# Tell me about your little egotisms **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 8, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500 "2006-11-08T01:43:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/41 "2006-11-08T21:36:49Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] I’m _ **VERY** _ persuasive. I can talk just about anyone into just about anything. I also have a great rack. [/QUOTE] A devastating combination, if ever there was one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/42 "2006-11-08T23:54:12Z")
Without any recourse to clocks, I’m an eerily precise channel-flipper. I usually skip commercials and then flip back _just_ before the alpha program resumes. Whenever I do this with other people around, it drives them crazy; they get on my case to return prematurely, and I have to reassure them it’s not quite time yet and that I know what I’m doing. It may be part of a generalized gift for rhythm. When I was a kid and taking piano lessons, I had difficulty with one lesson because the teacher’s pace was notably faster than my prescribed practice pace at home. I insisted my metronome was slower than his; since they were the exact same brand and model, he didn’t believe me. I had to bring it in the following week to prove it! Also, a platonic friend with a secret foot fetish once hit on me because of my feet. :o (We were at a party; he was drunk; I was sitting on a sofa, and he settled on the floor at my feet, yadda-yadda-yadda… if it happened again today with a _stranger_, oddly enough, I might just take it as a daft compliment and let the guy fondle my footsies for a bit, but I was very young then and shocked by the feet thing and by my friend coming onto me like that. _Sigh_…) ---
**Author:** ![Pseudopod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@Pseudopod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudopod)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/43 "2006-11-08T23:58:30Z")
Wow, I’m remembering even more great things about myself. I, too, belong to the Fabulous Rack club, and I can draw. [See?](http://gydea.deviantart.com/) My graphic design skillz are great, I think. Check my campaign posters. The boy in the pictures is our student council president! I win elections! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/44 "2006-11-09T00:17:30Z")
I’m a fantastic lover (in the purely physical sense, that is.) Odds are, I am the best lover a woman has ever had at that point, and probably ever will have if I happen to leave (which is the case for all the women I’ve been with so far…apparantly good between the sheets doesn’t make up for being emotionally detached. Who knew?) ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/45 "2006-11-09T00:20:11Z")
I’m fucking hilarious. And from what I have seen… I’ve pretty much the best improvisor in Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/46 "2006-11-09T00:24:36Z")
[QUOTE=Renob] As a fellow Marylander who has also been complimented on his drinking ability, perhaps we should meet up and provide an early Christmas present for a lucky bar owner? …Besides my drinking ability, I have few other exceptional skills…One thing that I used to brag about was that I could say something to almost anyone and make them angry… [/QUOTE] Dude my man, it is soooo a date! I have no other exceptional skills myself and like you I enjoy annoying the hell outta people. (As you no doubt know by now, there are many ways to piss people off in a bar for your own entertainment without them gettin’ all Gunsmoke Bar Brawl on your ass. Much safer that way.) Given all of the aforementioned, we should have quite a crabby yet surely festive evening. Drop me an email and we’ll figure something out. ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/47 "2006-11-09T01:00:59Z")
I am incredibly persuasive and have a sparkling personality. That’s why I’m good at public relations. I can make things happen for other people, but I’m not so good at making things happen for myself. It’s a double-edged sword. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/48 "2006-11-09T02:14:03Z")
I am a great fiddler. Not in the violinist way (although I can whip out a ditty on my viola :D) , but in a figure-out-how-to-do-it kind of way. I’ve never been afraid of seizing a problem and doing whatever it takes to fix it. I might have reservations, but I don’t let them stop me. Because of this, I know how to do a lot of different things. People will often come to me and ask for advice for problems that an outsider might not guess I know anything about. I often get complimented on being smart. I really don’t think I’m that smart. I’m just very resourceful, tenacious, and not afraid of breaking things. I have a great sense of humor. I have never met a person who I can’t make laugh in five minutes. If I had other social skills, I’d be the most popular girl in the world (I think my problem is that I don’t know how to NOT be funny, a skill which is critical for forming intimate relationships.) I also know how to be funny without being too silly or offensive. I can tell a joke or take advantage of a double entendre, and then leave it at that without running it into the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/49 "2006-11-09T02:28:35Z")
I’m very good at making people underestimate me and then exceeding their expectations. ---
**Author:** ![Marjorie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@Marjorie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marjorie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/50 "2006-11-09T05:31:17Z")
I am a very, _very_ good tap dancer. I wish I was taking classes still, but I have previously taught the hardest class available around here. On a more useful note, I am really awesome at giving directions. I currently work at a gas station, so this ability is very helpful! I mostly rely on my encylopedic knoweldge of where EVERYTHING in Athens, GA is located, plus what two lane state highway gets you to every single one red light town for a 40 mile radius. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/51 "2006-11-09T12:40:22Z")
I have the Greatest Pair Of Legs Ever They’re not mine, I keep them in a drawer ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/52 "2006-11-09T13:38:02Z")
I am very calm and laid-back and never, ever loose my head or the ability to rationalize a situation, no matter how dire. I have, I believe the very rare ability, to examine every facet of an issue or problem from a truly unbiased perspective, before forming an opinion. I am a multitasker/juggler extrodinaire, as evidenced by my ability to take 15 hours of classes, work a full time job, and raise my two sons. Oh, and\*\* alice\_in\_wonderland\*\*, and **Pseudopod** , regarding your claims to having great racks, I’m going to have to ask y’all for a cite (in photographic form…email is in my profile). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/53 "2006-11-09T16:54:35Z")
I’m another of the Spelling People™. I don’t misspell things. Pretty much ever. I’m a word-number synesthete, and misspelled words just look \*wrong \* in my head. I write well, and I’ve been told that people actually enjoy reading the stuff I write. I’m very good at unconventional problem solving–coming up with off-the-wall out-of-the-box solutions that _work_. I’m also good at coming up with wild-assed creative ideas, though not so good at following through with them. I’m a whiz at trivia, and can dredge up old useless facts very quickly (though I tend to forget important stuff, which is kind of a tradeoff). I’m good in big emergencies (though not so good in small ones). While I’m not necessarily unbiased, I’m almost always good at listening to everybody’s point of view and considering them without letting myself be dragged into arguments. The only person this doesn’t work with is my spouse. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/54 "2006-11-09T17:02:43Z")
Another Spelling person. Mostly because I have a fantastic memory. I started memorizing phone numbers back when they came in work/home varieties. Now thee’s work/fax/cell/home, it’s quite a useful art. I am a problem solver extraordinaire. People pay me to call places and get their problems solved. I have acute hearing. I have a really keen fashion sense for putting together unusal emsembles. I know what works with what. People don’t know I have this talent, because I usually dress very, very blah (today it’s red shirt, black pants and blac shoes). ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/55 "2006-11-09T17:12:26Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Another Spelling person. …unusal… …emsembles… …blac… [/QUOTE] Oh, I keed. I keed. 😃 (I know those are typos. But my synesthesia-addled brain just picked up on the wrong colors and off I went. No offense intended! 🙂 ) I forgot one for me: I’m very good at dealing with difficult people. When I used to work at a newspaper taking classified ads right after college, and also in retail around the same time, I was the one who always got sent to deal with the obnoxious, angry, or otherwise unpleasant customers. I considered them a challenge, and I was almost always able to make them happy or at least calm them down. I think I’d make a fantastic tech support person if I could stand dealing with the public all day. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/56 "2006-11-09T20:41:03Z")
[QUOTE=The Sausage Creature] When I go home to visit Mom though, the Master once again becomes the Apprentice. [/QUOTE] I was going to brag about my mad hand-piecing and hand-quilting skillz, but then I remembered that Mom turns out 22 perfectly uniform stitches to the inch. So I will say that I am quite good at the offhand super-dry comment that almost but not quite passes without notice. I have the power to draw people up short while they wonder for a moment whether I am joking. ---
**Author:** ![Webner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@Webner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Webner)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/57 "2006-11-09T22:45:19Z")
I’m a pretty funny guy, and while I wouldn’t say that I’m the funniest person I know, I think I’m the best at saying things in just the right tone of voice and with just the right timing to make them funny. I can take things that normally wouldn’t be funny and make them funny with my voice and by putting just the right expression on my face. For example, the other day I used the “…not” joke and got tons of laughs. Not that my jokes are always that lame… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/58 "2006-11-10T02:55:22Z")
Eh, I just finished a series of aptitude tests as part of a job application process, and got a few tiny little ego tidbits: I type at 68wpm with 100% accuracy. I scored 100% on the math portion. I scored 99% on the spelling portion (and my single error was hyphenating “bookkeeping,” [\*which was just my archaism showing, damn it!](http://www.onelook.com/?w=book-keeping&ls=a)\*) (You did say _little_ egotisms.) The only thing I have to work at not bragging about is my typing speed. I can get it up to around 80wpm if I don’t go back and fix the odd error that creeps in as I go along until afterwards. It’s a trivial thing to be smug about, but I like it when people express surprise at the rate I go at. Maybe because I _sucked_ at touch-typing at school. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/59 "2006-11-10T04:34:25Z")
I am an expert at misspelling 🙂 I am a test taker…(except spelling tests). I can talk the chicken right off of the bone. I am a GREAT househusband and cook, both ex wives will vouch to that. tsfr ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500/60 "2006-11-10T05:15:34Z")
I think I’m quite good at diffusing tense situations. I’ve done a lot of work for the various causes I believe in. I dislike drama and avoid starting it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-little-egotisms/379500.md?page=4)