Your hideously fantastic talent

[MysticSang'ha]

I can do any split with my legs, right/left/straddle. I can kick up past my head. And I've executed quintuple pirouettes before. I can also do that one yoga balance where your entire body is held on one elbow.

But what tends to get the most ooooohs and aaaaahs is when I put my ankles behind my neck. And feel free to take in in any context you'd like.

 

[Revoltingest]

I can do any split with my legs, right/left/straddle. I can kick up past my head. And I've executed quintuple pirouettes before. I can also do that one yoga balance where your entire body is held on one elbow.

But what tends to get the most ooooohs and aaaaahs is when I put my ankles behind my neck. And feel free to take in in any context you'd like.

Goahoahoahoahoahoahoahoahllllllleeeeeee!
(Imagine that with Gomer Pyle's voice.)

 

[dust1n]

But what tends to get the most ooooohs and aaaaahs is when I put my ankles behind my neck. And feel free to take in in any context you'd like.

I can do that, too, but I only prefer one very simple context to take this in.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

Goahoahoahoahoahoahoahoahllllllleeeeeee!
(Imagine that with Gomer Pyle's voice.)

Gomer Pyle?

That's more of a hideous talent than a fantastic one, R.

 

[Revoltingest]

That's more of a hideous talent than a fantastic one, R.

Twas not a talent, but rather a comment upon yours.
Sheeeeezzzzzzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaim!

 

[MysticSang'ha]

Twas not a talent, but rather a comment upon yours.
Sheeeeezzzzzzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaim!

Yeah I know. But I can do stuff like that too.

Daaaaaayyyyyyuuuuummmmmm homey!

I like messing with ya. But that's not really a talent. That's more like I-just-don't-give-a-(blank).

 

[Revoltingest]

Yeah I know. But I can do stuff like that too.

Daaaaaayyyyyyuuuuummmmmm homey!

I like messing with ya. But that's not really a talent. That's more like I-just-don't-give-a-(blank).

You're being too modest.
Talent is being able to do stuff well, & a most amazing talent you have!

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I can move my abdominal muscles so it looks like waves rolling down my stomach.

 

[Engyo]

But what tends to get the most ooooohs and aaaaahs is when I put my ankles behind my neck. And feel free to take in in any context you'd like.

Oooooooohhhh! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! OOOooooooooOOOOoooooohhhhhhh!!!!! AAAaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!

 

[Wirey]

I can move my abdominal muscles so it looks like waves rolling down my stomach.

Me too! But mine is involuntary. Especially on bumpy roads.

 

[Penumbra]

I can do any split with my legs, right/left/straddle. I can kick up past my head. And I've executed quintuple pirouettes before. I can also do that one yoga balance where your entire body is held on one elbow.

But what tends to get the most ooooohs and aaaaahs is when I put my ankles behind my neck. And feel free to take in in any context you'd like.

I can put my feet behind my head as well, but I don't like to because it looks funny. I can also do splits and stuff, and do a standing split where I stick one leg straight in the air at 180 degrees or so. Plus I can kick multiple times above my head without putting my foot down.

But I don't know how to balance on one elbow. I'm not even sure what that would look like.

 

[Wirey]

I did the splits one time, but it was during a motorcylce wipeout, so I'm not sure if it counts. I can also accurately describe the taste of gravel. It tastes like agony.

 

[Herr Heinrich]

I can spell words under 5 letters correctly most of the tim. Oh yeah!

Hey that's my name!

 

[Herr Heinrich]

I can slam a revolving door.

You ARE NOT CHUCK NORRIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Alceste]

I'm not the best genealogist in the world, but I'm the best one you're likely to encounter without being a genealogist yourself. I don't have the encyclopedic knowledge of Megan Smolenyak, the brilliance of Gilbert H. Doane, or the narrative genius of Alex Haley, but I'm pretty damned good. I once traced someone's ancestry to four generations starting with nothing but information found on her Facebook page. I'm also pretty lucky. I once stood in front of a shelf full of bound copies of genealogy periodicals, selected a volume at random and opened it at random -- to a page that contained a transcription of my second-great-grandfather's estate inventory.

A similar accident happened to my aunt and I - we got lost one day out in the country and when we pulled into a random building to try to get a map it turned out to be some kind of archive building. We looked ourselves up and got a summarized history of five generations of our ancestors which tailed off about the same time the ones we're familiar with came into being. There aren't many Nodwells around and I am related to all the ones I've ever met. That leads me to believe the name must have been invented when my great (X6) grandfather immigrated to Canada from Ireland, which makes me wonder if maybe he wasn't in some kind of trouble...

 

[croak]

I can croak and caw (not exactly amazing). I can also bark. Maybe meow.

But talents, hm... can't really think of anything. Call me talentless.

 

[Alceste]

I can get stared at by children and dogs, even in a crowd.

 

[Revoltingest]

I can forget basic useful things. I'd give examples, but.....

 

[MysticSang'ha]

I can put my feet behind my head as well, but I don't like to because it looks funny. I can also do splits and stuff, and do a standing split where I stick one leg straight in the air at 180 degrees or so. Plus I can kick multiple times above my head without putting my foot down.

But I don't know how to balance on one elbow. I'm not even sure what that would look like.

Niiiice!!! Gymnastics, ballet, or both? I'm a professionally trained dancer. And for the record, it looks like your panche is better than mine. I used to be able to pull a 180 degree panche in toe shoes, but not anymore. Well done!

Back in the day, I could do a back handspring when I was a middle school cheerleader. And then one day when I jumped back, either I lost my bearings in that split second or I didn't jump right, but I wound up landing on my neck on a hardwood gym floor. Yeah, so, that scarred me (big time), and I could sort of do back handsprings after that, but never without a spotter.

Ok, yoga balance....(I've been away from my laptop all week, so I struggle with copy-pasting images)...crouch down, place two hands on the floor, pick one of the elbows to rest your outer thigh on and place the other leg on top of it - as if you're in a semi fetal position on your elbow.

Voilà! Neato balance! I started nailing that well back in my 20s.

 

[Penumbra]

I can fail at virtually every sport that requires hand-eye coordination.

So while I am competent at things like skiing or martial arts that involve balance, or flexibility, or strength, or speed, or skill of movement, I am horrible at things like basketball, football, soccer, tennis, and so forth. I become so awkward as I try to react to the ball, and have poor spatial perception of what teammates are doing on the field around me.