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[novapsyche]

Can't swim, can't dance, can't roller skate.

What everyday skills do you wish you had?

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[pgdudda.livejournal.com]

I wish I could sing in tune.

That's about it. I've at least attempted to do just about everything else on my mundane "I wish" list.

However, eventually owning and learning to play a piano is high on my wish list. :-P

[rikhei.livejournal.com]

I wish I could snap with my right hand.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

But you can snap with your left?

[rikhei.livejournal.com]

I can.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

oo! I'm exactly the same way! interesting...

[quility.livejournal.com]

ME THREE!!!

Cool!

[bloodlikerain.livejournal.com]

i can't ride a bike.

[bloodlikerain.livejournal.com]

or whistle. i just learned to whistle about 2 years ago, it's still shoddy whitsling.

[brendand.livejournal.com]

Yeah. me too. Exactly.

[jdoggiedogg.livejournal.com]

I can't sing in tune, but I'm okay with that actually (I take great joy in singing out of tune). Can't rollerskate, can't ice skate. Can't fold my tongue. Can't play any musical instruments (singing bowls notwithstanding). I have no double joints. I only know English (and not always well). I can't snap my fingers. I can't put fingers in my mouth and whistle really loud. I can't draw. But that which I can do, I tend to do very well. So I really have no need to wish for more than I have.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Folding your tongue is a genetic ability. If you don't have it, you'll never have it.

I can't whistle using my fingers, either.

[quiet-flame.livejournal.com]

Can't snap my fingers or blow up balloons.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I can blow up balloons, but I can't tie them.

[murphyw.livejournal.com]

Welding, lathe, mill work.

Autocross, time trial, and esp. police/sec service driving tactics.

Any window'd app design experience, 3d rendering, or real-time.

Chemistry, organic, and molecular drug design.

What? You said "everyday", and these things happen everyday.

Okay, I'll settle for the skill of fitting into a conversation without trying to "win" it.

--Bill

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

*smile*

Not every conversation is a debate.

I'd settle for the skill of fitting into a conversation (says the quiet one).

[murphyw.livejournal.com]

[quote]Not every conversation is a debate.[/quote]

Wanna bet?

I realize it all stems from my finding such a response "fun". If it weren't so rewarding to me I might unlearn the behavior.

You're a great listener though. That's a long way towards fitting into a conversation. You're also v. smart, and that means the things you'll eventually pick to say will contribute something. That's big too.

--Bill

[sttatus-quo.livejournal.com]

I wish I could put two fingers in my mouth and do one of those ear-lacerating whistles you hear at ballgames. I can't water ski either, and not for lack of trying.

[simianpower.livejournal.com]

That was my first thought when I read this. My neighbor could do it, and I never could. I can't even whistle well with pursed lips.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

Yeah! My dad can do that, and all sorts of bird calls/whistles. I can whistle, like, music, pretty well, but not that kind of whistling.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

-Do a cartwheel
-whistle melodically (I can whistle, but you know those really melodic whistlers with the warble in it? -- yeah, that kind of whistling)
-choreographed dancing (I'm OK with tribal, spontaneous club dancing, and I don't want to do Country Line-dancing or anything, but when I was in stage musicals, I got stuck in the chorus, and I SO had two left feet for the choreography)
-Memorize entire poems
-doing basic arithmetic in my head (I can do some, but I wish I was better)

[pachamama.livejournal.com]

I wish I could successfully mount molly bolts (rawl plugs) for hanging things on plaster walls.

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

Riding a bike.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

I wish I could cook bacon decently.

I'm working on learning to play guitar.

Being able to roller blade would be cool.

[blackwinterbyrd.livejournal.com]

i wish i could get myself out of a bad mood.