What do you suck at?

[SallyMander]

I suck a folding fitted sheets. I really, truly suck at it.

Does anyone else have some basic skill that they just can't master?


C'mon, guys, make me feel better about myself... :P

[ohiosmith]

1. Cannibalism. I guess it's an acquired taste.

[SallyMander]

4. LOL... if you TRULY sucked

you would be a vampire

(bah dum CHING!)

[Xipe Totec]

5. Did I mention that pork tastes like human?

By the way, I suck at small talk...

[GOPisEvil]

2. Doing math in my head.

I can do (basic) math if I write it out, but I SUCK at doing anything beyond very simple addition and subtraction in my head.

[EstimatedProphet]

89. Me too

All the worse because I'm working as a statistician right now. Fortunately I never need to do math in my head as part of my job.

[lightningandsnow]

3. Writing legibly

My handwriting is truly dreadful. It looks like a 6-year-old's. It's also really exhausting for me to write...mentally and physically.

Interestingly enough, I couldn't write at all until I was 6 and a half years old. Or tie my shoes, really.

[Skittles]

53. same here Ms. Aspie

much easier now with email. :)

My autistic brother (possibly Aspie - never officially diaganosed) was seven when he learned to speak and write but was much older when he learned how to tie his shoes. He's left-handed and the rest of the family is right - we struggled teaching him how to tie his shoes until a left-handed boyfriend of mine (when I was a teenager) taught him in five minutes how to tie his shoes LOL

[redqueen]

6. Everything.

I do everything wrong. Or at least badly.

[SallyMander]

10. False!

Because you are here, i can be fairly certain that you VOTE correctly! :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. No, she doesn't - redqueen is a republican. She can't even find freerepublic.com correctly.

:rofl:

[redqueen]

27. .

x(

[redqueen]

25. Oh, good point.

Okay so... everything but voting. :)

[Deja Q]

37. How do you know that?

[redqueen]

40. Experience, natch.

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

7. Anything that requires grace and elegance.

Also bowling and miniature golf...

[SallyMander]

23. I'm only good at bowling

after 2 beers. Maybe that's your problem. No more, no less. :D

[Guava Jelly]

24. Hmm I'll try that!

Thank you for the tip.
I can play just one game split a pitcher of brew and be golden..:woohoo:

[SallyMander]

26. All strikes all the time!

Fo' sho! ;)

[Tom_Foolery]

8. Life

[MrCoffee]

9. i have zero musical aptitude

i can't carry a tune to save my life. in junior high, i held a french horn in band. literally, i was asked not to play at concerts in exchange for which i got out of class for band trips.

[PeaceNikki]

35. Did you at least simulate playing it or did you simply stand there holding your french horn?

Is "french horn" a euphemism?

[MrCoffee]

38. i'm serious..i was that bad.

i was so awful that the band director asked me to pretend to play. so i sat there with the horn held up, doing all the fingerings, and not making a peep.

i used to be really pissed about it, but i have to admit, i was atrocious. but, the deal was good for me. i got out of class for the equivalent of a couple of weeks a year.

[yardwork]

50. I was asked by my high school chorus director not to sing during concerts.

First he asked me to quit chorus, and when I refused because I didn't want to be a quitter (he begged me to be a quitter), he asked me to lipsync during concerts. Sometimes I got carried away and sang anyway, and then he'd mouth at me "you're flat!"

I'm still convinced that somehow, someway, I might be able to sing.

[FloridaJudy]

11. Learning new languages

My brain seems stuck in "English mode". I can learn enough of Latin-based languages to get by, if I try really hard, but anything Germanic or Slavic leaves me speaking baby-talk after months of living in the country in question.

And I really suck at playing any musical instrument. I must have the notorious "tin ear" (which might explain some of my language problem as well).

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. Straws.

In thick malted chocolate.

[mwooldri]

13. Driving. I hate it I hate it I hate it! And I have no choice in the matter.

If I could use public transportation for getting around then I'd use it. Except I work crazy hours, the bus doesn't even run close to our house and it's a 25 mile commute to work.

I have dents and dings in the minivan, a couple of scrapes on the car. I live with them rather than filing insurance claims otherwise my premiums would be through the roof.

[Mojambo]

14. Cooking.

Can't do it. Even the simplest of things I fuck up like you wouldn't believe.

[mwooldri]

22. I need a recipe on how to boil water. Yep, you're not the only one who sucks at cooking. (nt)

[YankeyMCC]

15. That's funny

I was just trying to fold fitted sheets the other day and thinking I had the same failing. I ended up just balling them up and stuffing them into the linen closest...I mean who cares if the sheets are wrinkled right? lol

But other than that...I suck at pronunciation of foreign languages...if I really work at it I get the vocabulary and even enough grammer but I can never make my New England lips and tongue form anything that doesn't sound like ... well like I was raised in New England.

[SallyMander]

21. One time i was folding sheets with my mom

and she called my folding job a "glorified wad." That still cracks me up... hey, at least it's glorified! :D

[DS1]

16. learning foreign languages

unless I'm speaking to a computer

[flvegan]

17. Nippl...uh, nevermind.

Let's keep it clean, right?

[SallyMander]

20. At, not on!

Watch yer prepositions, boy!

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Being a thoughtless tacky American consumption-driven shitbag

That is, I suck at being normal.

[SallyMander]

31. Waaaaait a minute...

i don't think that counts!

[MrCoffee]

33. don't count yourself short

you've almost perfected "shitbag"

[Rabrrrrrr]

41. One more round with Danny Terrio, and I'll have it!

:woohoo:

[LynzM]

45. Same here, Rabrrrrrr.

Sucks, doesn't it?

Oh, wait, never mind, no it doesn't! :toast:

[bigwillq]

28. Drawing

Singing

[Redstone]

29. Uh, actually, nothing.

Redstone

[SacredCow]

30. Ironing.

Thankfully, the dry cleaners do a pretty good job.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Pretty much everything.

It's just a matter of relative suckage. Sometimes I can get through a whole day without seriously fucking anything up; other days everything I do sucks severely.

[lost-in-nj]

34. Well... you got all night??? LOL

Legible cursive writing.....
drawing.....
coping....

BUT!!!! I am GREAT at reconciling my checkbook!!!!!!!

always even!!!!


and I cook a mean Thanksgiving dinner


lost

[qwertyMike]

36. Marriage

3 strikes

But 2 great kids

[DarkTirade]

39. Everything that I'm not good at. :)

[momto3]

42. You mean there is a proper way to fold fitted sheets?

I wad them up and put them in the closet. Hey, at least they are clean!

[SOteric]

43. Bowling.

[SallyMander]

48. See my reply #23

Might help you out ;)

[SOteric]

54. *L*

I'm kinda small and a lightweight. After two beers I'd be asleep.

[DS1]

77. "After two beers I'd be asleep."

[momto3]

44. I really suck at drawing.

Even my stick figures are bad.

[BarenakedLady]

46. Math

My 10 year old's math homework is beyond my capabilities.

:blush:

[yellowdogintexas]

83. same here. Also drawing, riding bicycles, skating and most athletic

activities which require coordination, although I am a pretty good dancer.

[Skittles]

47. road directions

I get lost a lot

[SallyMander]

49. Ooh, me too!

I am especially hopeless if people say things like "go south on..." Excuse me? As if i know which way south is??? :crazy:

I need lefts and rights here, people!!! :D

[Skittles]

55. that's me

no good with distances either - much better to say in about five minutes than to say in five or ten miles or so :o

[lizziegrace]

52. I swear

I get lost backing out of my driveway.

My parents got me a navigation system for Christmas but gave it to me early when I got lost picking them up at the airport last weekend. I've lived here 12 years. :(

[Skittles]

56. I'm so terrible at reversing directions too

for example, I'll have it written....right here, left here....but when I try to REVERSE it, it somehow never works and I end up hopelessly lost :o

[lizziegrace]

57. I have one word

Garmin. It's WONDERFUL!! I have trouble reversing too.

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

68. ...

:rofl:









I'm sorry, lg, but...









:rofl:










Shit, this is so MEAN! But I just can't HELP it.

:rofl:







:hug:

[lizziegrace]

69. It *is* pretty funny

remember, if you're lacking in one area, you make up for it in others. Just sayin...

O8)

:P

[Inchworm]

51. Continuing a single thought process in a straight line

My thoughts bear little fruit but have many branches.

:P

EDIT: OH! Look a squirrel!!

[SallyMander]

58. Best. Analogy. Ever.

Love it!!!

[otherlander]

59. Looking at people.

¬ ¬
 -

[deadparrot]

60. Public speaking.

I look up, see people are staring at me, and my mind goes blank. It's baaaad.

[momophile]

74. I went blank once

back in high school. couldn't even remember where I was.

I've gotten a little better over the past 20 years, but it's still a great big fear of mine.
:hi:

[LostInAnomie]

61. Not being awesome

I just can't do it.

[Richardo]

62. Chess

I understand each piece's move, but I cannot grasp the strategy of the game. Many have tried - it's just one of my blind spots.

[underpants]

73. Me too-video games as well

I have gotten my clock cleaned at chess so routinely that I stopped playing.

[fizzgig]

63. life

i am such a damn emo kid :P

[ruiner4u]

64. spelling....

Spell check is my friend...:)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

65. Vacuuming

I really suck at it.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

66. Sorry, but I guess I'm a little embarrassed to write about it...

... could I ask you folks to just listen to the first 22 seconds of this video and let that serve as my response? Thanks in advance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlJ7x45dQ8E&feature=related

[TK421]

67. math....I've hated it since grade school

have excelled in every other subject, but math always seemed like a bunch of bullshit to me.

To this day, I have YET to deal with anything involving Algebra...especially those retarded fucking integers!!!

[KG]

70. fellatio.

[momophile]

71. measuring with a tape measure - I've screwed up a couple

of major times. moral of this story: have my husband check if it's important.

[MrScorpio]

72. Math

I've always sucked at it

[SoxFan]

75. anything mechanical

Car repairs, electrical work, plumbing...not my thing.

When I took the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery), the results for the mechanical aptitude section was "stay away from my fucking helicopter, you menace".

[Pacifist Patriot]

76. Pretty much anything that requires grace and balance.

[Perry Logan]

78. Every mammal has to suck at something.

[Iggo]

79. Eggs.

Can't make 'em. Not scrambled, over-easy, sunnyside-up down or sideways. I've been trying every now and again over the last 40 years, and I just can't do it.

[fizzgig]

92. i'm no good at eggs, either

i don't eat them, but i try to make them for other people and they always come out a mess

welcome to du, btw

:hi:

[kwassa]

80. Popsicles

[Perseid]

81. I'm just a sucker

for threads such as this!

[Godhumor]

82. Singing, I was so bad that

While singing karaoke in Japan a person turned the volume of my microphone off.

After that I stuck to rap.

[Aristus]

84. Throwing a ball. You can't taunt me by saying I throw like a girl.

Girls throw MUCH better than me.

:crazy:

[SoxFan]

87. I will never use that expression

I played in a softball tournament in law school. Being left handed and not fleet of foot, I played first base. Nobody told me that the soft-spoken young woman at short-stop had just played four years of NCAA fastpitch softball at Missouri Southern University. I discovered that in a hurry on the first ground out.

[RetroLounge]

85. Several things, all of which I will no longer attempt...

1) Love

2) Marriage

3) Drinking

4) Drugs

5) Time Travel

RL

[SPKrazy]

86. I seem to suck at

patience

marriage

dealing with aloneness

being able to concentrate on things very long

i'm sure there's more

but

thats enough

[AlCzervik]

88. i am about a graceful as a hippo in a tutu except my tutu has stains and rips.

and unfortunately my daughter has inherited my lack of grace and coordination.

[Generic Brad]

90. Baseball

It is beyond my physical abilities, even in my youth.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

91. Everything

[nadine_mn]

93. whistling

can't do it

ooh fitted sheets are a bitch, I ball em up and through in the closet

[skyblue]

94. Art, conversation, social skills nt

[fudge stripe cookays]

95. Bowling.

I'm a gutter gal. Completely uncoordinated.