# New Skill!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-skill/355274 "2006-05-03T18:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-skill/355274/1 "2006-05-03T18:56:33Z")
I finally got the crazy shirt-folding technique down. You know the one, where there’s an Asian lady speaking some language that I don’t understand, and she pinches a shirt and it magically folds in a very short amount of time? I can do it! I’m so proud! ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-skill/355274/2 "2006-05-03T19:24:28Z")
That’s nothing, I can do it with underpants! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-skill/355274/3 "2006-05-03T22:01:32Z")
That was NOT the skill I was hoping for… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-skill/355274/4 "2006-05-03T22:09:15Z")
I’m stumbling into the middle of somewhere I don’t want to be, aren’t I? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-skill/355274/5 "2006-05-03T23:13:47Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > I’m stumbling into the middle of somewhere I don’t want to be, aren’t I? > 😕 Nothing nefarious at all. Just a neat little t-shirt folding technique. [http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/](http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-skill/355274/6 "2006-05-03T23:18:45Z")
So, **donkeybear** just how long did it take you to acquire this ummm… skill? Will you compete professionally now? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-skill/355274/7 "2006-05-03T23:23:15Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > So, **donkeybear** just how long did it take you to acquire this ummm… skill? Will you compete professionally now? 😃 Compete, nah. I might, though, be willing to demonstrate this skill for you for a fee, though. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-skill/355274/8 "2006-05-03T23:25:13Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > Compete, nah. I might, though, be willing to demonstrate this skill for you for a fee, though. That’s ok. I can watch the Asian lady on the video from the comfort of my study completely naked, if I want.