# Can you raise one eyebrow? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840 "2005-11-01T02:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/1 "2005-11-01T02:25:18Z")
Can you raise a single eyebrow? Leonard Nimoy can do it, so can Roger Moore. (So can the Straight Dope. :dubious: ) I’ve never been able to do it. Can you? Could it be a genetic thing, like rolling your tongue? ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/2 "2005-11-01T02:30:44Z")
yeah, i can. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/3 "2005-11-01T02:31:53Z")
Only my left eyebrow. When I try to raise my right eyebrow, my left eyebrow ends up being the one that goes up. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/4 "2005-11-01T02:32:13Z")
Which one? I can raise either one, but the left one is a bit easier. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/5 "2005-11-01T02:34:42Z")
Yep. I can do either one. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/6 "2005-11-01T02:36:33Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Which one? I can raise either one, but the left one is a bit easier. Me too. I wonder if it has anything to do with handedness? (I’m a rightie, despite my political leanings). I can also wiggle my left ear more easily than my right ear. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/7 "2005-11-01T02:41:54Z")
I can, and so can my six-month old daughter. She’s been doing it for months 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/8 "2005-11-01T02:43:03Z")
Yes. I can also make my left testical go up and down. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/9 "2005-11-01T02:44:17Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I can also make my left testical go up and down. To what end? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/10 "2005-11-01T02:45:43Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > To what end? 1. Testical dancing 2. ??? 3. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/11 "2005-11-01T02:55:38Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > 1. Testical dancing > 2. ??? > 3. Should read 1. Testical dancing (sic) 2. ??? 3. **Profit** ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/12 "2005-11-01T02:57:58Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Should read > > 1. Testical dancing (sic) > 2. ??? > 3. **Profit** 1. Profit for **Opal** I’ll never see a cent. ---
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/13 "2005-11-01T03:01:36Z")
just my right, and i’m a rightie as well, so there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/14 "2005-11-01T03:05:34Z")
Yes, left one. (Eyebrow, not testicle; don’t have a left or a right testicle.) I could probably raise **NCB** ’s right one (eyebrow, not testicle). ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/15 "2005-11-01T03:16:23Z")
I can raise either one, roll my tongue, and double my tongue back, but I can’t wiggle my ears. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/16 "2005-11-01T03:19:32Z")
I can’t do any of that. Can’t raise one eyebrow, can’t roll my tongue, can’t wiggle my ears, can’t wiggle my nose. I’ve never tried making my testicles dance though. I’ll report in the morning if that proves successful. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/17 "2005-11-01T03:26:38Z")
Testicle dancing could be a new form of performance art! Apply for a grant from the NEA! Get rich! The possibilities are boundless. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/18 "2005-11-01T03:43:03Z")
I’m going to humiliate my boyfriend tonight by making him try to dance his testicles. That sounds like fun. 🙂 I used to be able to raise my left eyebrow. Then when I was a teenager I was in a car accident and had that eyebrow essentially stapled to my head, so now I can raise the other one. It always feels really weird and unnatural, though. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/19 "2005-11-01T03:43:48Z")
I can do it with both eyebrows, but the one I do with my left eyebrow is more impressive. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840/20 "2005-11-01T04:14:10Z")
Fascinating. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/328840.md?page=2)