like the effect Peter Frampton is popular for in songs like "Do you feel like we do?".

[Handmade.Mercury]

I can make a killer kazoo-like sound that's something like a buzzy, Smashing Pumpkins guitar solo. I can also do pretty good mouth trumpet, sax, and trombone. My best one (although I've held back from performing it for people) is a spot-on guitar+voicebox sound, like the effect Peter Frampton is popular for in songs like "Do you feel like we do?".

I must hear you perform Do You Feel Like We Do? now.

[Drayven]

I can listen to someone's idea/plan and say what's wrong with it usually in under 30 seconds. Turns out to be a fairly useful talent when working in product management.

Also, I yawn like a Wookie. Not really a talent I guess since I can't control it.

[Thanasimos]

On top of that I do not get hangovers.

Hehe, there's something I forgot. I do get hangovers: I don't get drunk. I don't even get buzzed. I once made the mistake of playing at, "I wonder what it will take to get me buzzed?" and picked up an unimaginable hangover. It hit me hard enough to wake me up (only four hours of sleep that night. . . :( ), which is good, because otherwise I might have spent the next four hours vomiting in my bed instead of in my bathroom.

Not getting intoxicated but still getting hangovers takes all of the fun out of college drinking, since alcohol which tastes good beyond the first glass doesn't exist out here. I do always like the first few swallows of PBR, though. I am that hip, at least.

[Hawkzombie]

I can sprint freakishly fast. Even when I was 290 I was the 2nd fastest person at our school. I can still do it.

I can bench 450 pounds 2 times.

But that stuff is all related to martial arts its not really a talent.

I used to be able to foot press like 600lbs twice too back in high school...for a kid who weighed like 140-150, that wasn't too bad. My dad's side of the family just has freakishly large calves, and none of us work on them. They're just pure lean muscle that can work like a piston.

When I wore shorts to work one time years ago, one of the girls I worked with couldn't stop starring at my legs, and she finally went 'do you like, bike EVERYWHERE?!?'

[Vandabo]

I can throw knives and tomahawks/hatchets quite well. Once when a friend of mine in the dorms was trying to get a shirt of his back from this guy that stole it, we walked into his room looking all menacing and I noticed he had a dartboard, so I flicked out my pocket knife and whipped it right into the board. Everybody involved knew each other and it wasn't like we were really going to do any violence, but it was still pretty funny.

Back in middle school I could name any color out of the 96 color crayola crayon box by just looking at the tip of the crayon.

I'm very good at throwing frisbees, both in Ulitmate and in Disc Golf.

[Ox]

I am an acceptable shot with a pistol. This extends to arcade games; last weekend, I idly played some Time Crisis while my sister was in the restroom. When she came out, she watched me for a few minutes, then quietly asked, "You would tell me if you were a government agent, right?"

[Handmade.Mercury]

I am an acceptable shot with a pistol. This extends to arcade games; last weekend, I idly played some Time Crisis while my sister was in the restroom. When she came out, she watched me for a few minutes, then quietly asked, "You would tell me if you were a government agent, right?"

Dude, I was THE SHIT at Time Crisis!

[txshurricane]

I am an acceptable shot with a pistol. This extends to arcade games; last weekend, I idly played some Time Crisis while my sister was in the restroom. When she came out, she watched me for a few minutes, then quietly asked, "You would tell me if you were a government agent, right?"
Time Crisis is nowhere near a real pistol. I want a better example!

I can beat Time Crisis II in 2 hours without ever using the sights (hip fire only). Dare anyone to do what with a real gun.

[Hawkzombie]

I once shot a grouse in the heart mid-flight without taking more than a second or two to line up my shot. My dad's won several shooting competitions and received a letter of commendation from General 'Stromin' Norman' Schwarzkopf (sp?) for his Sniper Ability.

I'm one to think it's in the blood :p

EDIT: Oh, the grouse was my first and only time hunting.

[Ox]

Time Crisis is nowhere near a real pistol. I want a better example!
I was also captain of the college Modern Pentathlon Team and placed 10th in the marksmanship competition.

[txshurricane]

I was also captain of the college Modern Pentathlon Team and placed 10th in the marksmanship competition.

Ah. That...that'll, uh, do it.

[Handmade.Mercury]

I can nail a moving 5 inch target from 30 yards away with any pistol that has a decent enough range.

Not really.

[txshurricane]

My father-in-law has impeccable aim with handguns, particularly .45-cal 1911s.

Saturday, I boresighted my 5.56 carbine and was shooting a 1.5" spread at 100 yards with open sights. I was very happy about that. Also nailed a 100-yard bull's eye with open sights on a .303 Lee-Enfield.

[Vandabo]

Also nailed a 100-yard bull's eye with open sights on a .303 Lee-Enfield.

Damn, I'd love to shoot one of those. The Lee-Enfield, I mean... I've shot bullseyes before.

As far as video game shooting goes, for a long time I had a record at a local arcade of 163 hits in a row at Area 54. That was essentially playing from the start into the middle of the second area without missing. I'd love to get an arcade console of that game, it was really fun and just the right amount of challenging. It was really fun to play with two guns at the same time too.

[Narradisall]

I can touchtype?

I wouldn't think of that as a talent (certainly not on this forum), but it shocks me that I seem to be the only one I know that can actually touch type. I thought everyone could do it?!?!

[Thanasimos]

I can touchtype?

I wouldn't think of that as a talent (certainly not on this forum), but it shocks me that I seem to be the only one I know that can actually touch type. I thought everyone could do it?!?!

A lot of people out there just don't type very much. They've been hunting and pecking for years. Keyboards have been standard fare for something like two decades now -- they're an every day part of people's existences. I don't go a day without typing for at least a few minutes. How is it, then, that people can't touch type? I don't understand at all. I was the shit in high school because I could type faster than all of my friends and do it with my eyes closed. Of course, now I go to tech school, and everybody is like me in that respect.

[Generation ABXY]

I am an acceptable shot with a pistol. This extends to arcade games; last weekend, I idly played some Time Crisis while my sister was in the restroom. When she came out, she watched me for a few minutes, then quietly asked, "You would tell me if you were a government agent, right?"

I was also captain of the college Modern Pentathlon Team and placed 10th in the marksmanship competition.

Ox - he can kill you with his mind or a gun... your choice.

[Handmade.Mercury]

Or his utility belt.

[Karak]

It seems like many of us have a strangely overlapping skill set.

Guns:
I can point shoot at anything within 20 yards and hit it with my fathers 9mm. That means basically not even hold my arm out but even twisting at odd angles, and holding the gun down at my waist. It just feels like I can see where the barrel is pointed without having to actual extend my arm.

I placed first in 5 divisions of Rifle Championships.

I don't use sights on my compound bow but have shot every deer in mid jump in the head or heart.(I don't hunt anymore. Can't stand it now)

I think..we ARE ALL special agents hahahahaha.

[Karak]

I used to be able to foot press like 600lbs twice too back in high school...for a kid who weighed like 140-150, that wasn't too bad. My dad's side of the family just has freakishly large calves, and none of us work on them. They're just pure lean muscle that can work like a piston.

When I wore shorts to work one time years ago, one of the girls I worked with couldn't stop starring at my legs, and she finally went 'do you like, bike EVERYWHERE?!?'

You and I must be brothers.
I can leg extend 410. Which, though its killer on your knees, is freakishly heavy. Most of this is also from martial arts and the kicking motion but the weight to lift ratio is out of this world and I get comments about it all the time.

When doing martial arts we stop kick 2x4's which, when it comes to stop kicks is more than robust. In a month I went through 9. The next time we all spared one of the new rules for me...no stop kicks or no one would spar ha.

[BigJonno]

I have massive leg muscles, the true sign of the physically active fat bastard. When you're around 300lbs and walk several miles a day, you develop legs like iron tree trunks.

First time I ever went hunting I took out a bird, mid-flight, on my first shot. Unfortunately it was actually a member of a protected species and had to be hastily buried. I was seven at the time. Managed to bag me a deer on the way back to the car as well.

[Stoke]

I have massive leg muscles, the true sign of the physically active fat bastard. When you're around 300lbs and walk several miles a day, you develop legs like iron tree trunks.

First time I ever went hunting I took out a bird, mid-flight, on my first shot. Unfortunately it was actually a member of a protected species and had to be hastily buried. I was seven at the time. Managed to bag me a deer on the way back to the car as well.

This cracked me up. Exactly what I needed in the morning.

[kyrieee]

While I am a good whistler, I can do something similar, but a lot more unique: I can make laser sounds, such as from movies or games, by pressing my tongue against the back of my teeth. It freaks people out in crowds, and I am asked how I make those sounds. People always assume I have some device somewhere on me. I can do a few other sounds along the same lines.

I demand a recording! Star Wars blaster sounds!

[Bone]

I must hear you perform Do You Feel Like We Do? now.I told you, that's the one sound I haven't shared with anyone, and I'm not normally shy with sound effects. It's my Magnum- "You gotta tame the beast before you let it out of its cage."

I did practice while riding home from work though. Wearing my open-faced helmet I probably looked hilarious, as mimicking a guitar and voicebox sound really screws up the facial muscles :)

[TheEpicOfTyler]

I can keep my all of my fingers fully straight and then bend only the top knuckle on each of them. I haven't met another person who could do that.

[Bone]

Oh, also I have a single party trick: I can open beer bottles instantly with the butt end of a lighter. Not carrying around a separate tool for this task increases my party productivity by 200%.

[Dorkandproudofit]

Okay, for my actual talent: I have somewhat of a phonographic memory when it comes to music. If I see a movie or play a game or just hear a song on the radio, and I hear music I like, I can immediately go home and pound it out on the piano, long as it isn't too advanced.

Oh, and I can tell you EXACTLY what was going on in the movie/tv show/video game while the music was playing, just from the sound. Exactly. Down to the second mark almost.

I also have a plethora of completely useless history facts that I can come up with off the top of my head at any given time.

[pronounconnoun]

I'm not a very smart person, but I'm most useful when trying to remember trivial information which has no practical application outside of a game of trivial pursuit. My other talent is an inability to remember important information.

[Wally]

I can solve a rubix cube.

[Handmade.Mercury]

I can keep my all of my fingers fully straight and then bend only the top knuckle on each of them. I haven't met another person who could do that.

Do you do it by sort of locking the other knuckles? I can do that, too. My old best friend and I said we had spider fingers.

[Karak]

Okay, for my actual talent: I have somewhat of a phonographic memory when it comes to music. If I see a movie or play a game or just hear a song on the radio, and I hear music I like, I can immediately go home and pound it out on the piano, long as it isn't too advanced.

Oh, and I can tell you EXACTLY what was going on in the movie/tv show/video game while the music was playing, just from the sound. Exactly. Down to the second mark almost.

I also have a plethora of completely useless history facts that I can come up with off the top of my head at any given time.

I have something like that that causes me far more trouble than it is worth. I remember every detail of my day. Originally I was diagnosed with a couple memory issues, then an issue with chemical levels when I was young. But none of them really panned out.
But it is this bad.
A couple weeks ago I was describing a simple trip to a store a couple friends and I took to get milk. And I remembered everything from every single shirt they wore, the car that was in front of us at the 4 stop lights, the ladies name at the register and that she had covered her gray hairs with a dye but it was fading fast.

What causes issues is if I am pissed about something I RAGE. Because I remember every single thing, every slight like it happened yesterday. Hell the last fist fight I was in was over something that I remembered from 7th grade hahahahahaha.

It also seems to be directly tied with my sleep schedule. I usually get 3 hours a night max. If I get more, I begin to lose the memories, if I get 3 or less hours everything is...keen and very sharp in my memory. Doctors tried to figure it out for a couple years but now I just roll with it.

[BigJonno]

Karak, you're clearly an elf. One from the Warhammer fantasy setting. They have eidetic memories and they don't sleep. Every three days they have to meditate for eight hours (during which nothing will wake them) to process their memories and toss out the crap, only choosing to recall the important stuff.

[Stoke]

I told you, that's the one sound I haven't shared with anyone, and I'm not normally shy with sound effects. It's my Magnum- "You gotta tame the beast before you let it out of its cage."

I did practice while riding home from work though. Wearing my open-faced helmet I probably looked hilarious, as mimicking a guitar and voicebox sound really screws up the facial muscles :)

I pictured you driving home with the same face as your avatar with guitar noises coming out of your mouth and that makes your talent even better.

[Bone]

That's basically the face only I'm never drunk on the bike :)

[Akion-Totocha]

I can make figurines out of fondant icing. Goes with the work. Not used that much. But I'm hoping to branch out into iced girls that actually look like the PVC versions. Probably out of royal icing though....

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/057/d/3/neutral_Chao_icing_Figure_5_by_akion_totocha.jpg

[SilentScreams]

Is being able to go two nights without sleep and not feeling even slightly tired a talent? I can do that.
If I get in bed, I can go to sleep, but I can also totally skip sleeping for two nights and not feel it until the third one. It's not something I do often, as I figure sleep is important even if my body is telling me otherwise, but it does come in handy once in a while.

But I'm not sure I'd call that a talent. It's just a weird quirk.

I can make badass pancakes though. I suck at cooking, but pancakes are one thing I can do really well.

[Thanasimos]

I can make figurines out of fondant icing. Goes with the work. Not used that much. But I'm hoping to branch out into iced girls that actually look like the PVC versions. Probably out of royal icing though....

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/057/d/3/neutral_Chao_icing_Figure_5_by_akion_totocha.jpg

God, that makes me want to bust out Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. I beat the game, but kept playing because I wanted an all S-rank chao. If it was your goal to illicit those feelings, you are a success.

[Akion-Totocha]

God, that makes me want to bust out Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. I beat the game, but kept playing because I wanted an all S-rank chao. If it was your goal to illicit those feelings, you are a success.

*curtsies* Thank you. It was my intention. It was for a friend actually. Who wanted a neutral Chao.

I much preferred the idea of tiny sugar woman that tasted sweet when you licked them... but he liked Chaos more.. so that's what he got.

[Hawkzombie]

Anyone who can model something out of anything (this case chao's out of icing) gets a gold star in my book. That stuff is difficult (I've tried :p) and I have a lot of respect for ANY kind of artist, really.

[Karak]

Karak, you're clearly an elf. One from the Warhammer fantasy setting. They have eidetic memories and they don't sleep. Every three days they have to meditate for eight hours (during which nothing will wake them) to process their memories and toss out the crap, only choosing to recall the important stuff.

Holy shit!
Summed up right there hahahahahah

[Karak]

Anyone who can model something out of anything (this case chao's out of icing) gets a gold star in my book. That stuff is difficult (I've tried :p) and I have a lot of respect for ANY kind of artist, really.

True story. I got a block of modeling clay and worked for 3 solid days on what I considered to be my masterpiece. A massive stone monolith for my Heroscape game.

Only to discover with horror that I had molded the block...into a fucking rectangle and that was it.

I shit you not my brother began retching he was laughing so hard. Each time I pull that thing out of the gaming box we damn near shit at my 3 day masterpiece.

A block of clay molded into a rectangle of clay.

[Hawkzombie]

True story. I got a block of modeling clay and worked for 3 solid days on what I considered to be my masterpiece. A massive stone monolith for my Heroscape game.

Only to discover with horror that I had molded the block...into a fucking rectangle and that was it.

I shit you not my brother began retching he was laughing so hard. Each time I pull that thing out of the gaming box we damn near shit at my 3 day masterpiece.

A block of clay molded into a rectangle of clay.

That fucking made my day man.

[Karak]

That fucking made my day man.

I am glad. It is the basis of no end of laughter. I was so proud with my hurting hands and creaky neck from working that fucking thing into a rectangle.

[Blue]

I used to play the violin but I don't any more. Played for President Bush Sr. and he bought me ice cream. Played with Yo Yo Ma which was incredible. Played with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and got to perform with the cast of Sesame Street Live. Oscar made fun of me. That was also incredible. So while not talents, they make for some decent stories.

Now I just draw a webcomic. Mostly lame by comparison.

[Ox]

This wasn't a competition, and yet somehow we just lost to Blue anyway.

[Krispy]

This wasn't a competition, and yet somehow we just lost to Blue anyway.

You must have missed the bit where Karak molds a rectangle out of a block.

[Karak]

You must have missed the bit where Karak molds a rectangle out of a block.

In every game there must be a loser:)

[Ink Asylum]

This wasn't a competition, and yet somehow we just lost to Blue anyway.

Shit, wait, I forgot to mention my minor talent of being able to make women orgasm with just a thought.

[Sazime]

Shit, wait, I forgot to mention my minor talent of being able to make women orgasm with just a thought.
Pfft, I can impregnate a man from 30 paces. That's right, 30 PACES!

[Dorkandproudofit]

Pfft, I can impregnate a man from 30 paces. That's right, 30 PACES!

Wow! That's incredib--waitaminnut...


DID YOU SAY A MAN?! :eek:

[Thanasimos]

Wow! That's incredib--waitaminnut...


DID YOU SAY A MAN?! :eek:

It's not that uncommon. I can do it. . . at three hundred yards. O_O

[Narradisall]

Pffft, I can do it from one mile away.

The wind has to be right though, and I have to be celibate for a year prior.

[Panthera]

Pffft, I can do it from one mile away.

The wind has to be right though, and I have to be celibate for a year prior.

So you're basically Batman - you can do anything with enough prep time.

[Akion-Totocha]

Aha! Panthera your DP is amazing.

[Handmade.Mercury]

I'm not going to ask.

[Generation ABXY]

Boy, did I form the wrong impression of you, Panthera - you dog! :D

[Panthera]

My Display Picture is Pikachu (http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/133715/Body+Slam/) about to recieve Body Slam from a Wailord. :p

[Handmade.Mercury]

Mmmm, nah. I don't think that's right.

[Akion-Totocha]

Yeah, I absolutely love your DP. :3 8D ^___^ <3

[Generation ABXY]

You guys have your explanation; HM and I have ours.

[Bone]

I'm still just trying to work out the one-man DP move and appropriate it as my own.

[Krispy]

Bone, I'll help. Oh... wait...

[Ox]

Okay, now Panthera has taken the lead.

[Handmade.Mercury]

I think Panthera now has the right to the user title, "Bakes Your Muffin."

[Blue]

Okay, now Panthera has taken the lead.

This is the closest I've ever been to winning anything and now it's gone.

[Dostoyevsky]

I possess the amazing ability to go entire days without speaking to anyone, or instead, say the worst thing possible at the worst time.

Actually sometimes I staring humming a song that will later appear on the radio. Odd.

[Urizen]

I used to play the violin but I don't any more. Played for President Bush Sr. and he bought me ice cream. Played with Yo Yo Ma which was incredible. Played with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and got to perform with the cast of Sesame Street Live. Oscar made fun of me. That was also incredible. So while not talents, they make for some decent stories.

Now I just draw a webcomic. Mostly lame by comparison.

That is awesome.

I realize I have one more minor talent to contribute. I suppose this one qualifies even more because it took me so long to realize it was worth contributing. After all, why would a minor talent just spring to mind as noteworthy?

Anyway, I taught myself how to drum. Some years ago, I bought a pair or drumsticks to keep in the car and drum on the steering wheel when I'm stuck in traffic. It was more to do something with my restlessness given the circumstances but I think I've managed to become reasonably adept. If I ever start drumming around a stranger, they'll compliment my ability, and I've managed to use different parts of the car for different sounds, from snare to high hat. The visor, steering wheel, dash, windshield, center panel and even the handbrake are all part of my set.

I'm thinking of investing in an actual drum set to take my education to the next level. I have no doubt I'd be reasonably good within a very short time.

Also, I used to play the harmonium, which is the unsexiest musical instrument known to man.

[Bone]

Mount some contact pads in your car at strategic locations, hook 'em up to a synth then into your car radio and become a traveling drummer. That would be awesome.

[Narradisall]

Until you crash.

[Urizen]

Easy with the jokes, man. It's hard enough to drum and read COG while I drive.

Shit like that compels me to post as well.

[Narradisall]

What, you mean you aren't listening to music either?

Or watching TV, cooking?

http://download.lardlad.com/framegrabs/EABF15/28.jpg

[Inspector Fowler]

Playing the violin isn't really a minor talent. While most people are deeply programmed to enjoy music, actual musical talent is somewhat rare, and to be good enough to play with Yo-Yo Ma (I hate you, BTW) isn't minor or insignificant. Hardly a day goes by that I don't regret putting my instrument down, even though I am very happy with my life.

Here, as an example of a minor talent: It is impossible for me to pick the fast checkout lane at a grocery store - I am unable to pick anything but the slowest lane, no matter how hard I try. My wife and friends have all noticed and commented on this. Stores could use this to weed out their slow checkers but nobody at WalMart has noticed yet.