Can: curl my tongue, the Vulcan fingers thing, wink (I never knew that winking counted as a simple body trick–by gob, some ignorance fought!) and crack my toes by simply clenching them, often repeatedly. (The latter used several times to nearly drive my mother insane. Works best in a quiet living room with everyone reading, while said boy is otherwise perfectly behaved, with the exception of ::crack::…::pop::…::crack::…every few seconds, for an hour.)
Can’t: whistle, snap my fingers, touch tongue to nose (I think that would require some home surgery on the frenulum), or wiggle my ears.
Roll Rs Spanish style
Touch nose with tongue
Fingers in mouth whistle
Can:
Shark pinky, either hand
Vulcan sign, either hand
Cross eyes independant of each other
Anti- Vulcan sign*, either hand
Whistle
Roll tongue into an O
Wink
*Anti-Vulcan sign. Middle two fingers together, index and pinkie spread wide. Instead of “Live long and prosper” or “Peace and long life,” the correct thing to say with this gesture is, “Eat shit and die.”
Make a fist with each hand and point your index fingers. Now put the tips of your index fingers together as though your hands are pointing at each other. Now move each hand in opposite circles so that they move in the same plane, touching at the top and then at the bottom. If they both start at 12:00, move one clockwise and the other counter-clockwise, so that they repeatedly pass at 6:00 & 12:00, 6:00 & 12:00, and so on. I can do that.
Take the index finger of one hand and put it against the webbing between the index and middle finger of the other hand so that the index finger of the one hand is in between the index & middle fingers of the other. Put this arrangement up to you chin–palms facing out. Bend the index finger and make a very loud “pop!” I can do that.
Put one palm on a table. With the other make a fist and hit the back of the palm-down hand so that it makes a thump. Now turn the palm-down hand over so that it is palm up, and then turn it back palm-down. Now do this in a pattern that makes a cool “thumpatee-thump-thumpatee-thump-thumpatee-thumpatee-thumpatee-thump” sound. I can do that.
Put both arms straight out in front of you. Turn each hand so that the thumb rotates through the inside and points down: your palms will be facing out and your thumbs will be facing down. Put one wrist over the other and interlock your fingers. Curl your arms underneith and then up so that your hands are now right below your chin in an uncomfortable-looking position. (You may have done this much as a child where someone would now point at a finger and you try to move the right one.) Okay, now put your index fingers on your chin–Your right index finger will be on the right side of your chin and your left index finger on the left. Keeping your index fingers in the exact same spot, without lifting them or moving them or letting them change position unlock your fingers and unwind your arms so that they are no longer crossed. I can do that.
bend either thumb and place it to rest at a greater than 90 degree angle behind the knuckle of my pointer finger (I’ll send a pic if anyone wishes to be disturbed).
I have pretty good control over my facial muscles, so I can contort my face into all kinds of shapes. Winking, no problem, even in rapid fire succession. “Spock eyebrow,” no problem, can also do it in rapid fire alternating succession. I can neither touch my nose with my tongue nor curl it, but I can flap it really well. I can even sometimes cause muscles to tic on my face and lips. I am now practicing just to roll one eyeball
Hands: I can bend just the first joint, do the Vulcan hand sign and the reverse, crack my fingers by flexing them, snap.
I can actully crack most joints in my body, including knees and hip joints. But my claim to fame is the ability to sit in the full lotus position for long stretches of time. Woo, I am good.
