Can you do this? - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 04-03-2009, 01:14 PM

I can read upside down and backwards.

wolf · 04-03-2009, 01:33 PM

Can't do any of the knuckle or individual finger things, can do the Vulcan Salute, can cross the fingers without assistance of the other hand, can roll tongue. Can't dance. I'm not as bad as Elaine, but I can't dance. I'm mighty white when it comes to dancing and basketball.

Happy Monkey · 04-03-2009, 01:41 PM

I can make my index fingers undulate like a cartoon charmed snake.

Pie · 04-03-2009, 01:47 PM

I can crack my ankle. Just the right one.

wolf · 04-03-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I can make my index fingers undulate like a cartoon charmed snake.

One of my college friends could do that. He would randomly walk up to people and announce, "There is magic in the Earth, and it goes 'wriggle, wriggle, wriggle.'" The proper accent is somewhat like that of Tim the Enchanter.

He would start the finger waving at the first 'wriggle' and continue throughout, punctuating each 'wriggle' with a fresh wave.

It describes somewhat clumsily, but it was fairly cool. Strange to have it done to you. He was a class-A geek (now has a doctorate in computer science) and knew better than to try to pull that gag on P.E. Majors. It went over great with the rest of us in the Honors Program.

jinx · 04-03-2009, 01:56 PM

I can do amazing squats (according to my trainer), standing, with arms straight up over my head, to full squat with butt almost touching the ground and right back up.

Flint · 04-03-2009, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

I can do amazing squats (according to my trainer), standing, with arms straight up over my head, to full squat with butt almost touching the ground and right back up.

Yeah, I'll bet that's "amazing" when he's right behind you, "observing your form" ...

I just recently started putting a plate under my heels, for stability, when squatting. And high reps (torture!). Squats are the king of all exercises.

Pie · 04-03-2009, 02:26 PM

How do you do them without your knees breaking? Mine always feel like they're about to shatter like a dropped vase.

Flint · 04-03-2009, 02:27 PM

Tell your sissy knees to stop whining? I don't know. These days my workouts are arranged around what's least injured.

Clodfobble · 04-03-2009, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

I can crack my ankle. Just the right one.

I can pop my toes without touching them. And I can make my ankles make gross grinding noises, but that isn't the same as popping them.

footfootfoot · 04-03-2009, 10:38 PM

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ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE HAD, OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU HAVE REALIZED, THAT HAVE HELPED TO DEFINE YOU AS A PERSON?
I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.
I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.
Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.
I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat 400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.
I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.
I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.
But I have not yet gone to college.

DanaC · 04-04-2009, 06:37 AM

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I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair.

Oh my god it's Merc!

TheMercenary · 04-06-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Oh my god it's Merc!

The sleeping in the chair bit is accurate. Our call room has a bed that sucks big time. So we bought a recliner. I have been using it as a bed for two years.

Shawnee123 · 04-06-2009, 11:53 AM

I can sleep on a big rock.

TheMercenary · 04-06-2009, 12:24 PM

When I was in my 20's and 30's I could too, no problem. Now I have to many aching joints painful bits.

04-03-2009, 01:14 PM	#16
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I can read upside down and backwards. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-03-2009, 01:33 PM	#17
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Can't do any of the knuckle or individual finger things, can do the Vulcan Salute, can cross the fingers without assistance of the other hand, can roll tongue. Can't dance. I'm not as bad as Elaine, but I can't dance. I'm mighty white when it comes to dancing and basketball. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-03-2009, 01:41 PM	#18
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I can make my index fingers undulate like a cartoon charmed snake. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-03-2009, 01:47 PM	#19
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I can crack my ankle. Just the right one. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-03-2009, 01:56 PM	#21
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I can do amazing squats (according to my trainer), standing, with arms straight up over my head, to full squat with butt almost touching the ground and right back up. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

04-03-2009, 02:26 PM	#23
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	How do you do them without your knees breaking? Mine always feel like they're about to shatter like a dropped vase. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-03-2009, 02:27 PM	#24
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Tell your sissy knees to stop whining? I don't know. These days my workouts are arranged around what's least injured. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-03-2009, 10:38 PM	#26
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	By Hugh Gallagher: 3A. ESSAY: IN ORDER FOR THE ADMISSIONS STAFF OF OUR COLLEGE TO GET TO KNOW YOU, THE APPLICANT, BETTER, WE ASK THAT YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE HAD, OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU HAVE REALIZED, THAT HAVE HELPED TO DEFINE YOU AS A PERSON? I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru. Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge. I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat 400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me. I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me. I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis. But I have not yet gone to college. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

04-06-2009, 11:53 AM	#29
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I can sleep on a big rock. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-06-2009, 12:24 PM	#30
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	When I was in my 20's and 30's I could too, no problem. Now I have to many aching joints painful bits. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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