"Useless Talents"

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What's your most useless talent? Something you are proud of (for some reason) that will never be used for anyting other than a conversation piece?

Mine happens to be a complete, savant-level ability to identify television actors even if it's been fifteen or more years since they had a real career. I can identify them, tell you what they've done (I can't give ALL their credits, but I can give a pretty decent sample), when their careers were at their peak, etc. This ability is mostly good for actors from the 1950s to the middle 1990s, with some carry-overs to the present. The talent is starting to wane, however, due primarily to too many non-talent "reality shows" currently showing, and more cable-based shows, which are knocking out more traditional programming.

The ability does also extend to a vast knowledge of television shows from the same period of time, insofar as what the shows were about, their casts, and many episodic synopses.

So what talent or ability do you have that is as trivial as mine?

:)

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. I don't have any...

but my girlfriend can make her stomach grumble on command. She clearly had way too much time on her hands before meeting me. :-)

[Robb]

2. You're a TV savant!!

That's actually pretty cool... :)

Talent or ability....hmm. Well, my fingernails and toenails are tough as, well, nails. I can drive home flathead screws with my thumb, bend open bottlecaps, lever up big pieces of floor tile... they're really strong. I have to soak them for a half hour to even be able to cut them with a normal nailclipper, and even then it takes everything I have in hand strength (I've broken a few clippers).

Not a "talent", exactly, but I rarely need a bottle opener or screwdriver! :)

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. I discovered a talent this weekend I never knew I had

I'm a great sugar packet artist, apparently.

I was waiting in a bar with some friends when one of them threw some sugar packets he swiped from TGI-Fridays on the table.

I took them, opened them and spread the sugar on the table. Then I created a damn good (if I do say so) picture of the Grinch out of sugar. It was so impressive women were coming up to me, looking over my shoulder as I was creating it.

Too bad my g/f was sitting next to me, she looked pissed at all the women folk oogling me and my sugar painting.

[arwalden]

4. With My Tongue, I Can Tie Cherry Stems In A Knot.

-- Allen

[ret5hd]

7. that probably doesn't count...

because that is definitely a marketable talent.

[displacedtexan]

18. My daughter can do that! Did you go to Interlochen?

Cherry stem tongue knotting seems to be a requirement for Interlochen alumni (Michigan cherry season, you know).

[gold_bug]

5. I can kick the top of a door frame

without jumping. Karate kick! I'm 5'10", average height, so that's pretty good. :crazy:

[Drifter]

6. Does Juggling 7 balls ...

count as useless ?

I guess if forced to, I could make money doing that, but I would never want too.

Cheers
Drifter

[YellowRubberDuckie]

8. I can't mention it...NO SEX THREADS, remember?

LOL
But seriously, I'm an extremely good driver. I have a few friends who are cops who tell me that I'm extremely talented and that if I ever decide to become a cop of some sort, I'd have no problem in that area. Now I just need to learn to shoot, and we'd be all set.
Duckie

[arwalden]

9. Heh-heh... You Said "Driver"... Heh-heh

I thought sex-threads were forbidden.

-- Allen

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. Allen, I'm a girl, remember!?

[arwalden]

12. I Know...

Women can drive too. I'm imagining all sorts of things that I cannot describe here. LOL.

Love, Allen

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. That's hilarious...

I like to think that I'm not as pervy as Skip says I am now...because I have no idea. LOL
Duckie

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[VOX]

14. I can make FOUR noises from my mouth at once!

This one makes my wife crazy. I put a little bit of air in each cheek, and get a duck-like racket out of those, I then hum with my larynx, and finally, I whistle with my lips. Four distinct sources of sound all going at the same time.

My wife usual comment, after she busts up laughing: "That doesn't sound human and is very disturbing."

[geniph]

15. I do great cold readings of plays

always makes people think I'd be wonderful in performance. Unfortunately, I never get any better - so I stick to a group that just does readings of Shakespeare in cafes.

[LastKnight]

16. i can make all the hair on my head move without touching it.

meaning i can move my scalp on command, weird huh?

if youve ever seen conan o'brien do it then you know what im talking about, it makes my hair look fake lol

that and i can wiggle my ears too. nutin special.

-LK

[renegade000]

17. can make a perfume still from random pots and pans

people have sometimes equated me with macgyver :P

[Insider]

19. jumble in the newspaper

i barely glance at the letters and start writing the word. my middle brother giggles outloud. he works in pest control and is easily tickled.

and scrabble.

[Jack_Dawson]

20. What happened to Conrad Bain?

[baldguy]

21. I can do hexadecimal arithmetic in my head.

to three significant digits.

Unfortunately, I'm a really suckey programmer.

[mykpart]

22. I remember the words to every stupid, silly

song from my childhood. And there were a lot of them.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

23. My ex's sister could belch the ENTIRE alphabet

with only two breaths. It's amazing to see. Puts guys to shame.

[grannylib]

24. I can pop my hips in and out of their sockets