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.
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. . . . .
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…
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?)
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.
