# What's your most useless skill/talent **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 21, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427 "2002-03-21T22:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/41 "2002-03-22T14:32:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \* > (5) Now comes the weird part. There is a gap between your forearms. Again, loosening your fingers but not letting go, put your head through that gap so that you are “hugging” your neck. You had to embarrass me didn’t you. I got some funny looks, but at least I now know I can do that as well. I can also roll my tongue, my 'R’s, my eyes, cross my arms behind my back (good trick to do at parties - getting others to try this anyway), flare my nose, move one eye on it’s own, move my eyebrows independently, and invent new comedy dances at the drop of a hat. I used to be able to quote the whole of the hitch-hikers guide, but I’ve got a bit rusty. I’ve achieved grade one in fencing. I can also jump onto tables (or other similar height objects) from a standing start. And yet I’m not in a regular job…how strange! PT ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/42 "2002-03-22T14:34:04Z")
I can do a kick butt “Fozie the Bear” immitation, which of course only impresses those over 30. I used to go to parties and get tanked up, then use their phone to call this one real estate office’s voice mail and give them a dose of Fozzie Bear. Always wanted to see their face when those messages came up. . . . . _-me_ ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/43 "2002-03-22T15:02:10Z")
I can roll a very nearly\* perfect\* cigarette. Tobacco or otherwise. * * * Peace, TN\*hippie ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/44 "2002-03-22T15:41:48Z")
I can do the nostril-flaring, ear-wiggling thing (pretty useless). More useful is that my LH thumb is double-jointed; makes playing barre chords on a guitar a cinch. Grossest - and most useless - thing? (gentle readers, look away now). I can (how shall we say it)… ‘express’ my saliva glands on demand by curling my tongue against my upper teeth. This has the somewhat unsavoury result of being able (much like a snake) to ‘spit’ (but not in the traditional sense - the saliva exits the glands and my mouth without the traditional spitting thing). I hadn’t done it since I was a kid, but in the interests of fighting ignorance just checked. Still got it… hot damn. _That’s **two** useless bits of personal trivia I’ve posted today; up 'til now I would have confidently predicted I’d take both to my grave…_ ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/45 "2002-03-22T16:08:33Z")
I can walk on my knees. Not in the normal sense, but while holding my feet up to my butt with my hands. Others can do it with practice, but I’m a pro. (Best to start on carpet!). I can even dance a little that way. I once knew the first chapter of Hitchhiker’s by heart. not sure if I still can do it. I can deflect darts with my watch. (OK, I’ve only done it once, does it still count?) ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/46 "2002-03-22T16:11:55Z")
I’m trying to build up an immunity to lighting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/47 "2002-03-22T16:13:07Z")
er… lightNing, that is. You know, electrical discharges during storms. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/48 "2002-03-22T16:20:05Z")
I can recite pi to 100 digits. 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348293421170679… ---
**Author:** ![yastobaal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/258eb7/32.png) [@yastobaal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yastobaal)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/49 "2002-03-22T16:44:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \* > \*\* > (5) Now comes the weird part. There is a gap between your forearms. Again, loosening your fingers but not letting go, put your head through that gap so that you are “hugging” your neck. > > No one has been able to do this without letting go. > > Please don’t ask how I came up with this. I’ve been doing it since I was a kid. \*\* How loose are your fingers allowed to go? I can do this when the fingertips are just touching the webbing bit of the other hand. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/50 "2002-03-22T17:09:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xerxes \* > \*\* > I can (how shall we say it)… ‘express’ my saliva glands on demand by curling my tongue against my upper teeth. This has the somewhat unsavoury result of being able (much like a snake) to ‘spit’ (but not in the traditional sense - the saliva exits the glands and my mouth without the traditional spitting thing). > \*\* The boys in my junior high school who could do this used to call it “gleeking.” ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/51 "2002-03-22T17:16:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yastobaal \* > \*\* > > How loose are your fingers allowed to go? I can do this when the fingertips are just touching the webbing bit of the other hand. \*\* As long as they’re still touching, you’re OK. Wow, that’s two! I’ve lost my title! _sob_ ---
**Author:** ![Toaster52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Toaster52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster52)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/52 "2002-03-22T17:45:15Z")
…adding to my limited Post Count… Flare nostrils…check Wiggle ears…check Thought I had something unique, but \*\* Duke \*\* beat me to it: I can also (literally) clap with one hand. And I can hum and whistle at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/53 "2002-03-22T18:00:40Z")
I can swear in Esperanto. But this isn’t the Pit, so I won’t. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PsychoKick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@PsychoKick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PsychoKick)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/54 "2002-03-22T19:42:43Z")
Erm, I can interlock my fingers in this odd mess that looks like a mutant dog head or something (this is not a shadow puppet). My indexes and thumbs form the snout, the middle fingers loop and form eye sockets through which the tips of the ring fingers protrude as bugging eyeballs, and the pinkies splay out to form the ears. Kinda hard to describe in words, but I haven’t an image handy. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427/55 "2002-03-22T19:44:09Z")
I can crash a motorcycle at 80 mph on a Thursday, spend three days in a coma, and be back at work by the following Thursday. TA-DA!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-useless-skill-talent/99427.md?page=2)