Home'scool Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 You know, that weird thing that you can do like curl your tongue or wiggle your ears ..... I can move my scalp. Sounds weird, I know, but I can make my scalp move back and forth by raising my eyebrows. My bangs actually lower by about an inch! So, what's yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can pull my lips in multiple directions with an "invisible string." It's very attractive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I have no idea... I'm mostly trying to avoid choking on air or tripping over nothing or swallowing my foot.... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue... :biggrinjester: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue... :biggrinjester: Me, too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can throw my voice. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can touch my nose with my tongue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I know it's the wrong term, but we always said "double jointed" for the things I can do. Like bend my thumbs at 90 degree angles and bend my fingers to look creepy. My friend in grade school could bend his thumbs at a right angle. He was quite a comedian. He used to hold his thumbs up to his face and blow gently on them and made them bend as if they were reeds blowing in the wind. It was so funny lookin! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can recite "Jabberwocky." :hat: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can touch my nose with my tongue. I can do this, too. I can also raise one eyebrow, but I think I have made my face asymetrical from doung this all these years. My "up" eyebrow is higher on my forhead and moves more readily when I am expressing. Doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can bend my pinky fingers all the way back to touch my wrist. The other fingers aren't that flexible anymoren-- I used to be able to do them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can do this, too. I can also raise one eyebrow, but I think I have made my face asymetrical from doung this all these years. My "up" eyebrow is higher on my forhead and moves more readily when I am expressing. Doh! :lol: There are more unfortunate things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can do a one-handed clap. It's a very odd "skill." Something my girlfriends and I did in 8th grade. You make your wrist stiff, but your fingers loose; then clap your loose fingers against their own palm while moving your arms vigorously. One girl in my class did this all the time when she was excited or happy. Now it looks a little ASD, to be honest ;) , but we all thought it was great fun for reasons i can't now explain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Library Momma Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can wiggle my ear but only on the right side. My left ear isn't quite as talented. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can show people how to "shrink" their arm. It always freaks people out, but it's a guaranteed cool trick that everyone gets involved in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can mirror write using both hands simultaneously, and can also mirror write upside-down (the words are upside down, not me). :o 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can do this, too. I can also raise one eyebrow, but I think I have made my face asymetrical from doung this all these years. My "up" eyebrow is higher on my forhead and moves more readily when I am expressing. Doh! Oh yes, that is known as The Eyebrow around here. It's genetic. My crankiest kid was doing it hours old in the hospital. :lol: I have to be very careful to control it in public. Though as I get older, I care less and less. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I don't have one. I keep wracking my brain and cannot think of anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Ummm fall upstairs, choke on air, trip over a flat surface. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can dance with a drink on my head. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can make my eyeballs shake back and forth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I can wriggle my nose like a bunny rabbit. If I stand very quietly in a corner of the room and wiggle my nose, soon every single child age 5 and under will stand before me, wide eyed and slack jawed, like I am their god. It also works with drunks I can also do the eyebrow thing (known as 'mom eye' around here) and tie a cherry stem into a knot. But it's the nose thing that gets them every time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 With popcorn and taking video for blackmail purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can recite the alphabet backwards. "Zed, why, eks, and double you, vee, ...." (This was required of us before we were allowed to use the school library. I lived in Australia at the time.) Regards, Kareni 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraw4321 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 One handed clapping as well. Also the scalp moving thing. Although I don't think I've ever actually done those at a party. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can do the scalp moving thing too. I can also sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" beginning with the second word on the first note and continuing with every syllable shifted back a note. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can wriggle my nose like a bunny rabbit. If I stand very quietly in a corner of the room and wiggle my nose, soon every single child age 5 and under will stand before me, wide eyed and slack jawed, like I am their god. It also works with drunks I can also do the eyebrow thing (known as 'mom eye' around here) and tie a cherry stem into a knot. But it's the nose thing that gets them every time. :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can recite the Pledge of Allegiance at breakneck speed in Spanish. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can do a one-handed clap. It's a very odd "skill." Something my girlfriends and I did in 8th grade. You make your wrist stiff, but your fingers loose; then clap your loose fingers against their own palm while moving your arms vigorously. One girl in my class did this all the time when she was excited or happy. Now it looks a little ASD, to be honest ;) , but we all thought it was great fun for reasons i can't now explain. My dad taught me how to do this. He loves to find a way to weave the philosophical saying into a conversation, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" and then get gets all goofy and starts clapping his one hand. He thinks it's the funniest thing ever. :) He's a kid at heart. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can also sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" beginning with the second word on the first note and continuing with every syllable shifted back a note. My dd says she wants you to make a youtube video! We are both trying to figure out what this would sound like. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 My dd says she wants you to make a youtube video! We are both trying to figure out what this would sound like. :iagree: It would be so cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diplomum Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychrwyndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch (that long place name near my hometown in Wales). My kids parade me like a singing monkey. My sister can burp the happy birthday song. I think hers is better. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I have voluntary control over my tensor tympani muscles, but this isn't exactly something you can show off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I am really good at parties. I can wiggle my ears, I can bend my fingers at any joints, I can write backwards and upside down with both hands or either hand*, and I can cross one eye at a time. I am dying to hear Me out to the ball game take. *Including in languages that write right to left, so for example, I can write Persian left-handed from left to right, and Russian left handed upside down. However, I was mixing up my numbers and letters until I was 7.5. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I'm good to have on your team at trivia game time. My mind has retained scads of otherwise completely useless information. Just don't ask me where I left the car keys. ETA the rest of you are way funner at parties than I am. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 OK I can do a lot of the things mentioned, but I don't do them at parties, LOL. I can sing the entire US national anthem in 1 breath. Also in 3 octaves. I can wiggle my nose, ears, and scalp. I can bend the tips of my fingers without bending the rest (using the muscles and tendons of those fingers, not pushing on them with other body parts.) I can also bend them way back (pushing with the other hand), and squish them together so base of the pointer finger and the base of the pinky are touching. (With age, arthritis has made these valuable skills less impressive.) I can curl my tongue, turn it upside down, or form it into a "star shape." I can stick my tongue up my nose from the inside. I can also touch my nose with my tongue from the outside. I can recite Hamlet's Soliloquy or the NIght Before Christmas or sing American Pie or Boy Named Sue. (OK, Boy Named Sue is fading in my memory - I should brush up on it.) I can get into the lotus position without using my hands. I can whistle a tune breathing in or out. I can scratch any part of my back with either hand. I know at least a bit of 12? languages. Oh, lots of other random things. However, I cannot snap the fingers of my left hand. Don't ask me why. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Oh! I remembered! The one thing I can sing well is Patsy Cline's Crazy in an Elmer Fudd voice! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I'm good to have on your team at trivia game time. My mind has retained scads of otherwise completely useless information. Just don't ask me where I left the car keys. ETA the rest of you are way funner at parties than I am. Haha, me, too! DH calls me The Great Vessel of Useless Information. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 My dd says she wants you to make a youtube video! We are both trying to figure out what this would sound like. Here you go. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Here you go. Excellent!!! ETA: And you have such a beautiful voice!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasperstone Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I do great chicken and prowling night cat sounds. :-D I used to practice them in class through math and science in year 8. Teachers should thank me that I homeschool my lot- as they take after me!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Here you go. https://youtu.be/czj_gy887PA Wow! Let me get you some punch and cookies from the table! Where are the rest of you ask with your fancy party tricks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasperstone Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can make my eyeballs shake back and forth. My eldest dd can do this too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I guess mine would be that I am the person who gets drunk from 1/3 glass of wine. That always amazes people. I didn't know that curling one's tongue was weird. I know it's genetic. Pretty much everyone I know can curl their tongue. To me it's weird if you can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can do an impression of Lois on Family Guy, which is interesting because I don't let my dd see the show. Ok she's seen enough to think I'm funny. But that's it. Really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Here you go. That is completely awesome!!! P.S. Me thinks you could make *any* song sound awesome. Lovely voice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can stick my tongue up my nose from the inside. I can also touch my nose with my tongue from the outside Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can recite the alphabet backwards. "Zed, why, eks, and double you, vee, ...." (This was required of us before we were allowed to use the school library. I lived in Australia at the time.) Regards, Kareni Ha, this is one of the strangest school requirements I have heard! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OH_Homeschooler Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can do a beer bong. (I haven't done many party tricks since college). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Here you go. :thumbup1: I learned that version from Sharon, Lois and Bram. But I don't sing nearly as well as you do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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