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16 November 2006

Name something you do really well that unfortunately doesn't seem to impress anybody but you.

post by: JanetLand at: 14:29 | 52 comments

I can name more Miss Americas than anybody else.

posted by JanetLand 16 November | 14:29

I can take off my bra without having to take off my top first.

posted by essexjan 16 November | 14:30

I've seen that done by numerous women, jan.

I can smoke in my sleep.

posted by jonmc 16 November | 14:31

I'm really good at eating ice cream.

posted by interrobang 16 November | 14:33

I can walk on stilts like a pro.

posted by jrossi4r 16 November | 14:35

I can smell a gas leak a mile away. Unfortunately I can't fit in a bird cage, or I would have lots of work in the mines.

posted by iconomy 16 November | 14:37

I take very short showers.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 16 November | 14:39

I can jack up a car with my penis.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 16 November | 14:43

Subcompact or sedan?

posted by iconomy 16 November | 14:44

Matchbox cars don't count, flo.

posted by jonmc 16 November | 14:44

I can tie maraschino cherry stems into simple knots with only my tongue and teeth.

posted by paulsc 16 November | 14:45

Pfft. Jacking your penis is an instinct, not a skill.

posted by jrossi4r 16 November | 14:46

"Matchbox cars don't count, flo."

Sure they do. She said it wasn't supposed to impress anybody!

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 16 November | 14:47

I can blow smoke rings.

posted by mygothlaundry 16 November | 14:48

I can harness the power of technology to make little cubes of ice in the middle of summer.

posted by cmonkey 16 November | 14:50

I can convince people that the voices in my head are actually just "characters" I like to play.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 16 November | 14:56

I am an excellent pedestrian.

posted by mudpuppie 16 November | 14:58

"I can convince people that the voices in my head are actually just "characters" I like to play. "

I'm impressed. You lose.

posted by paulsc 16 November | 14:59

I shop like a hawk. In, spot perfect item on sale, grab correct size, pay, and out. Sales assistants never knew what hit'em.

posted by dabitch 16 November | 15:02

self-deprecate

posted by mrmoonpie 16 November | 15:04

I can over-promise and under-deliver like nobody you've ever seen!

posted by elizard 16 November | 15:05

the only thing I ever did extremely, and I mean _extremely_, well was playing volleyball, in high school. I decided not to try to become a pro back then, and I've been pretty average at doing things since then. (and yes, it kinda impressed people back then -- people my age at least)

so there's nothing I do _really_ well now, sorry. I'm happily mediocre at doing stuff, and people are usually kind enough not to notice.

posted by matteo 16 November | 15:23

I'm happily mediocre at doing stuff, and people are usually kind enough not to notice.

Dude, I'm waaay more mediocre than you! I excel at mediocrity!

oh, dang

posted by jonmc 16 November | 15:29

waste time.

posted by lonefrontranger 16 November | 15:33

Find things online. Make sparkly things. Unfortunately, I don't like to wear sparkly things.

posted by casarkos 16 November | 15:34

I'm excellent at putting myself down.

posted by Hellbient 16 November | 15:42

Oh wait, I thought it said "repress".
I'm a fuckin' menstrual cycle (not that there's anything wrong with them).

posted by Hellbient 16 November | 15:42

My hearing is amazing. I hear things no one else hears, and they don't believe me. Wait - did you just hear that? No, really - it was kind of a low *boom*. Really.

posted by taz 16 November | 15:44

I'm really good at alienating myself in threads.

posted by Hellbient 16 November | 15:46

Picking my nose.

posted by Daniel Charms 16 November | 15:47

You're wrong Daniel - I've always been really impressed by that.

posted by Hellbient 16 November | 15:49

I can smell anything. I have the most sensitive sense of smell of anyone I've ever met. Really, there should be some sort of trace-smell test, because I'd ace it.

posted by Specklet 16 November | 15:50

*smacks hellbient, but in a playful way*

I also make the best goddamned cup of tea this side of the Rockies. And no, that's not part of the overpromising thing. How other people get about coffee, I am about tea.

posted by elizard 16 November | 15:53

Until today, my graphic skills were highly unappreciated. Here's my whole series of Metachat heads.

Yes, I own the domain name metacats.com and use it as a dumping ground for graphic thingies. So my greatest unappreciated skill is probably registering cool domain names and not doing diddly with them (currently OneSwellFoop.net, Aardball.com, BlogHeads.com, ClownsAround.com, JokishPoll.com, LinkinLog.com, NewsLeek.com, Oxypedia.com, PhotoSlop.com, RadiosBeloved.com, StaticKlingon.com, TalkingWithMyself.com, ThePortableHole.com, and I used to have others like ClicheStadium, InstaPunster, MurphysLawLibrary, and MyBigFatGeekWeblog)

posted by wendell 16 November | 15:56

Also MetaLifter.com. That used to be mine.

posted by wendell 16 November | 15:58

i make a mean plate of nachos

we call them tashos :)

posted by karim satasha 16 November | 16:03

Yolande Betbeze, Vanessa Willams, BeBe Shopp, Heather Whitestone, Phyllis George, Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Margaret Gorman, Evelyn Ay, Sharon Ritchie, Neva Jane Langley, Debbie Dene Barnes, Judi Ford, Bess Myerson, Tawny Godin, Kylene Barker . . . .

posted by JanetLand 16 November | 16:16

I'm pretty good at spotting cameras in time to make my trademark goofy face.

posted by eamondaly 16 November | 16:58

i think the general impression is that i am so desperately inept that even the most mundane things i do sometimes get approving praise. pretty sorry no?

i am great at taking compliments i'm given and encasing them in shit! ta DA!

posted by Mrs.Pants 16 November | 17:26

Janet's recitation reminds me: I can sing the Grek alphabet to the tune of Yankee Doodle. I think that's very impressive, but it never wows people like I want it to.

posted by Specklet 16 November | 17:35

I can whistle and hum at the same time. Really. I don't do it very much cuz it sounds like a spaceship and freaks people out.

posted by Hellbient 16 November | 17:40

I'm impressed by Specklets skill. I wanna hear that, dammit!

posted by dabitch 16 November | 18:07

I can blend into the background like nobody's business. Usually, people don't even notice I'm around. This, obviously, doesn't impress anyone.

I can also take very short showers, a talent I use every morning to allow myself an extra 30 seconds in bed before facing my 1.5 hour commute.

posted by dg 16 November | 18:13

I'm pretty good at doing nothing.

posted by deborah 16 November | 18:17

I lied. It's not the Grek alphabet I can sing. It's actually the Greek alphabet. Sorry.

hellbient, we should get together and like, jam, because I can do a little Tuvan throat singing and hit more than one note at a time.

posted by Specklet 16 November | 18:20

Greek? Meh, now I'm not so impressed no more. Carry on. ;)

posted by dabitch 16 November | 18:24

I didn't know it until just now, but I can whistle and hum at the same time too. Huh.

posted by mudpuppie 16 November | 18:24

I'm really good at spinning pens.

posted by sisterhavana 16 November | 21:20

good hospital corners.
3 minute showers.
figure out stock spin off cost bases.
whistle.

posted by small_ruminant 17 November | 00:23

Pronounce German and Mandarin words. Making sentences, not so much.
Never get lost twice.
Read body language.

posted by halonine 17 November | 09:44

Impersonating cops over the phone ^{1, 2}

1. Only used this superpower for good, not evil
2. Statute of limitations has expired - I think

posted by trondant 17 November | 11:48

LOL trondant!

posted by halonine 17 November | 16:52

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