# Tell me something you can't/don't do, that most others do/can. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493 "2004-12-07T04:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/1 "2004-12-07T04:17:15Z")
I don’t drive. Never learned how. I’m 25 year old male and I don’t know a thing about cars. Maybe someday I’ll get my driver’s licence…but as for now, it’s all greek to me. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/2 "2004-12-07T04:27:14Z")
I can’t draw graphic depictions of male genetalia on white boards. At least evryone in my dorm can. ---
**Author:** ![kittenlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kittenlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenlm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/3 "2004-12-07T04:40:28Z")
I can’t whistle. I’ve tried to learn, but it’s just not possible for me. Of course, I didn’t learn how to blow a bubble until I was about 15, so maybe there is still hope. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/4 "2004-12-07T04:44:00Z")
I can’t ride a bike. I just never learned. I’m 21 and I’ve never ridden a bicycle without training wheels in my life. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/5 "2004-12-07T04:46:56Z")
Blow up and tie balloons. Terrified they’ll blow up in my face and my fingers are too big to tie 'em. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/6 "2004-12-07T04:48:21Z")
I also can’t whistle. I’m the only one in my family who can’t. I can belch pretty damn well though. ---
**Author:** ![kittenlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kittenlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenlm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/7 "2004-12-07T04:50:36Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Blow up and tie balloons. Terrified they’ll blow up in my face and my fingers are too big to tie 'em. Yeah, that’s my moms. She is TERRIFIED of balloons. We, of course, make sure that they are as close to her as possible while we are blowing them up though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/8 "2004-12-07T04:52:51Z")
Blow bubbles (no Michael Jackson jokes, please). Go ahead, offer to teach me. You’ll wind up with a wad of bubble gum accidentally spat into your face, just like all the others. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/9 "2004-12-07T04:54:48Z")
I cannot roll my tongue. Although I hear this is genetic, so it’s not my fault. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/10 "2004-12-07T04:56:33Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Blow bubbles (no Michael Jackson jokes, please). > > Go ahead, offer to teach me. You’ll wind up with a wad of bubble gum accidentally spat into your face, just like all the others. **Hal** , it’s all that oral sex your giving to the missus. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/11 "2004-12-07T04:56:36Z")
> [@AntaresJB](#): > > I can’t ride a bike. I just never learned. I’m 21 and I’ve never ridden a bicycle without training wheels in my life. Same here! Never learned. It was a big deal when I was a kid. Now, not so much. I’m pretty awesomely good at remembering movie trivia (but there are _plenty_ who are better) and I’m fairly decent at drawing stuff from my imagination (but once again, not the only one, plenty are better). ---
**Author:** ![PeachNoMore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@PeachNoMore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeachNoMore)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/12 "2004-12-07T04:57:56Z")
I can’t snap my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/13 "2004-12-07T04:58:27Z")
arithmatic in my head. Seriously. Even the most simple 2 digit addition…gotta write it down. Drives my geeky-math-nerd husband bonkers. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/14 "2004-12-07T05:02:59Z")
I can’t open my eyes under water. I’ve tried many times, but I simply can’t bear the feeling of water in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/15 "2004-12-07T05:17:23Z")
I don’t drive or know anything about cars, either. (We just saved a bunch on car insurance, without any lizards being involved!) I don’t know how to whistle with two fingers in my mouth. (My mom did this, and you could hear her for blocks.) Or do math in my head. I have to use a calculator. ---
**Author:** ![TheOtherOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TheOtherOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOtherOne)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/16 "2004-12-07T05:26:15Z")
I can’t write cursive. I learned how, and I could probably train myself to do it again, but I can’t even write my signature legibly in cursive- I always write in very neat uppercase letters, but no cursive… I also can’t whistle with two fingers, open my eyes underwater, or roll my tongue, but I can build (and drive!) a car, ride a bike, and blow bubbles. I usually wind up in a tabloid after trying all that though, so I have given up 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/17 "2004-12-07T05:29:12Z")
I can’t cross my eyes. And it’s not just that I can’t do it on purpose–they don’t cross even when i try to focus on somebody’s finger placed on my nose, moving towards my nose, etc. (My friends did a bit of experimenting when they first discovered this.) It appears to be genetic, since neither my mother nor my sister can do it, either. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/18 "2004-12-07T05:32:55Z")
Can’t get a date. :rolleyes: 23 and never have figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/19 "2004-12-07T05:42:20Z")
I cannot currently eat or drink. At all. If I try, my pancreas gets all pissy and it feels like I’m being stabbed in the stomach for a few days. I haven’t had solid food in two months. I’m living off liquid stuff pumped into a tube hanging out of my stomach. I win. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493/20 "2004-12-07T05:52:50Z")
Okay, **Smeghead** wins. That really sucks! But in the interest of keeping the thread going: I can’t smell. (That’s not to say that I don’t smell). I had an operation when I was around 4 years old to stop frequent nosebleeds, and since then I’ve had no sense of smell. Good for riding the bus and walking through the Tenderloin or the Haight. Bad for being able to tell if my milk’s gone bad, if I’ve got B.O., just how bad smoking makes my breath stinks, or buying bath soaps and perfume and such as gifts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-cant-dont-do-that-most-others-do-can/278493.md?page=2)