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Come on, everyone has one...a simple thing that you've tried to learn, but just can't. Mine is that two-fingered piercing whistle. My brother can do one that could split your eardrum, and he tried and tried to teach me, but I just can't get it.
Or maybe it's something that everyone can do but you just never had the chance to learn, like one person I know who can't ride a bike.
Fess up, people!
I cannot ice skate, never could and in fact I doubt I could even roller skate any more.
I can't whistle at all. Not with two fingers, not without fingers. Just nope, ain't happenin'.
I used to be able to do cartwheels, but lost the ability after breaking my wrist at eight. Same with backflips. Sigh.
I can't raise one eyebrow. I can't do that forced spitting that's so popular with scumbag kids.
I can't touch my nose with my tongue, although my sister can.
I can't climb a ladder higher than two stories - my vertigo becomes almost paralyzing.
I can't remember the names of most flowers and trees, no matter how hard I try. It's like my brain refuses to store them.
I can't tie my shoes so that they stay tied all day. Even my double knots tend to work their way loose.
You let your sister touch your nose with her tongue? :DQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Anyway, I can't:
- do that two fingered wolf whistle. I can whistle a tune just fine, but not taxi-summoning whistle for me.
- juggle. Tried to learn multiple times.
- sleep in past about 7:00AM, no matter how late I was up the night before. No alarm needed. Today's Sunday. I was up at 6.
I can't skate. This is a pretty big deal in Canada, although less so once you're middle-aged.
Balance just wasn't a strong point of mine as a kid, I guess.
OneCent, heh. You knew what I meant.
I can't juggle, either.
I can't memorize most complicated sequences or strings of things without using mnemonics.
I can't shoot pool or bowl worth a damn, although I have fun when I play.
I cannot eat a croissant without spreading crumbs everywhere.
Well, that's hardly unique. Nobody can eat a croissant without creating croisshrapnel. :DQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Quit you fuckers. :LOL:
Awww Ryan you ole divil, how are things? My bruvnor's spending some of Christmas in your fair city.
Tis a pretty place around Christmas, good choice. I'm well and hope you are the same.
You know what else I can't do? I can't throw a football without looking like some noodle armed geek, which is funny as I'm actually quite athletic, at least I was when it mattered. Something about a football though just gives me fits, I throw short, loopy, inaccurate footballs.
This is actually me too. I know you're a bigger guy than I am, so it might not be the same case with you, but in my case it's simply that my hand is too small to grip a pro sized football well. I went from being a good passer in junior high school, to a purveyor of wounded ducks in high school and adulthood, simply because my friends and teams all graduated to a bigger football. :(Quote:
Originally posted by Cluricaun
I think that's my problem too, but the really weird thing is that I don't exactly have small hands. I'm not Lennox Lewis or anything but I'm probably right at the mean for middle aged white guy hand size. I can throw Nerf footballs pretty well, but forget about a pro sized. Other guys that are the same size as me or even smaller don't seem to have this issue though, so I suspect that I might actually be a woman or Andy Dick.Quote:
Originally posted by OneCentStamp
American Manhood In Crisis: A 60 Minutes Special
Oh, believe me, having small hands makes me feel better about my manhood more often than worse. :DQuote:
Originally posted by The Original An Gadaí