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By Vivienne
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Does anyone have any unusual talents, that they may / may not want others to know about? Can you, for example, click your knuckles? etc., etc. Can you count exceptionally fast? Can you speak Chinese?

I can put one hand down my back and put my other hand up my back, and interlock my hands (I discovered this during yoga yesterday evening, which randomly pleased me).

:-)
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By MK Chris
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This guy has a rather unusual talent:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNXElmEUIJo][/youtube]

Vivienne wrote:Can you, for example, click your knuckles?

I hate bone clicking, it really makes me cringe.
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By foot-loose
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I can clap one hand, make my eyes do a weird sorta shakey thing and make all the bones in my neck stick out.


I'm a freak.
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By Yudster
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Don't know about a freak - you do sound like a species of recently discovered South American lizard though.
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By Andy B
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Vivienne wrote:Does anyone have any unusual talents, that they may / may not want others to know about? Can you, for example, click your knuckles? etc., etc. Can you count exceptionally fast? Can you speak Chinese?

I can put one hand down my back and put my other hand up my back, and interlock my hands (I discovered this during yoga yesterday evening, which randomly pleased me).

:-)

I can shake hands behind my own back as well. I can also spit like a cobra from my glands under my tongue. I can also do thie sweird thing with my arm whereby it appears to bend backwards...how can I explain it.

Okay put your hand flat on a table, fingers pointing away from you, plam down so your arm is straight, now look at the bend in your arm, the other side of your elbow. Well I can swivel that right around and atcually push it out so it's further forward than my wrist and my shoulder.

It REALLY freaks people out...I can also juggle a bit and I'm quite good with figures too.
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By MK Chris
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Yudster wrote:Don't know about a freak - you do sound like a species of recently discovered South American lizard though.

No. He's a freak.

Andy B wrote:I can also do thie sweird thing with my arm whereby it appears to bend backwards...how can I explain it.

Okay put your hand flat on a table, fingers pointing away from you, plam down so your arm is straight, now look at the bend in your arm, the other side of your elbow. Well I can swivel that right around and atcually push it out so it's further forward than my wrist and my shoulder.

I have a couple of mates who can do that actually and I think my brother can too.
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By Andy B
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Weird, the only other people i've ever known who could do it were directly related to me! Maybe we're distant cousins or something.....tis great for doing that David Blaine "pretending-to-turn-your-hand-around-but-really-you-just-twist-it-in-your-jacket" trick that he does.
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By ladbroke
#325873
Andy B-A friend of mine can do that thing with the little jets of water coming out from under his tongue, it's odd!
By wurzel
#325884
I can click my knuckles, neck, back, knees and big toes, on, and the inside of my legs.

Pretty weird i know.
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By markool89
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Andy B wrote:
Vivienne wrote:Does anyone have any unusual talents, that they may / may not want others to know about? Can you, for example, click your knuckles? etc., etc. Can you count exceptionally fast? Can you speak Chinese?

I can put one hand down my back and put my other hand up my back, and interlock my hands (I discovered this during yoga yesterday evening, which randomly pleased me).

:-)

I can shake hands behind my own back as well. I can also spit like a cobra from my glands under my tongue. I can also do thie sweird thing with my arm whereby it appears to bend backwards...how can I explain it.

Okay put your hand flat on a table, fingers pointing away from you, plam down so your arm is straight, now look at the bend in your arm, the other side of your elbow. Well I can swivel that right around and atcually push it out so it's further forward than my wrist and my shoulder.

It REALLY freaks people out...I can also juggle a bit and I'm quite good with figures too.


i can do that arm bending thing. also i burp(at will) REALLY loudly! 8) :D :)
and of course, i can juggle.
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By Vivienne
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I've always wished I could juggle. I can only do 2 things at a time. Do they train you for that?
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By Console
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Juggling three balls is a lot different to how most people juggle two, it's a completely different pattern; however, it wouldn't take that long to learn if you really wanted to. After learning how to do three, learning how to do more is just about speeding up and adjusting the pattern slightly.
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By markool89
#325958
Console wrote:Juggling three balls is a lot different to how most people juggle two, it's a completely different pattern; however, it wouldn't take that long to learn if you really wanted to. After learning how to do three, learning how to do more is just about speeding up and adjusting the pattern slightly.

that is quite true!
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By Yudster
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Hmm. Still can't do it though, and I would like to be able to. I have tried, but I can't......
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By markool89
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Yudster wrote:Hmm. Still can't do it though, and I would like to be able to. I have tried, but I can't......

if you REALLY tried, you could. its all about will power.
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By Yudster
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Vivienne wrote:What? Break your bones, or juggle?


Juggle! I'm sure I could break a bone if I put my mind to it......!
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By foot-loose
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unclejoesmintballs wrote:i have a talent for breaking my bones normally with a set of stairs involved

You don't need the stairs - you seem to have a talent for breaking bones - thats all.
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By Sunny So Cal
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How can you clap one hand?

Andy, I can do that spitting cobra thing, too. It's called a "gleek." Charming.
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By Andy B
#326082
It comes in handy!
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By foot-loose
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Sunny So Cal wrote:How can you clap one hand?

The fingers kinda clap against the palm. Most people can do it slowly, but I can do it quite quickly by whipping the hand back and forward.


foot-loose wrote:I can do it quite quickly by whipping the hand back and forward.

Gooooooooooooooooooooood mornin.