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Inferno
03-09-2010, 07:49 PM
I can :
- Move my ears without using my hands, even one at a time !
- Burp on demand
- Crack my nose
- Shake my eyes like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb0tBfDj3Hg)

That's all I can think of for now.

oddler
03-09-2010, 07:56 PM
- Shake my eyes like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb0tBfDj3Hg)

The shriek of terror in the background makes this video so much better!

I can look like a fool while singing in my car. :choc2:

Rodarian
03-09-2010, 08:01 PM
My tongue is highly flexible.

I can do a long jump and fart at the same time..... I showed this to my mum once!

Zeldy
03-09-2010, 08:03 PM
I can do the belly-roll which like.. belly dancers do. Except im not a belly dancer and I've found no use for this "talent".

Rodarian
03-09-2010, 08:24 PM
I can do the belly-roll which like.. belly dancers do. Except im not a belly dancer and I've found no use for this "talent".

Not if you and I were together! :jokey:

Inferno
03-09-2010, 08:59 PM
I can do the belly-roll which like.. belly dancers do. Except im not a belly dancer and I've found no use for this "talent".

Not if you and I were together! :jokey:

Along with your highly flexible tongue... have fun guys

Rebellious Eagle
03-09-2010, 09:00 PM
I don't have any cool talents, really. I can yawn on demand, does that count?

Aerith's Knight
03-10-2010, 12:05 AM
I came in place 560 of all players in the world singing "How to save a life"?

...That's all I got.

Bunny
03-10-2010, 12:05 AM
I can eat whatever I want in any quantity and never gain a pound.

Rantz
03-10-2010, 12:20 AM
I have won two contests for grimacing and one quasi-real drag beauty pageant.


I can eat whatever I want in any quantity and never gain a pound.

Also that.

Imperfectionist
03-10-2010, 12:34 AM
My tongue is highly flexible.

I can do a long jump and fart at the same time..... I showed this to my mum once!

These are equally enticing talents :p

Raistlin
03-10-2010, 01:18 AM
I can eat whatever I want in any quantity and never gain a pound.

rubah
03-10-2010, 03:08 AM
I could tell you, but I'd b

*shot by sniper*

Fujiko
03-10-2010, 03:52 AM
... one quasi-real drag beauty pageant.

Now where's that video, hmm? Don't make me make that call to mommy dearest! :mwahaha:

Vermachtnis
03-10-2010, 04:53 AM
Does influencing TV ruruns with my mind count? I mean it, I sometimes get clips stuck in my head and that episode is coming on, sometimes happens with the radio too. I get a song stuck in my head and turn on the radio and it's playing.

I can kick really high.

And run really, really fast for a short amount of time.

~*~Celes~*~
03-10-2010, 05:07 AM
Nope, I'm just your average girl with average talents. :D

PuPu
03-10-2010, 06:37 AM
this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDiufAtxSEg)


yawn on demand

I can eat whatever I want in any quantity and never gain a pound.also these

blackmage_nuke
03-10-2010, 06:56 AM
I can :
- Burp on demand
- Shake my eyes like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb0tBfDj3Hg)
I cant imagine NOT being able to do these things. I never thought the eye thing was really that spectacular until later in life when people were wtf when i did it.

Mo-Nercy
03-10-2010, 01:12 PM
I can also burp on demand.
I'm not sure if this is a special talent or not but I can tense my neck muscles to a point where my head begins to shudder.

Oh, and my favourite. I can crack my knuckles infinitely.

Breine
03-10-2010, 01:24 PM
I can eat whatever I want in any quantity and never gain a pound.

Also that.

You lucky bastards! :mad2:

Brunettepudding
03-12-2010, 08:08 PM
I can do that eye roll thing, as well. I play violin... Uh, I can eat everything and not gain weight, too.

I...think that's it.

Rantz
03-12-2010, 09:14 PM
I play violin...

Ooh, how long have you been playing for?

Rodarian
03-12-2010, 09:35 PM
I can do the belly-roll which like.. belly dancers do. Except im not a belly dancer and I've found no use for this "talent".

Not if you and I were together! :jokey:

Along with your highly flexible tongue... have fun guys

Most definitely we will!


I can eat whatever I want in any quantity and never gain a pound.

Same here! I'm like a Jughead!



My tongue is highly flexible.

I can do a long jump and fart at the same time..... I showed this to my mum once!

These are equally enticing talents :p

Very

black orb
03-12-2010, 09:46 PM
>>> Im good at chopping wood..:luca:

NorthernChaosGod
03-13-2010, 12:42 AM
Secret talents? I can burp on command and that's about it.

But since someone else mentioned instruments I play guitar, bass, drums and a little piano.

Aerith's Knight
03-13-2010, 02:39 AM
I am the 300th best singer of the world in 2 songs (in singstar).

Oh yeah, who wouldn't want me... :cool:

VexNet
03-13-2010, 02:55 AM
I can -

- Lick my elbow
- Cry on demand
- Burp on demand





I can eat whatever I want in any quantity and never gain a pound.

Also that.

You lucky bastards! :mad2:

my sentiments exactly :cry:

Araciel
03-13-2010, 05:50 AM
I farted and my house blew up.

NorthernChaosGod
03-13-2010, 07:16 AM
I am the 300th best singer of the world in 2 songs (in singstar).

Oh yeah, who wouldn't want me... :cool:

Last I checked, which was several months ago, I was top 100 on 3-4 songs on expert drums on Guitar Hero World Tour.

Aerith's Knight
03-13-2010, 11:29 AM
I am the 300th best singer of the world in 2 songs (in singstar).

Oh yeah, who wouldn't want me... :cool:

Last I checked, which was several months ago, I was top 100 on 3-4 songs on expert drums on Guitar Hero World Tour.

Singing is harder!

Well, only play rock band, so I don't really know... But I will assume!

Brunettepudding
03-13-2010, 02:49 PM
I play violin...

Ooh, how long have you been playing for?
Been playing for roughly nine years now. (:

Rantz
03-13-2010, 03:13 PM
Niiiice. :D

Pheesh
03-13-2010, 03:15 PM
Well if we're counting instruments; I play drums, piano and geetar.

Also, I can eat whatever and not put on any weight, and I can bend the tips of my fingers while keeping the rest of my fingers perfectly straight.

Merk
03-13-2010, 03:28 PM
I can crack my thumb on command. Which by itself seems, and is, kinda stupid. But I can ganerally fool people into thinking i'm cracking my nose, and that makes them look stupid which makes me laugh.

Brunettepudding
03-13-2010, 03:45 PM
I'm amazing at posting Facebook statuses for everything, too. If that counts.

Aerith's Knight
03-13-2010, 07:28 PM
Jeesh, all these people playing 3 instruments..

I can play piano well. :D

Yeargdribble
03-13-2010, 10:38 PM
I'm a musician by trade. Been playing trumpet for about 16 years and play all of the trumpet family instruments (piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn, etc.) very well. I play semi-professionally doing gigs like weddings year round. Times like Easter, Patriotic Holidays and especially Christmas are my busy times. I also play all of the other brass instruments passably well.

My day job is playing the piano, so I guess I do okay at that too. Additionally I play accordion and guitar and can pick up most instruments fairly quickly. I'm pretty rounded on percussion (note I didn't say "drums") and can get around most stuff that's not four-mallets.

I'm not great at woodwinds, though my wife is a woodwinds specialist playing primarily oboe and clarinet though she plays flute and saxophone extremely well also. Bassoon is about her only limitation as far as woodwinds go.

I sing baritone while my wife sings mezzo.

I can also tune and do moderate repairs to pianos.


Oh... and I can do that thing where I vibrate my eyes as well as burp on demand.


EDIT: Another one my wife likes to trot out at parties... I have virtually no gag reflex and I can easily deep-throat very large jelly-type dildos making all of our gay friends sad that I only swing the one way.

NorthernChaosGod
03-13-2010, 11:45 PM
Singing is harder!

Well, only play rock band, so I don't really know... But I will assume!
Lol, Rock Band singing is piss easy.


Jeesh, all these people playing 3 instruments..

I can play piano well. :D

I play guitar, bass and drums well. :mad2:

Aerith's Knight
03-14-2010, 03:53 AM
Singing is harder!

Well, only play rock band, so I don't really know... But I will assume!
Lol, Rock Band singing is piss easy.


I actually meant Singstar singing. Rock band singing is easy, I agree.

NorthernChaosGod
03-14-2010, 04:40 AM
Never played Singstar, but drums are cooler anyway. :P

Pheesh
03-14-2010, 05:46 AM
Jeesh, all these people playing 3 instruments..

I can play piano well. :D

I play guitar, bass and drums well. :mad2:

Bass? Really?

.....I'm so sorry.

Yeargdribble
03-14-2010, 04:00 PM
What's wrong with bass? :(

Pheesh
03-14-2010, 05:20 PM
Oh...nothing. I mean, I'm sure all 4 strings are equally hard to master. :mock:

Brunettepudding
03-14-2010, 05:28 PM
If you play it, then you can judge. If you don't, then you can't. Never know how hard or easy an instrument is until you play it. <3

However, I have always thought that 'playing bass' is a cheap way to get into a band. Haha.

Pheesh
03-14-2010, 05:30 PM
Pfft, who can't play bass?

Aerith's Knight
03-14-2010, 05:41 PM
Pfft, who can't play bass?

The drummer? The singer? Neil Jordan? You?

Yeargdribble
03-14-2010, 08:46 PM
You're talking abut crappy bassists. Playing crappy rhythm guitar is only slightly more difficult. Instead of one finger you're actually using a few fingers to find chords instead of single notes, but the concept is the same. You land on your handful of chords and strum instead of landing on a note and plucking.

However, I guess a point that can be made is that for uninvolved stuff saying you play guitar then following with the fact that you can play bass is pretty "duh" stuff. Any decent guitarist can at least get around on a bass, but to be seriously good the technique will vary a great deal.

Quindiana Jones
03-14-2010, 08:48 PM
Oh...nothing. I mean, I'm sure all 4 strings are equally hard to master. :mock:

:twoshortplanks: Sure, bass is easy enough to pick up. But to master? You've obviously only heard amateurs if you think mastery is easy.

oddler
03-14-2010, 09:18 PM
Come on, guys. It's not just bass. Every instrument can be "crappily" played. Depending on your talent, any instrument can also be "easy" to play. Crappily and easy just describe an individual's opinion.

How about a Sitar with its crappy 3 strings, huh? Don't leave them out of this. :choc2:

Yeargdribble
03-14-2010, 10:58 PM
Come on, guys. It's not just bass. Every instrument can be "crappily" played. Depending on your talent, any instrument can also be "easy" to play.

Well, anyone can pick up a bass and learn quickly to follow a simple three chord progression. However, I'd disagree with that last part that any instrument can be easy. There are certainly instruments that cannot be simply picked up an made to sound good. Most wind instruments require a lot of training before they are even close to sounding good because so much is required to get good tone. Same for bowed strings where you have to train your bow hand a lot before you can really get good tone from the strings.

Probably one of the reasons guitar is so popular is that in general you can just pick it up and get good tone without knowing a damned thing about it. Learn a few awkward hand positions and get some callouses and you can play songs. If you're playing electric you can skip most of the time developing callouses.

Accordion (at least the basses) are the same way. Probably one of the easiest instruments to just pick up and play...except they aren't cool or nearly as cheap as guitars.

PuPu
03-14-2010, 11:13 PM
Violins, Violas, and Cellos must also be easy to play, what with their four strings and that stick that they all use.

ANGRYWOLF
03-14-2010, 11:16 PM
someone on youtube, in the comments section about a video on dark matter claimed to have psychic abilities.

I found it amusing as I don't believe anyone does.I know I don't.

A fellow named James Randi has offered to pay a million dollars to anyone who can prove they are psychic.

Here's his website:

About James Randi (http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/about-james-randi.html)

Someone won 211 million dollars in the powerball lottery yesterday. Sadly it wans't me.I guess that person had the talent of being lucky at the right time.

;)

To play any musical instrument well requires talent.It isn't easy.

blackmage_nuke
03-15-2010, 12:23 AM
The harp must be 7 times harder to play than the guitar what with having 47 strings and 11 times harder than a violin

Pheesh
03-15-2010, 02:42 AM
Ok guys, I was joking, let's not freak out. The bass player in my band is one of my favourite people in the world (and an amazing songwriter), but it's fun to rag on other instruments. "Oh, you play lead guitar? I should have known, the spotlight's really given you a healthy tan." "Say what you want drummer boy, at the end of the day we all know you're just going to be sleeping with the singer's leftovers."

Lie 10 up

P.S. Anyone who's seen Victor Wooten or Les Claypool would be insane to say that Bass isn't hard to master.

Quindiana Jones
03-15-2010, 02:57 AM
Well, it's too late to back out now. In for a penny, and all that! *flames ee*

Pheesh
03-15-2010, 02:59 AM
B-b-but....I was asleep! ;_;

EDIT: Hold up, does this mean I get a mother smurfing penny!? Screw it, gimme all you've got.

Quindiana Jones
03-15-2010, 03:00 AM
imma use ur intenstines to restring my guitar!

Pheesh
03-15-2010, 03:02 AM
Now THAT would be a secret talent.

Too bad one of your talents isn't coming up with decent flames. ZING!

Quindiana Jones
03-15-2010, 03:04 AM
I'm like Johnny Storm after a shower. :(

Yeargdribble
03-15-2010, 03:44 AM
P.S. Anyone who's seen Victor Wooten or Les Claypool would be insane to say that Bass isn't hard to master.

Glad to you hear you say that. I was sorely tempted to post a Victor Wooten video but I couldn't find just one that I wanted to post so I scrapped the idea.



To play any musical instrument well requires talent.It isn't easy.

It certainly isn't easy, but I disagree about the talent bit. There are plenty of kids (usually of Asian descent) that are phenomenal at playing a given instrument merely because they we're put on a piano bench at 3 and nearly forced to practice for hours a day. Many of them couldn't care less about it.

However, your statement holds a kernel of truth in that there seems to be some talent required in really being able to play musically rather than mechanically. Sadly I've seen so many people play with great precision but completely dispassionately with no real sense of nature rubato or ability to make trills and ornaments work organically without applying some formulaic knowledge to them.

When colleagues of mine talk about forcing their children to start instruments early and forcing them to play (usually the instrument of said colleague) I literally want to punch them in the mouth.

NorthernChaosGod
03-15-2010, 03:48 AM
P.S. Anyone who's seen Victor Wooten or Les Claypool would be insane to say that Bass isn't hard to master.

Well I'm glad that you actually don't agree with the original statement. Fight averted. :semicolonpee:

~*~Celes~*~
03-22-2010, 04:25 AM
Talking instruments: played the soprano clarinet for 8 years in school. Still play off and on :D