I noticed that I am able to arch my left eyebrow in that quizzical Spock way, but not my right. I wonder if that is learnable. I can make my tongue into a U shape and I can turn it upside down but I can't do that cool clover leaf thing that I've seen people do. I cannot tie a cherry stem in my mouth and am in awe of those who can (hi honey)!
I can wiggle my ears a little, although when I do, my entire scalp tends to wiggle. And I can sneer with either side of my mouth, a la The King. I can turn my eyelids inside out, but that usually makes children scream and grown men faint, so I keep that to an absolute minimum.
So how about you? Can you do anything weird or gross with your body? Wait, that question doesn't sound quite right. Let's keep it clean folks. My ma reads this site, for goodness sake!
Posted by Buzz at February 24, 2004 10:03 AMUmmm...nope. I have no discernable talents. Well, none that I care to elaborate on here anyway.. : o )
Posted by: JaxVenus at February 24, 2004 10:09 AMDoes it count if I'm double jointed?
-d
I can put a pipe cleaner in one ear and pull it out the other. I should be in politics!
Posted by: jjjjb at February 24, 2004 10:41 AMi can wiggle my left ear but i can't for the life of me make the right one budge, i can also curl my tongue. that's about it for the clean stuff! :)
Posted by: P at February 24, 2004 11:05 AMI can dislocate my right kneecap at will. It's pretty gross, actually.
Posted by: Shelby at February 24, 2004 11:11 AMOmg, I can cross my eyes so bad that it literally makes me husband dang near pee his pants
I rule!
Posted by: jewdez at February 24, 2004 11:37 AMI can cross either eye, independently. Always good for freaking people out, especially when you individually move each of them extremely slowly from the inside to the outside corner of your eye. It's not the least bit useful for anything, but it's a fun trick.
Posted by: keith at February 24, 2004 11:39 AMDoes the fact that I can put my ankles behind my head count here? Or that my thumbs are doublejointed?
Posted by: K at February 24, 2004 11:41 AMLike Keith, I can also cross either eye independently. I call it the 'Shaquille'.
Posted by: M at February 24, 2004 12:00 PMFirst, I'd like to thank you for causing me to sit at my desk and attempt to raise my right eyebrow (can't) and wiggle my ears (totally can't). I look like a damn fool!
Apparently my only talent is my ability to crack almost every single joint in my body at will... Jealous aren't you?
Posted by: Jennifer at February 24, 2004 12:05 PMI can do two things! Yes! I am multi-talented!
*touch my nose with my tongue! And NO I dont' have a long nose!
*make my eyeballs shake back and forth at a very rapid speed
Posted by: Kim at February 24, 2004 12:22 PMI can burp the alphabet!
Posted by: jennifer at February 24, 2004 12:48 PMI can wiggle my nostrils at will... used to think that was cool, then I realized most people could do it.
I can do the wavy/clover tongue thing, but not the cherry stem. ;)
Posted by: Laura at February 24, 2004 01:03 PMHEY!
I thought I could do MY right eyebrow as well....I took it for granted that I could....but I CAN'T!
This is most disappointing.
Maybe it's just one of those things?
HEY!
I thought I could do MY right eyebrow as well....I took it for granted that I could....but I CAN'T!
This is most disappointing.
Maybe it's just one of those things?
I've just got the cherry stem thing. I've been resting on that particular talent for quite some time now!
Posted by: Empress at February 24, 2004 01:45 PMI can belch on command and make a fart noise with my armpit - do those count?
Posted by: Lee at February 24, 2004 01:50 PMI can make my stomache jiggle like a bowl full of jelly.
Posted by: Santa at February 24, 2004 02:23 PMSorry Buzz, I know you wanted to keep this clean, but I feel like I have to share this.....Like most guys, I have 2 balls....The difference is - mine can talk ! ! ! Buzz can actually verify that this is the truth ! ! (Heck, one even know a little Spanish.)
Posted by: Willie's Buddy Jimmy at February 24, 2004 02:41 PMOn the other hand, I no longer have a uvula. Has anybody seen it ?
Posted by: Willie's Buddy Jimmy at February 24, 2004 03:55 PMBuzz, remember our buddy Steve Garrett ? He used to do this thing where he'd thread a pretend needle, tie it off, put the needle through his lip, and then tug on it. Whenever he "pulled up" on the "needle and thread", his lip would come up. Haven't seen it in 20-some years, but still remember it. Always wondered why he didn't go on "stupid people tricks".
Posted by: Willie's Buddy Jimmy at February 24, 2004 03:59 PMI'm so not telling you.
(By the way, learning to raise the other eyebrow is totally "learnable". As for the tongue-rolling thing, that's genetic. Either you got it or you don't, and I don't. Yet...I can still tie a cherry stem with mine. Go figger.)
Posted by: kat at February 24, 2004 04:02 PMI think your father could raise one eyebrow, but not the other. Can't remember which one, though. Maybe it's genetic.
Posted by: cassie-b at February 24, 2004 04:45 PMI can bend my thumbs backward on both hands 90 degrees from the knuckle.
Posted by: Tom at February 24, 2004 04:46 PMK--you are going to get a TON of email from that!!
[Deep breath] Here's my list: I...
* can tie a cherry stem (did it just the other day)
* am double-jointed
* can place my hand on a table and walk in a complete circle until my fingers face forward again
* can do all of the above-mentioned tongue maneuvers
* I used to be able to fit my entire fist in my mouth... when I was a child
* can wiggle my ears
* can do the Elvis lip-thing on the left, but not on the right
* can unfocus my eyes so that one is looking at you and the other is looking off to the side, and this completely freaks my husband out
Mindy, I think you might have too much time on your hands.....
Posted by: jennifer at February 24, 2004 05:38 PM...or so much to do that I am very good at finding ways to avoind doing it!
[looks despairingly at list of 300 grant files to audit by March 31... on top of my regular job]
[curses reduction in force] [and Carly Fiorina]
Posted by: Mindy at February 24, 2004 06:45 PM...or so much to do that I am very good at finding ways to avoid doing it!
[looks despairingly at list of 300 grant files to audit by March 31... on top of my regular job]
[curses reduction in force] [and Carly Fiorina]
Posted by: Mindy at February 24, 2004 06:45 PM...or so much to do that I am very good at finding ways to avoid doing it!
[looks despairingly at list of 300 grant files to audit by March 31... on top of my regular job]
[curses reduction in force] [and Carly Fiorina]
Posted by: Mindy at February 24, 2004 06:45 PM[adds "inadvertent double-posting" to list of very effective ways of accomplishing much in the process of accomplishing nothing]
Posted by: Mindy at February 24, 2004 06:47 PMI can touch my nose with my tongue, do the clover leaf shape thing and twitch it like Samantha out of Bewitched (left to right) or up and down (like a rabbit)
Heh.I'm so clever!
Posted by: Fi at February 24, 2004 07:12 PMI can do the Spock eyebrow and the Vulcan "v" greeting with either hand. I have one finger, left hand, fourth finger, in which I can lock it and make the knuckle appear to sink. I can do the Indian head thing, where the head moves to the left and right on the neck without the neck or shoulders moving. Of course, it hurts more now to do that. *crick*
Posted by: etherian at February 24, 2004 07:33 PMLet's see....
I can gleek up to four feet.
I can wiggle my ears (I too used to move my scalp... it take practice ;-) )
I can make a killer Calvin face.
I can make most barnyard animal sounds quite well.
Posted by: nefarious at February 24, 2004 11:16 PMhrmmmm
I can raise each eyebrow independently of the other (had to learn for the type of dance I do...)
um...can touch my foot to my head ...
and there's probably more
OH! I can do the independent cross eye thing too. I just don't remember what else I can do...it's late :)
I'm very bendy...*nods* nuff said.
I can fart on command
Posted by: J-Lo at February 25, 2004 01:00 PMVery bendy, you say ? ? Is your real name Suz....or Phoebe Buffay ? ? Either way, I've fallen in love....again ! ! !
I can shove a big straightend paper clip all the way into my nose, and I can sense when a place is haunted. I should join the circus!
Posted by: Amber at February 28, 2004 01:38 PMI can do the following tricks:
*numerous different tongue rolls, folding back on itself and the clover trick
*put at least 1 foot behind head, can sometimes do both if well streched
*grab my foot reaching over my head with my foot behind me (known as a "scorpion" to cheerleaders)
*raise my left eyebrow- and yes, I did teach myself this
*Elvis nose/lip sneer on left side only
*Vulcan "V" greeting aforementioned
*cross one or both eyes at will
*hold my lips open so wide that I look skeletal- it freaks kids out especially
*creepy face my friends have dubbed as the "Chucky" face
When you put it all together I am one funny looking person!!!
ok here is all i can do
*flare my nostrils
*wiggle my ears
*wiggle my ears independently of eachother
*make my tongue into three leaf clover
*twitch nose up and down like rabbit
*twitch either side of nose independently of other up and down like a rabbit
*cross my eyes
*cross just one eye (left or right)
*raise right eybrow
*raise left eyebrow
*ans when my penis is erect i can wiggle it
Yeah that's what 5 years of practicing in front of the mirror will give you
Posted by: Dillon at May 22, 2004 02:41 PMok here is all i can do
*flare my nostrils
*wiggle my ears
*wiggle my ears independently of eachother
*make my tongue into three leaf clover
*twitch nose up and down like rabbit
*twitch either side of nose independently of other up and down like a rabbit
*cross my eyes
*cross just one eye (left or right)
*raise right eybrow
*raise left eyebrow
*ans when my penis is erect i can wiggle it
Yeah that's what 5 years of practicing in front of the mirror will give you
Posted by: Dillon at May 22, 2004 02:42 PMCan anyone do the lotus position?
Posted by: cyberax at May 27, 2004 06:09 PMmy daughter can open and close her nostrils(when their closed they stick together ) and she can do it to the song "Twinkle twinkle little star!!
Posted by: joan at July 9, 2004 06:25 PM
-d: How do you feel about being Governor of Indiana?
[Buzz it]
Global Warming, my ass!
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