# What are you shamefully bad at? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063 "2001-11-30T02:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/1 "2001-11-30T02:55:50Z")
- Doing anything before I have to - Painting the nails on my right hand - Leaving messages on answering machines - Surviving without sleep - Writing interesting letters - Programming a VCR - Remembering to capitalize at the beginning of sentences - Carrying an ice cure tray full of water without spilling it And you? ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/2 "2001-11-30T02:56:57Z")
Stupid ice **CUBES**. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/3 "2001-11-30T03:03:30Z")
Being humble. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/4 "2001-11-30T03:04:56Z")
~~Billiards…not enough practice I think… ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/5 "2001-11-30T03:11:16Z")
If it’s any comfort, I’m a lousy pool player, too. I’m lucky if I manage not to damage the felt. I’m also probably the world’s worst drinker. One beer is often enough to make me pretty klutzy and generally incompetent, if I’m still awake by the time the beer is finished. I’m very bad at paying attention to boring things. This is a serious detriment to my school performance sometimes. Yet I always seem to muddle through, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![tallinu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@tallinu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallinu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/6 "2001-11-30T03:12:31Z")
relationships Nope, too easy. lessee, programming my cell phone Billiards (And I do practise! I do!) calling my family regularly working instead of surfing the net toilet seat There’s more, but I’m getting depressed… ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/7 "2001-11-30T03:21:47Z")
Basketball. I can learn and be fairly good quickly at any other sport but basketball kills me. I’ve practiced like a mo-fo but I just can’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/8 "2001-11-30T03:26:10Z")
1. Baking – I once made a two layer cake, from a box, that ended up the thickness of about one layer. 2. Singing – I only do it in my car when I’m alone and the radio is REALLY loud. 3. Walking – I fall down and go boom a lot, especially lately and always in front of a lot of people. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/9 "2001-11-30T03:28:49Z")
Billiards. Sex. Comforting people. Writing interesting letters. Talking to strangers. Painting my fingernails. Sewing by hand. Doing anything before the last possible minute. Riding the mechanical bull. Going to the doctor’s office. Baseball. Running without looking like a fool. U-turns. Avoiding run-on sentences. Being sexy on purpose. Feeling good about myself. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/10 "2001-11-30T03:34:17Z")
I really suck at answering machine messages, too. The dumbest things just come out of my mouth. I’m not like that in person, but the phone makes a mockery of me. Also, I simply cannot sing. I am tone-deaf. I have no concept of what notes sound like. I just sing the words, and raise my voice when the singer’s voice goes up and lower it when need be. It all sounds the same to me, even when I try to hear differences. I usually manage to harmonize, which makes me damn happy when I’m alone. Yup, I’ve been treated like some sort of circus freak because I can’t sing. You’d think I was a leper with oozing sores and a lazy eye, the way some people treat me when I sing. People have asked me to please, please never do that again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/11 "2001-11-30T03:38:01Z")
Housework. No motivation unless company’s coming over. With two kids, it’s just more trouble than it’s worth sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![badvibes2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@badvibes2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badvibes2)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/12 "2001-11-30T04:30:54Z")
I tend to ignore the hair that grows on my ear lobes until someone notices and says yuk. Then I keep them tidy and check every couple of days for a couple of week - nothing is growing- then forget again. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/13 "2001-11-30T04:44:28Z")
RPGs, like Final Fantasy, etc. To say that I suck at them would be an understatement. I can’t ever get my sorry ass off the first mission or whatever the hell you call it. My brother laughs at me when I try. Bowling. I actually once bowled a 23! Mingling and/or schmoozing. I can _do_ it, but I feel so horribly stiff I usually end up wanting the floor to open up and swallow me and the drink I’m clutching. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/14 "2001-11-30T04:51:03Z")
[li] Being on time for anything.[/li] [li] Not shredding my cuticles.[/li] [li] Anything vaguely arithmatical or mathematical.[/li] [li] Cooking.[/li] [li] Any sport except badminton.[/li] [li] Going to church regularly.[/li] [li] Stopping after three drinks.[/li] [li] Sewing, knitting, embroidery.[/li] Parallel parking. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/15 "2001-11-30T05:02:17Z")
I too suck at billiards. This is why I wear a low-cut, skimpy tank top when I play. That way everyone else plays poorly too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Diogenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/16 "2001-11-30T05:50:03Z")
**Math**. I have to use it everyday but I still suck at it. I think that is because I don’t have a genuine love for it. I’m _intrigued_ by math because, in the right hands, it can describe some amazing stuff. In mine, I feel like the ape-man in 2001. **Any sport**. Oh, I will participate, but just don’t pick me for your team. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/17 "2001-11-30T09:11:41Z")
DIY, Somehow tools become deadly weapons in my hands (unfortunatly, deadly to myself). Getting to bed on time Presentations ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/18 "2001-11-30T10:42:34Z")
Housework Small talk Returning phone calls Remembering anything I’m sure there’s more, I’ve just forgotten them. ---
**Author:** ![Twilight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Twilight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twilight)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/19 "2001-11-30T11:09:07Z")
This seemed like a good place to make my first Dope post _stands, looking nervous_ Hello, I’m Twilight and I am a Doper. So, of course y’all noticed I am shamefully bad at coming up with innovative jokes. Secondly I am shamefully bad at keeping my mouth shut. Lastly… Yeah, like there’s only three things I’m shamefully bad at. See you all around! ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063/20 "2001-11-30T11:13:16Z")
Getting things done. Or, if you prefer, I’m the queen of procrastination. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-shamefully-bad-at/96063.md?page=2)