Taking people for granted

[Peegee]

I seem to expect everybody I meet to be able to do all four of the following:

Swim
Ride a bike (by which I mean a two wheel bike with no training wheels)
Ski
skate (ice, not roller)

I don't expect people to be able to in-line skate or roller skate though...which is weird.

I asked a few friends and now I'm asking you. Incoming...thingie...poll. Yeah.

[rubah]

I didn't know you meant ice-skating. Roller blading is about the same imho

[Psychotic]

I can swim and ride a bike but I can't do the other two. I tried ice skating recently and that resulted in my girlfriend's arm nearly being ripped out of its socket, and me bleeding from a toe. So, uh, no thanks! As for skiing, never tried it.

[Tavrobel]

I can do all four, but I don't expect anyone to be able to do them. Not everyone has had the advantage of living in a situation where any one of those four would even be an option. Frankly, as long as they can walk and talk, that's more than enough for me.

[kikimm]

I too can swim and ride a bike; however I've never been ice skating. I've been skiing once and I never ever want to do it again.

[Misfit]

i can swim, ride a bike, and ice skate... but skiing... i might die. :o

[Araciel]

I can do it all, big boy.

[rubah]

swimming and skiing would probably be the hardest to reconcile.

[Yar]

I don't expect people to be able to in-line skate or roller skate though...which is weird.It's because you are Canadian.
I didn't know you meant ice-skating. Roller blading is about the same imhoProbably the only difference is stopping. (Which I'm afraid to do on either, so I either skate to the boards or fall on my ass. xD)

The only one I can't do is ski. You think there are hills in Ohio? :eep:

[Jiro]

I can swim, ride a bike, rollerblade/skate and waterski.

Though I wouldn't really call what I do waterskiing. I'm barely able to stay up for a few seconds.

[~*~Celes~*~]

I've never tried skiing and as for ice skating, it's really difficult for me not to fall :( I haven't been ice skating in years.

[Momiji]

And I'll give you the same answers I gave you when you asked me on MSN.

Yes, yes, um..., no, no.

[rubah]

I didn't know you meant ice-skating. Roller blading is about the same imhoProbably the only difference is stopping. (Which I'm afraid to do on either, so I either skate to the boards or fall on my ass. xD)
If I ever got to ice skate on a really nice polished rink, i think I'd be awesome, because the place around here is free, so it's filled up with little kids all the time xD

[Momiji]

Honestly, I'd like to learn how to ice skate. It looks like fun!

[rubah]

Get some rollerblades and skate on very slick tile. It's about like that. Also, if you fall, cut yourself with a razor some.

[Momiji]

Now you make me not want to try it. :mad2:

[Leeza]

I can do them all. :cat:

[Jessweeee♪]

I have never been skiing and I don't even live in a place where it snows anymore. We do have a ski shop or something like that, though o_o

I can make a two-wheeled bike go, though I've only ridden one a couple of times, so I suck at it. Same with ice/roller skates. As for swimming, I can not-drown, which is close enough I guess >.>

[Shoeberto]

Never skiid :( No chance to, really. I can do the others though. I love riding bikes!

[blackmage_nuke]

I can do all those activities but im not very good at any of them. Ive only been skiing once though and i wasnt quite bright enough back then to pick it up.

Next time I go i have to try out that pizza, french fries thing from South Park

[RedPouch]

I can skate, swim, and bike just great. I used to do them somewhat frequently when I was in high school. I've never had the chance to do skiing though.

[demondude]

I can swim and ride a bike well. I used to go ice skating occasionally, but I risk injury of others because I'm all over the place. Skiing, not so sure.

[b1o]

i can do all. And i realy judge those who cant swim... i'ts about time to learn!

[Jiro]

People will have time to learn how to swim when the polar icecaps melt and the world floods anyway :D

[sdm42393]

Can do all but skiing. Never tried. :P

[b1o]

global warming is BS. i get so pissed from all the propaganda used by the government to earn money that i have stopped believing

[Peegee]

This thread has confused me to no end.

What do you mean you all don't live in Canada?

[Madame Adequate]

Yes, yes, never tried, poorly but well enough to get across the rink.

[Bunny]

I can ride a bike with no handlebars.

[rubah]

Well, I can lead a nation with a microphone, so take that.

[scrumpleberry]

I can swim, but I am a :bou::bou::bou::bou:ty skater, biker and skiier.

...

Oh, go away.

[Shiny]

Bike - Yes, took me 12 years to learn...
Swim - Yes, I mean no. Black people don't swim, silly.
Skate - Ice? No. Rollerblade? Yes.
Ski - Snow? No. Jet ski? Hell yes.

:mog: