# Can you raise one eyebrow? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713 "2015-03-22T20:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/61 "2015-03-24T04:33:22Z")
Hmph. Not much to see here. Both brows in tandem, the right slightly higher but that’s it. Still, seems to get the message across. Flare nostrils, check, roll R’s, check. That’s about it. Oh, I do manage to do this thing with my nose, I can make the tip move downwards, so when I do that and flare my nostrils, it’s not obvious to strangers but people who know me think it’s hilarious. I tend to do it in bars when dudes are trying to pick us up (and I’m not impressed). Back when I had my tongue pierced I could tie a cherry stem around the piercing. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/62 "2015-03-24T04:34:40Z")
Yes, but only the left eyebrow. I use it often. ---
**Author:** ![Kaboodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kaboodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaboodle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/63 "2015-03-24T05:08:40Z")
I can do both eyebrows independently and do the caterpillar dance bit. I raise a single eyebrow at people fairly often. I can move my scalp, wiggle my ears mostly independently, flare my nostrils, and I can do the Vulcan salute with either hand. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/64 "2015-03-24T06:30:26Z")
Like Bayard and Rowrbazzle I can easily raise my left one , but the right one takes a bit of effort and is nowhere near as compelling villain-wise. I have double-jointed fingers and thumbs (medical science claims there is no such thing as double-jointedness. Don’t believe them!) but age and a slowly developing arthritis limits what wonders I can now achieve, or I would be happy to give you a demonstration. As my late wife would say; that’s all well and good, so how do you make money from these talents? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/65 "2015-03-24T06:56:09Z")
[Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=342486) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/66 "2015-03-24T13:53:50Z")
I can raise either eyebrow independently. I can do other things, too. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/67 "2015-03-24T14:59:08Z")
I can raise either eyebrow separately, though strangely it’s much easier / more natural-feeling to raise the left than the right. Mister Spock would always raise his right eyebrow when showing bemusement at Those Silly Humans, and it always pissed me off that I couldn’t imitate him easily. I can also wiggle my ears. I’d love to have seen Spock do that 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/68 "2015-03-24T16:42:28Z")
Here’s a video of me from the previous thread. Either eyebrow, and the wave. [http://http://youtu.be/kTS89tdUvRs](http://http://youtu.be/kTS89tdUvRs) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/69 "2015-03-24T17:00:08Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > I have a trick of setting my left eye socket all a-twitchy. It’s gotten me out of a couple of fights. Apparently it makes me look like I’m about to go berserk or something. > > Eyebrows work in unison or not at all. My eyebrows are independent, of each other and my control. The right one acts in disbelief, and the left one acts in impending anger. I am lucky my only customer contact these days is over the phone. I’ve actually gotten out of fights by just getting angry, and have only ended up in fights when I was surprised by the anger of others. I’m below average height, but my face appears to have a talent for communicating abject rage when it comes to me. When new co-workers or friends have put me in a pickle through no fault of their own, and say “I thought you were angry with me.”, I reply: “When I am angry with you, you will not wonder.” Yeah, I’m a joy. But I cannot wiggle my ears. I’ve tried for years. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/70 "2015-03-25T01:46:58Z")
I can “Spock” my right eyebrow, easily do the LLAP with my right hand, and I’m getting decent at it with my left hand, left eyebrow refuses to “Spock” though… …most illogical if you ask me… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/71 "2015-03-25T03:56:38Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > A few years later I learned how to wiggle my nose from side to side, like Elizabeth Montgomery on _Bewitched_. \ So THAT’S where that rain of toads came from! I owe Dr. Bombay an apology. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713/72 "2015-03-25T06:45:20Z")
That’s weird. I normally keep it set on “hail of frozen grapes.” Gonna have to take this thing into the shop and have the alignment checked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-raise-one-eyebrow/715713.md?page=3)