Random, Weird, or Useless Talents

[insanepurpleone]

Random, weird, or useless talents. Everyone has at least one, right? That thing you can do that might be fun to do to show off but is a little odd or has almost no practical application?

Or what about something you've always wanted to be able to do, even if there's not much of a good reason for it?

My random talent is riding my bike with no hands. Other than keeping my hands warm and looking cool, it's not particularly useful. (And admittedly, probably not the safest way to ride a bike.)

And I've kind of always wanted to be able to walk on my hands, but considering my (extremely) limited gymnastic abilities, I don't see that happening anytime soon. XD

So what are yours?

[Snackbox]

I-I-I-I don't have one D: All my friends have super weird hidden talents and I'm trying to find mine D:

[lemmykoopa300]

After quite a few years not listening to "Weird Al" Yankovic, I found out recently that I still know all the words to his 11 minute spoken word, "Albuquerque." Tell me when that's going to come in handy?

I also still know a monologue from King Lear that I had to perform last November. I don't know when that will come in handy either.

Those facts being said, I have a pretty good memory. That can come in handy, but I seem to know the most random things by heart.

As for things I'd like to do? I want to be ambidextrous. I also would like to learn to play a myriad of instruments; I've got three I can play (I'd hardly call that unusual though), but I want to learn some odd ones like the accordion and the bassoon.

[M is for Morphine]

I can turn my eyelids inside out, does that count?

[Breakingchains]

Well... I can identify most languages just by looking at the way they look or the way the words are put together, despite not actually knowing any of them. People tell me that's unusual, but I'm not sure if it actually is or not.

[Gav]

I can make a sound in my mouth that people have said sounds like... a gecko? Or something. :/

[Gelquie]

Well, I have perfect pitch. I've only met one other person who really has it. And it's not just in sound; I can determine the pitch of some vibrations as well if I feel them.

Oh, and I can draw pretty good circles without trying very hard, but that came with practice.

Um... I can't think of any more right now. XD;

[Muffin]

I can't draw to save my life, but I can illuminate letters rather prettily, like in very old manuscripts. Also, I can memorize stuff quickly, and come up with really stupid stories in under thirty seconds 8D And recognize languages, like Chains owo

[selmette]

I've been told I'm eerily persuasive and influential, but I don't think that's true. D;

And I don't know if that's a talent at all. xD

I can also name any song I've ever heard before(if only once) within the first four notes.

[Char]

I could once (don't know if I can now) whistle like a bird or a robin. One time my grandmother (from my father's side) and I were walking outside, and there was this bird on the roof of our apartment building. I whistled to it and it responded, and we had a 'chat' of sorts while my grandmother watched. Same thing happened in an outdoor educational center where I freaked out our guide, who thought there was an actual cuckoo bird in the clock. -laugh-

I can skate. I guess that's a tad useless unless I become great at it.

I have a lot of weird talents but I lack the ability to recall some of them at the moment.

[Random Cameo Neotomi]

I can do a weird newton's cradle thing with my eyes, where basically I start out cross eyed, then one of my pupuils swings right, then back, "bonking" the other pupuil which swings left and back, and so on and so on.

I can also speed up my heartrate significantly without doing anything

And I can also turn my face red but I rarely do it because I hear I could pop an artery while doing it

[Dju]

Wooow, you guys gotta lot of funny talents! XD

I can put my legs behind my head ^-^
It's really fun, and once I standed on my hands with a leg behind my head!

Oh oh oh! And with some help of my friends, I managed to put one leg behind my head, kneel down and get pushed by my friends while using rollerblades with four wheels! It was really fun! XD


OH OH OH! And I can sing like a chimpmunk! XD

[lemmykoopa300]

Jan 28, 2011 21:08:32 GMT -5 Gelquie said:

Well, I have perfect pitch. I've only met one other person who really has it. And it's not just in sound; I can determine the pitch of some vibrations as well if I feel them.

I am so envious of that! I'd love to teach myself that. I'm pretty decent at determining the keys of songs by listening to them, but I'm nowhere near perfect pitch.

[Deleted]

So Purple can ride with no handlebars? =D *brick'd*

Um. I don't really think I have any weirdly amazing talents.

I guess I have a pretty good memory when it comes to songs. On my iPod, all I have to do is hear the first second or two of music and I instantly know what I am listening to, and I have a knack for remembering song lyrics, even if I've only heard the song once before, but I think that's mostly due to the fact that I listen to music so much that it has become ingrained in my brain. xD;

[Squiesh]

Uhhhh I can wiggle my ears? I dunno. XD