What's your crazy talent?

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   Beth37posted 12 years ago

   I can find Waldo within seconds. Don't be jealous! Some ppl are just special.
   Now, what's your amazing talent?

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      Angie Martinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I can say the alphabet backwards in under 3 seconds, faster than I can say it forward. And I'm very jealous of your Waldo talents...I don't think I could find him if he came up and introduced himself!

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         Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Holy cow... that's almost Rainman like.

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      danciasusiloposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I can do the "three leaf clover" with my tongue and move my head to make it look disconnected from my body

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         Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         You are unequaled as of now.

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      classicalgeekposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It's impossible for me to buy a bottle of bad wine. I just get a feeling from the bottle and I always pick a good one, even if I don't know anything about it.
      
      I once found two bottles of Lafitte Rothschild in a gas station for $20 each

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         Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         If I didn't have a drinking problem, I would ask you to be my new best friend.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 12 years ago

   I'm a walking repository of useless Heavy Metal and B-Movie trivia.

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's true, but it wont be considered useless the day I call you... my phone a friend... when Merideth Vierra asks me who wrote the song Beth sung by Kiss circa 1980.

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         FatFreddysCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         1976, not 1980.
         
         ...and for the record, it would be Peter Criss and Stan Penridge.

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            Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Oh... I was 11 in 1980. Three boys stood outside my window and sang me that song. It was the first time I heard it. The more times I recount that story, the more I realize what a good memory it is. lol

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   habeeposted 12 years ago

   I can tie a knot in a cherry stem with my tongue and do other tongue tricks.

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Dirty.

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      jansharesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Dag, habee, you took mine! LOL!!!!

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         Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Y'all look so prim and proper on the outside, but you're bad girls deep down. smh

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   WryLiltposted 12 years ago

   Due to having a tracheostomy for 11 years, I can talk on the in and out breath. It makes me uninterruptable.

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      lol... That's cool, but are you ok?

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         WryLiltposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         DO I LOOK OK TO YOU?????

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            Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Well you sound great.

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               WryLiltposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Stalker. How do you know what I sound like?

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                  Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  You used all caps so I figured yelling with the whole talking on the intake/outtake thing... sounded great.

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                     WryLiltposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     You should see me do runon sentences!

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                        Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                        I think you won this thread.

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                        Will Apseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                        Is that some kind of Klingon dialect?

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   Marcy Goodfleischposted 12 years ago

   I know have the names of the states memorized, in alphabetical order.  If we ever add another state, there goes my one talent . . .
   
   (BTW - it's because of a song I learned years ago - so I can't even take credit for it . . .)

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      haha, that's cute Marcy. I have the names of the continents memorized... also b/c of a song. Yours is way more impressive.
      
      Here's a good way to learn the countries if you have nothing else to do.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x88Z5txBc7w

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   Alas, I am without talent, i.e., talentless. Yes I am. Though I have been known to take a mean nap.

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's a good "crazy talent". Don't diminish the importance of "crazy talents."

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   Will Apseposted 12 years ago

   I'm quite good at annoying people.

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Ive noticed. Well you're talent has failed on me so far. Let's keep it that way.

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         Will Apseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Okay Mom. Can I go shoot some cats now?

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            Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Ugh... you're so annoying.

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      C.V.Rajanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Me too!

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   Journey *posted 12 years ago

   I have knowledge of a lot of 'random information'/ trivia. I might like to go on the game show (Who wants to be a) Millionaire one day.

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Fun! You should do it if you can.

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   jondavposted 12 years ago

   Weird as this is going to sound - catching.
   
   Don't know why or how, but i'm really good at catching things (that are thrown). I can use either hand, and don't even have to be looking at the object to be able to catch it.
   
   As i don't play cricket i have yet to find a practical use for this skill.

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I love that. I always played first base, so I am very impressed by this.

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    Will Apseposted 12 years ago

    C'mon. I'm guessing that you are impressed by responsible ear cleaning.

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Only when you do it Will.

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    Will Apseposted 12 years ago

    Do you realize that I live in a country where twisting a strange man's nipple, whilst showing a little tongue, is not considered outrageous?
    
    Yet somehow, your response has left me shocked and bewildered.

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       And yet here in the Bible Belt you could be hung for that very same action... or should I say hanged?

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          Will Apseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Lol. I spent the evening with a gang of middle-aged women, all of whom were mate-less apart from my wife.
          
          They presented in varying states of wickedness (apart from said wife, who is of a rather conservative nature) but none of them could be so vile as to hang a person for any reason I could think of.
          
          What does this tell you?
          
          I will leave that open-ended.

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             Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

             I can find Waldo in 3 sec. flat, but I'll never solve that riddle, no matter how long I dwell on it. Thanks for keeping me up for yet another sleepless night.

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                Will Apseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                We should all hang on to what we've got ('til we can make a run for it).

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                   Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   Right behind you.

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    Bard of Elyposted 12 years ago

    My crazy talent is singing What shall we do with a flying saucer? to the tune of Drunken Sailor through a toy spaceship known as the "Mothership."  Google Bard of Ely and What shall we do with a flying saucer?  to find out more.

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Yea! How exciting. I'll do it now.
       
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       hahaha, that's awesome. Im posting it here for everyone to see.
       http://vimeo.com/29338844
       What strikes me is not so much that you have that talent, but that you figured out that you had that talent. (Is that your fire alarm?)

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    HollieTposted 12 years ago

    I can bend both thumbs at a perfect 90 degree angle, thus making a perfectly horizontal bridge. You'd be amazed at how many people simply cannot do that, nor do they appear to want to!

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Now that I know it's a thing, I want nothing more. You can hitch hike whilst lying down on the freeway. You're so lucky.

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          HollieTposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Some would say double jointed, and besides, my mother never stopped preaching about the dangers of hitchhiking. Now I just have to work out how my perfectly horizontal thumbs might earn a living, save humanity or might otherwise alert the rest of us to an alternative way of living.
          
          I'm thinking on it.

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             Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

             I have faith in your Hollie. Thumbs up... or sort of sideways!

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    Will Apseposted 12 years ago

    My talent is spotting diamonds in the rough. Also, as I said I am quite good at upsetting people. And, oh no the taxi has arrived (truly) got a few days break coming up...
    
    See y'all

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Let us know when you spot one.

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    Shanna11posted 12 years ago

    I can wrestle and subdue large, hissing lizards without getting my blood all over the carpet....

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       You're my favorite.

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          Shanna11posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Ooh! That's another talent of mine. For the most part (some Hubbers pose a tricky exception) I can endear myself to just about anyone, despite my obnoxiousness and naivete.

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             Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Hey, have you met poetic... something or another? He can make any woman like him. The two of you should hit it off immediately.

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    Stevennix2001posted 12 years ago

    I have the talent to bend manipulate reality with my mind via matrix style, but i hate showing off, so you probably won't see me do it in front of anyone.  but take my word for it, it's pretty awesome when i do.

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Im holding a spoon in my hand. Bend it.

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          Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I told you woman. I don't like showing off. 

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             Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

             And yet you've talked about nothing but your filthy dessert on another thread.

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                Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                filthy dessert?  why don't you know that spotted dick is a dessert commonly used in england.  how can that be considered filthy? 
                
                Why i was merely mentioning to everyone to join me in dinner party in that other thread while serving a relatively harmless dessert.  If anyone thought i was referring to anything else, then that's probably their own filthy minds at work.    
                
                Besides, who can say no to having a piece of this mouthwatering delicious spotted dicK that you see in the picture down below? 
                
                
                

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                   Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   Having quite a few male, English friends, I've heard quite a bit about this dessert.

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                      Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                      Really?  So does that mean you want to join in on my dinner party then, and have a piece?   

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                         Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                         I wont even hazard a joke or a minimum of 5 Atheists will be on my case like stripes on a zebra. lol

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                            Stevennix2001posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                              Fair enough.  However, we do have other delicacies at the dinner party though, as gmwilliams is bringing 5 roasted capons with oyster and cornbread stuffing, wild rice, peas, buttermilk biscuits, and arugula salad with creamy buttermilk dressing.  What do you say?  Surely no atheist can blame you for dining on any of these items can they? 

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    wordscribe43posted 12 years ago

    I am frickin' crazy good at Ping Pong.  The paddle and I become ONE.

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That's awesome. Can you post a video maybe?

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    Stevennix2001posted 12 years ago

    oh yeah, and i think writinglover is bringing tea and scones to the party. 

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Well if she's gonna be there I can't stay away.

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    Laura Schneiderposted 12 years ago

    I can find little stuff that falls on the floor, like a contact lens on colorful carpeting or an earring back in a dark theatre (gross, but I can do it), or a seed bead that went flying across the room onto an oriental carpet.

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       haha. I love this stuff. I bet your friends love you.

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       bBereanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Just curious...are you at all color blind?  Do textural differences stand out almost like color to you?  I just found this intriguing.  Color blind folk used to be used as camouflage spotters for this reason.

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       P Priyadarshanaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Are you related with Spider Man? Is there any possibility at all? I have a strange feeling about this... hmmm....

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    C.V.Rajanposted 12 years ago

    I can find fault with others very quickly!

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       haha

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    P Priyadarshanaposted 12 years ago

    I can move my ears - ONE AT A TIME!!

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I bet you've been popular your whole life.

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          P Priyadarshanaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          LoL! Noway!!! It's a Secret between the closest people in my life (which now included the HP community - at least you Beth) I kinda feel like a FrEaK. So not letting the rumor spread....

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             Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Ive fallen in love with everyone on this thread and their freaky, freakishness.

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